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Broadcast2000 Recording Problem
by Mel Steinberg 11 Jul '02

11 Jul '02

I have used Broadcast2000 for quite a while to convert cassettes to WAVs to be burned onto CD-Rs. Ever since I upgraded from SuSE8.0 from 7.2, I have not been able to record properly. The resulting WAV files are time-compressed. I can play existing WAV files back (all sampling rates and resolutions) without any problems, so the problem only occurs when recording. I never had this problem under 7.2, and my equipment has not changed since that time (Athlon800/384M memory/SoundBlaster Live! Value). I have reinstalled Broadcast2000 several times, and reinstalled the sound card, with the same results. I've set the recording sample rate to both 44100MHz (which was successful in the past) and 48000MHz (the SoundBlaster's fixed frequency). I got Cinelerra up-and-running the other night, and it exhibited the same problem. I've got a live audio overdub to do, and I'm dead in the water, for the moment. Could the change from ALSA 0.5 to 0.9 affect it? I'm at a loss, and open to suggestions. Thanks! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>MEL

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can't open /dev/video0 with ov511
by Gaston Acuse 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

Hello, I have installed Suse 7.3. with a webcam usb that work with ov511 driver. When a run xawtv happend this: > xawtv This is xawtv-3.61, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.18) can't open /dev/video0: No such device v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such device v4l: open /dev/video0: No such device no video grabber device available before of this i did: > insmod videodev Using /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/media/video/videodev.o then... insmod ov511 Using /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/usb/ov511.o and... > ls -l /dev/video0 crw-rw-rw- 1 ga users 81, 0 Sep 23 2001 /dev/video0 with these lines in my /etc/modules.conf #alias char-major-81 bttv alias char-major-81 ov511 alias char-major-180 usbcore and the last lines of "dmesg" are: > dmesg .. .. .. Freeing unused kernel memory: 220k freed hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 2 usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x572/0x1) is not claimed by any active driver.hub.c: USB new device connect on bus2/2, assigned device number 2 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 4 ports detected Adding Swap: 1309256k swap-space (priority 42) eth0: Setting half-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 0000. Linux video capture interface: v1.00 usb.c: registered new driver ov511 ov511.c: v1.60 : ov511 USB Camera Driver Can you help me? Thank you in advance!

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MP3 Info
by Oliver Ob 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

Having, let's say, a dir called /mp3 full with say 10 .MP3 files, how do I get information on how long the tracks are each (meaning in minutes and seconds) and also a summary on the total length of these 10 files (also mins and secs). How do I do that from the *console* ? Hope there is a solution, do not want to run X11+XMMS for this small thing all the time. -- *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ =Oliver@home= *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/Olli/olli.html I I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/friends.html I I http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VGAP-93 I I mailto:VGAP-93-subscribe@yahoogroups.com I I http://home.t-online.de/home/spacecraft.portal I >>> Telek0ma iBBMS - now back online +49.4504.TRSi1/TRSi2 <<<

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Problem with libGL
by Jason Farmer 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

Hi everyone, I've got a problem with my new SuSE 8.0 installation. the games that came with it, i.e. Tux Racer and Armagetron work perfectly but I cannot get any other software to recognise OpenGL. Quake2 for instance complains that it cannot load libGL.so.1 But the file does exist on my system in the /usr/lib directory as a symlink to /usr/lib/GL/libGL.so.1.2.xf86_glx Although /usr/lib does not appear to be in the path. Should this be in the path? if it should be then how come it's not? And how do I add it to the PATH? Thanks Jason

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Multimedia softwares for digital Music and Video
by arnaud kubacki 07 Jul '02

07 Jul '02

Hi ! I am looking for softwares running under Linux in order to create Digital Musics and create some Videos (Mpeg-1) with Special effects (Like video that we can see in some Games, like Sid Meiers Alpha Centaury during Introduction). Does Linux Support the in-Sound Card very well, in order to play Synth and save tracks on disks ? What kind of Material do I need to get ? (I am a beginner for such kind of work) Arnaud

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Re: [SLE] MIDI question
by Dominique Michel 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

Dominique Michel wrote: > My MIDI sound is not working with my i815 soundchip and SuSe 8.0. > I have downloaded the upgrade and configurated it with alsaconf, but > it's not working more, the driver is the correct one, the > snd-intel18x0.o. > Only the PCM sound is OK, timidity is working fine. > With Mozilla, it's strange: if the link is a direct link to a MIDI file, > it's working, but if the MIDI file is linked > with an embed tag in the code of the page, all i get is a little comment > at the bottom "running helper..." and no sound at all. > > If i try with configuration, son, MIDI in the kdm menu, i get at i have > no MIDI port. > In the config menu, sound, mixing console is not working at all. Kmidi > is working but > i can see the leds taht go up and down, but i hear nothing. With kmid, > it's worse, i get only a crash with signal 11 from it or kdm. > > The sound part of the module.conf is as follow: > > # Aliases for OSS > # alias sound off > # alias midi off > > # OSS/Free setup > alias sound-services-0-0 snd-mixer-oss > > # uniq.virtual:Sound card > > # > # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- > # --- ALSACONF verion 0.9.0 --- > alias char-major-116 snd > alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 > alias char-major-14 soundcore > alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 > alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss > alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss > alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss > alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss > alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss > options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0666 > options snd-intel8x0 snd_index=0 > # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- > > > Can somebody help me with to fix this problem? I'm sure at it must be > a possibility to have the seuquencer working. I have proved with > timidity as server, but i don't now how i must configure the MIDI > ports to have them to work, all i get is a message like what timidity > was working and att it was 2 Midi ports, but back in configuration, > sound, midi, nothing is here.. > > Thanks > Dominique Michel > > > Well, i have done some experiment. If i try to run kmid as root from a terminal, i get the interface but nothing else. just a few messages as follow: DCOPServer up and running. Each time i click to play come: Player :: There are no midi ports ! And when i quit the program: FOO:/home/dom/Desktop # kdeinit: Fatal IO error: client killed kdeinit: sending SIGHUP to children. kdeinit: sending SIGTERM to children. kdeinit: Exit. Mutex destroy failure: Périphérique ou ressource occupé sh: dcopserver_shutdown: command not found I have take a look with ls and i get lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 jun 21 23:07 /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp0 crw------- 1 dom users 14, 3 jun 21 23:07 /dev/dsp0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 jun 21 23:07 /dev/audio -> /dev/audio0 crw------- 1 dom users 14, 4 jun 21 23:07 /dev/audio0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 jun 21 23:07 /dev/midi -> /dev/midi0 crw------- 1 dom users 14, 2 jun 21 23:07 /dev/midi0 I'm very tired with this problem and i need my sleep. Have anyone a suggestion or a clue to what i must prove to do? Dominique Michel

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Automatically play an audio CD (resent b/c/o no solution yet)
by Oliver Ob 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Is there any way to simply have some background (console) task AUTOMATICALLY play that cd in background as soon as I put that cd into the drive? How do I do that? (console solutions please!) ======= thanks, also text pointers appreciated. cda is running (started with cda on), now how do I instruct cda to start playing after I have inserted an audio cd? Or maybe a different console tool? -- *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ =Oliver@home= *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ This is Linux country. If you listen carefully, you can hear Windows reboot...

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sound but mp3 players hang
by Bret Waldow 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

SuSE 7.3, kernel upgraded to 2.4.16-4GB SuSE. Sound works, and I can play a CD, and hear the System Notifications (start up sound, open or close window sound, etc.). XMMS hangs when I try to start it. Gqmpg hangs. mp3blaster on a terminal doesn't play, but at least provides a message "Failed to open sound device". Any thoughts of what to look for? Thanks. Here is my lsmod: Module Size Used by Tainted: P snd-pcm-oss 18272 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-pcm-plugin 14480 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] snd-mixer-oss 4672 1 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] snd-seq-midi 3136 0 (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 2800 0 [snd-seq-midi] snd-seq 38288 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event] snd-card-cs461x 1824 4 snd-cs461x 67328 0 [snd-card-cs461x] snd-pcm 28928 2 [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin snd-cs461x] snd-timer 8128 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] snd-rawmidi 9184 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-cs461x] snd-seq-device 3740 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq snd-rawmidi] snd-ac97-codec 23456 0 [snd-cs461x] snd-mixer 22536 0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-ac97-codec] snd 31072 7 [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-card-cs461x snd-cs461x snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec snd-mixer] soundcore 3268 5 [snd] parport_pc 25160 1 (autoclean) lp 5824 0 (autoclean) parport 22368 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] ds 6816 2 i82365 23312 2 pcmcia_core 43008 0 [ds i82365] ipv6 124480 -1 (autoclean) evdev 3904 0 (unused) input 3072 0 [evdev] uhci 23624 0 (unused) usbcore 47584 1 [uhci] e100 52672 1 (autoclean) ipt_REJECT 2784 1 (autoclean) ipt_LOG 3200 1 (autoclean) iptable_nat 12564 0 (autoclean) (unused) ip_conntrack 12652 1 (autoclean) [iptable_nat] iptable_filter 1728 0 (autoclean) (unused) ip_tables 10304 6 [ipt_REJECT ipt_LOG iptable_nat iptable_filter] nls_iso8859-1 2880 3 (autoclean) nls_cp437 4384 3 (autoclean) ext3 58624 2 (autoclean) jbd 41716 2 (autoclean) [ext3]

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Gramofile
by Antoni Mont 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Hi, I am new to the list as well as being fairly new to Linux and I would appreciate if someone can help me on understanding that: The wav files I generate with gramofile program, out of the line input of the sound card, seems normal in size and, in fact, sounds OK if I play it directly with -say- xmms player. But went I intent to burn a CD with they, I get an error because each track is supposed to last for more than 100 min. (in fact they have about 4 or 5min. each). If I convert the wav files into mp3 format, and then I convert them back to wav format, all goes OK. The GramoFile version is 1.6 (that I got from Ftp SuSE site because, on the contrary that is said in the Applications manual, it is not among the packages suplayed with the distro) and I run SuSE 7.2 in a Duron-800 based PC. Regards, Toni

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CD Player (Kscd) and Suse 8.0
by David Rose 24 Jun '02

24 Jun '02

I read Patrick's question of the 11 Jun 2002 22:26:05 with interest as it seemed to describe the problem that I am experiencing. I did exactly as recommended by Dieter in his reply (ln -sf /dev/sr0 /dev/cdrom) and since it worked for Patrick, but not for me I must assume that the problem is different. I can get Kscd to run with an audio disc in the CDRom/CDWriter and the display seems to indicate that the CD is running, viz. the timer is running. It shows volume at 59%. However there is no sound output whatsoever. Yast2 Control centre -audio test result is perfect Hardware info identifies the CD-RW correctly and it is shown as /dev/sr0 under both CDRom and scsi details. CDR-W is Plextor 12/10/32A and works properly with data files and in all respects under windows. I am new to Linux and intend to persevere with it, but I would like to get it up and running first in order to explore it. Can anyone help me please? David Rose

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