[GLLUG] Record from Line-in

Sean picasso@madflower.com
Fri, 2 May 2003 15:34:43 -0400 (EDT)


its sounds like your drivers arent supporting line in. 
or you have the wrong amplitude going into it, maybe you are using a line 
level mic? 


On Fri, 2 May 2003, Seth Bembeneck wrote:

> I tried that and no sound was recorded. It seems to me that if some
> thing is coming in the line-in port, I should be able to hear it with
> out recording, right? If so, I don't hear any thing playing at all.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Seth
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean [mailto:picasso@madflower.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 8:01 AM
> To: Seth Bembeneck
> Cc: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Record from Line-in
> 
> Try something like this (probably as root unless you modified the 
> permissions of the devices already): 
> dd bs=8k count=4 </dev/audio >sample.au
> 
> then play it back with:
> cat sample.au >/dev/audio
> 
> That records the _raw_ sound, you would then have to convert it to mp3. 
> or set your mp3 converter to encode the /dev/audio device 
> 
> Actually all of this, i believe is covered in the linux how-to's
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/
> the sound and the mp3 how-to's 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Seth Bembeneck wrote:
> 
> > How do I record from the Line-in and save it as a MP3?
> >  
> > Sound is working, I just can't figure out how to do it.
> >  
> > Thanks,
> >  
> > Seth
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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