If you are using KDE be sure to disable "start aRts sound server on startup" in the KDE control center under sound. Arts has screwed up recording for as long as I have been using Linux. I keep hoping that they will fix it but it is still broken in 8.2. If you are recording from the command line I like using the aumix program to control the levels. If you are using krecord then kmix does the job well enough. Let me know if I can help, all I do is record a couple of radio shows off the local NPR station that happen at a bad time for me. There are some simple command line tools that can be scripted and ran as a cron job fairly easily to record directly to mp3, ogg, or wav. pben On Monday 19 May 2003 06:05 pm, Ted Harding wrote:
Hi Folks,
I just installed a Creative Labs Sounsblaster Live! 5.1 digital, on a SuSe-7.2 system, and I'm driving it with ALSA.
No problem with playing .wav.files (using 'aplay'), nor with getting output on the speaker "Line Out" when playing audio CD or using input from microphone or speaker line from another source as input.
However, I also want to be able to _record_ input (from microphone or input line), generating a .wav file, and I have not been able to find out how to do this. All attempts seem to lead to a .wav file which stores many kilobytes of silence!
Any suggestions?
With thanks, Ted.