From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 26 07:01:27 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA14441 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 07:01:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA14384; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 07:01:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id NAA00802; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:48:56 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199901261248.NAA00802@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: Still no luck with cd music through sound card... To: roger@cs.strath.ac.uk (Roger Hardiman) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:48:56 +0100 (MET) Cc: mpoulin@honk.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <36ADC536.8238D7A7@cs.strath.ac.uk> from "Roger Hardiman" at Jan 26, 99 01:37:39 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > It is possible your sound card has a audio multiplexer which selects > which external audio source (line in / CD rom connector / microphone) > will > be routed to the audio output. actually most cards have two multiplexers/mixers, one routes inputs to the output/amplifier, the other one routes inputs to the Analog-to-Digital converter (ADC). The former is generally a real mixer with levels controls on each source, and it is controlled (on FreeSBSD) with the "mixer" command. The other one is often a multiplexer, and is the one you control when you select the ADC source with the same "mixer" program, or with applications such as "vat". control with 'vat cheers luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message