From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 24 17:35:28 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1296F16A420 for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:35:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from KSBeattie@lbl.gov) Received: from mta1.lbl.gov (mta1.lbl.gov [128.3.41.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A180943D49 for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:35:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from KSBeattie@lbl.gov) Received: from mta1.lbl.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mta1.lbl.gov (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0OHZMj0025796 for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:35:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] ([64.163.210.98]) by mta1.lbl.gov (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0OHZLLq025769; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:35:22 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <43D6655B.6050702@lbl.gov> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:35:23 -0800 From: Keith Beattie User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060113) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: uidzero References: <43D5EDD2.1030604@lbl.gov> <43D64398.2000407@bsdhacker.org> In-Reply-To: <43D64398.2000407@bsdhacker.org> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------090102000800060207080001" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on mta1 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up a microphone X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:35:28 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090102000800060207080001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 01/24/06 07:11, uidzero wrote: > > It's worked flawlessly for me after I add recompiled the kernel with > sound support. (I use Skype as well.) Thanks and glad to hear that Skype is working. Listening to music, etc. works just fine for me too, it's how to get input from the mic which I'm stuck on. The machine is dual boot so I know the hardware works and the things are plugged into the right place (Skype works when running XP). This must be a FreeBSD config thing. I've tried, unsuccessfully, working with mixer, rawrec, wmrecord and audacity to capture sound, so I'm now looking for a simple 'is your microphone working' test akin to the 'cat some_small_file > /dev/dsp' for testing noise coming out of the speakers (which still works). 'cat /dev/dsp > foo', speaking for a bit into the mic, then cntl-c to stop, does create a non-empty file but then a 'cat foo > /dev/dsp' doesn't produce any sound. The rawrec port seems promising but no love from 'rawrec foo.raw' / 'rawplay foo.raw'. All this with mixer showing non-zero levels for all channels and trying it with the recording source as mic and then line. Something's gotta give here. > Maybe try updating to RELEASE-p8? Indeed I'll update anyway but I don't believe any of those patches are sound related. Thanks, ksb --------------090102000800060207080001--