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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:27:22 +0100
From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>
To: James Griffin <jmzgriffin@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Webcam in-built microphone problem
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El día Tuesday, January 28, 2014 a las 12:16:18PM +0000, James Griffin escribió:

> On 2014-01-28, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote:
> 
> > What does show 'mixer' about?
> >
> > Btw: you can test recording with for example:
> >
> > # dd if=/dev/dsp of=/tmp/mastersVoice
> >
> > and play it back the same way switching if= and of=
> >
> > 	matthias
> 
> Hi matthias, mixer command shows this:
> 
> Mixer vol      is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer pcm      is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer speaker  is currently set to 100:100
> Mixer line     is currently set to   1:1
> Mixer mic      is currently set to  67:67
> Mixer cd       is currently set to  74:74
> Mixer mix      is currently set to 100:100
> Mixer rec      is currently set to  72:72
> Mixer igain    is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer ogain    is currently set to 100:100
> Mixer monitor  is currently set to  67:67
> Recording source: cd

What does 

# cat /dev/sndstat show?

You should play around with the mixer settings and use the above dd cmd for
tests;

> I looked at someones website, they described modifying a file
> /compat/linux/etc/alsa/pcm/pcm-oss.conf - i haven't tried it yet, maybe
> some settings in this will help?

This is only for Skype and if you have more then one sound device.

	matthias

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