Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:25:05 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 296807] audio/audacity does't "see" monitor ports. Message-ID: <bug-296807-7788@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=296807 Bug ID: 296807 Summary: audio/audacity does't "see" monitor ports. Product: Ports & Packages Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: Individual Port(s) Assignee: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: dave@daveg.ca CC: xxjack12xx@gmail.com CC: xxjack12xx@gmail.com Flags: maintainer-feedback?(xxjack12xx@gmail.com) Looking at the audacity project, they don't, per se, support FreeBSD right now. As such, this seems like a FreeBSD choice to fix. I've submitted an Audacity bug to their git, but I'm expecting this might be ours to fix. To record (say) the output of utube ... or, indeed, any desktop output, you need to read the monitor port. I suppose for analogue audio, this might be complicated (I dunno what happens on FreeBSD), but with digital ports, it appears you just read from the port (even though it doesn't advertise being a mic). Example: [1:31:331]root@hit:/usr/ports/audio/audacity> cat /dev/sndstat Installed devices: pcm0: <Realtek ALC1220 (Analog 5.1+HP/2.0)> (play/rec) pcm1: <Realtek ALC1220 (Rear Digital)> (play) default pcm2: <Realtek ALC1220 (Front Analog Mic)> (rec) pcm3: <NVIDIA (0x009a) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play) pcm4: <NVIDIA (0x009a) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play) pcm5: <NVIDIA (0x009a) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play) pcm6: <NVIDIA (0x009a) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play) pcm7: <HP, Inc HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless> (play/rec) pcm8: <GENERAL GENERAL WEBCAM> (rec) No devices installed from userspace. ... so pcm1 is digital out. I'm not an audiophile, but using optical out solves the obvious problem of grounding issues. Anyways, it's what I use. Now, with OBS, everything works. So OBS knows the score. But with Audacity, only the pcmX's with "rec" in their line show up as recording choices. If you could select pcm1, everything would work (for me), but you cannot. This is all tested on 15.1p1 and Audcity 3.7.8 (the current port). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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