sound recording does not work on intel HD audio ??

Jonathan Kaye jdkaye10 at yahoo.es
Sun Jan 6 15:28:59 UTC 2008


Fred Schaer wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> (auxiliary question : why aren't my emails making it to the list ? I don't
> receive them, and nor do I see them on the list archives... 3rd attempt)
> 
> I'm desperately trying to record audio (from TV - I have no problem with
> capturing the video) that's plugged on the Line in jack of my ASUS P5B
> deluxe card. This is an intel HD audio codec (Analog Devices AD1988B), on
> a ICH8 chipset.
> 
> I think I tried almost everything : I tried arecord, audacity (and sox
> also), but I never get one sound recorded. I get at most some noise.
> 
> Still I *hear* the audio on the PC speakers !
> I can mute this audio doing :
> amixer set Line off
> or
> amixer set 'Analog Mix' off
> 
> I can also change volumes and so on using kmixer or alsamixer, and Line is
> selected as an input source in the recording properties of the mixers.
> 
> So I'm wondering what else I could try ? Why can't I get any audio
> recorder from the Line source ? The alsa changelogs do not seem to show
> many things have been improved concerning the snd_hda_intel module, so I'm
> wondering if it's worth spending time trying the 1.0.15 version instead of
> the Gutsy 1.0.14 ...
> 
> Would you have any hint on what else I could try or who I should contact ?
> Thanks && regards
Hi Fred,
Assuming you're using alsa, try the alsamixer and go into input mode. Make
sure the mic capture and mic input volume are set correctly.
Cheers,
Jonathan
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