Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:59:11 +0300 From: Kaya Saman <SamanKaya@netscape.net> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting audio input source for Darkice using mixer: can't set vol?? Message-ID: <4C0FD66F.9060605@netscape.net> In-Reply-To: <20100610012011.T27982@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <4C0B56BF.1020908@netscape.net> <4C0F7273.8010108@netscape.net> <20100610012011.T27982@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
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On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Kaya Saman<SamanKaya@netscape.net> wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > just want to bump this as it's been a few days!!
> >
> > Am too new on FreeBSD to diagnose the issue myself or have the experience to
> > know where this problem is coming from so I hope someone can help??
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kaya
> >
>
It's unclear what your problem is. You cannot set 'vol' as a recording
source, it is an output device. You conclude correctly that your
recording devices are mic and mix.
Cheers
Tom
On 06/09/2010 06:44 PM, Ian Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Kaya Saman wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > just want to bump this as it's been a few days!!
> >
> > Am too new on FreeBSD to diagnose the issue myself or have the experience to
> > know where this problem is coming from so I hope someone can help??
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kaya
> >
> >
> > On 06/06/2010 11:05, Kaya Saman wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > am trying to set pcm or vol as the input source for my mixer in order to be
> > > used in conjunction with Darkice.
> > >
> > > For Darkice I have already set input as /dev/dsp which should be ok as
> > > /dev/dsp0.0 comes up when using ls /dev..... however, I had this config
> > > working on another box so from what I can tell the 0.0 just gives the
> > > amount of simultaneous channels if I'm not mistaken.
> > >
> > > The major difficulty however is coming from the fact that I can't set the
> > > rec input to be pcm or vol :-(
> > >
> > > pciconf -lv shows this:
> > >
> > > hdac0@pci0:0:27:0: class=0x040300 card=0x50038086 chip=0x3a3e8086
> > > rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> > > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > > device = 'HD Audio Controller'
> > > class = multimedia
> > > subclass = HDA
> > >
> > > and as both Andrew Thompson and Frank Shute helped me last time getting:
> > >
> > > snd_hda_load="YES"
> > >
> > > into /boot/loader.conf audio works without any problem too as have tested
> > > playback!!
> > >
> > > If I try to set:
> > >
> > > # mixer =rec vol
> > > mixer: unknown recording device: vol
> > > usage: mixer [-f device] [-s | -S] [dev [+|-][voll[:[+|-]volr]] ...
> > > mixer [-f device] [-s | -S] recsrc ...
> > > mixer [-f device] [-s | -S] {^|+|-|=}rec rdev ...
> > > devices: vol, pcm, speaker, mic, mix, rec
> > > rec devices: mic, mix
> > >
> > > I just get that the rec interfaces are mic or mix?? This is not the same as
> > > my other box using a different and much older integral sound chip.
>
> Seeing noone else has pounced .. we run Darkice for audio logging, but a
> hacked version of edcast_jack for streaming, and that on a Debian box
> using jackd and ALSA to split the feed to both of them, which may not
> seem relevant at all .. but we use Mix as the recording device, zeroing
> levels and muting all channels we're not using (mic, pcm, CD etc). We
> record from Line and set levels on that, but it works the same using
> just pcm in the mix instead.
>
> Not what you asked I know, but it may work ok for you .. with digital
> mixing with everything else off or zero, there's no degradation.
>
> HTH, Ian
>
> > > I also attempted to comment the snd_hda_load out of /boot/loader.conf and
> > > include this instead:
> > >
> > > snd_driver_load="YES"
> > >
> > > which basically did the same thing as the above with (so also a small
> > > question here about which line is better?) so yeah am stuck with both
> > > kernel module loaders providing the same output :-(
> > >
> > > Is there a way other then feeding a cable from the output into the input to
> > > rectify this issue??
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Kaya
>
Thanks Ian and Tom for the responses :-)
Tom I'm just going to quote you again: "
It's unclear what your problem is. You cannot set 'vol' as a recording
source, it is an output device.
"
Actually the box that's sitting in front of me can do this:
$ mixer
Mixer vol is currently set to 75:75
Mixer pcm is currently set to 75:75
Mixer speaker is currently set to 75:75
Mixer line is currently set to 75:75
Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0
Mixer cd is currently set to 75:75
Mixer rec is currently set to 0:0
Mixer igain is currently set to 0:0
Mixer ogain is currently set to 50:50
Mixer line1 is currently set to 75:75
Mixer phin is currently set to 0:0
Mixer phout is currently set to 0:0
Recording source: vol
Of course it's a totally different system running FreeBSD 8.0 RELEASE
32bit as opposed to 64bit. Also it has a much older sound card which may
have better support??
Anyway this is what I'm after as currently I can't get my
Darkice/Icecase2/Drupal5 streaming service working as there's no sound
input!!
I think it's probably just the driver for the HD audio interface in my
view. But how to sort or who to go to, to help sort??
Regards,
Kaya
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