On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 16:37 +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 00:44 -0400, Mike McMullin wrote:
I picked one of the above up and plugged it in. 10.0 recognizes it, as bus:001, device:006. I'd like to be able to record from it and use it in place of my external speakers (especially when I'm on midnights and everyone else is asleep, and vice-versa). Can someone point me in a direction to go?
Hi Mike,
I suppose it depends from application to application - where you set their preferred sound device. I've only used it with three apps:
1. Skype: Tools --> Options --> Hand/Headsets --> /dev/dsp1
actually for me this ought to be /dev/dsp2. I just found out that me Logitech webcam's mic was recognized and assume that it's /dev/dsp1 as it's been o nthe system for a few months now.
2. Audacious: Preferences --> Plugins --> Output select "Alsa" Click Preferences and choose the device from the drop down box 3. MPlayer: specify -ao alsa:device=hw=1.0
Hans, could you explain the device=hw part to me please.
I have not figured out how to easily switch between my onboard sound and the USB headset on a system-wide basis.
It seems quite a few of us are in that same boat. I fianlly finished going through all of the hits on google (logitch usb headset+250) and it's an outstanding question, I didn't see anyone who mentioned that it had been resolved.