[SOLVED] ALSA Recording issue after motherboard swap

jayray · 2015-01-05 00:56:00

I had a motherboard fail (basic intel audio with 3 ports) and swapped it out with a newer board that has the advanced audio (6 ports and spdif), I have audio output (mpd with some manual configuration) and audacity(output) works with X. Audio input is non-functional from a capture standpoint. I can monitor the inputs and get audio, but nothing gets recorded. Audacity does not show any meter movement on inputs. I am at a loss after a few days of adding/removing packages deleting/recreating config files and combing through the wiki. I have deleted the asound.state file per the wiki instructions to create a clean state file.

I have the following audio packages installed.

local/alsa-firmware 1.0.28-1
local/alsa-lib 1.0.28-1
local/alsa-plugins 1.0.28-2
local/alsa-tools 1.0.28-1
local/alsa-utils 1.0.28-1
local/zita-alsa-pcmi 0.2.0-2
local/libao 1.2.0-1
local/openal 1.16.0-1
local/portaudio 19_20140130-1
local/wavpack 4.70.0-2 
local/libao 1.2.0-1
local/libpulse 5.0-1

Modules

snd_hda_codec_via      22374  1
snd_hda_codec_generic  57972  1  snd_hda_codec_via
snd_hda_intel          26011  1
snd_hda_controller     26498  1  snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec          93737  4  snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_hwdep              12906  1  snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                73796  3  snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_timer              26106  1  snd_pcm
snd                    55101  9  snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel

asound.conf output (no .asoundrc used)

pcm.!default {
  type plug
  slave {
    pcm "hw:0"
  }
}
ctl.!default {
  type hw
  card 0
}

ctl.mixer0 {
    type hw
    card 0
}

# vim:set ft=alsaconf:


playback.capture
  {
    type hw
    card 0
    device 0
  }

arecord -L|l and amixer output:

arecord -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
sysdefault:CARD=Intel
    HDA Intel, VT1708B 8-Ch Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708B 8-Ch Analog
    Front speakers
surround21:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708B 8-Ch Analog
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708B 8-Ch Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708B 8-Ch Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708B 8-Ch Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708B 8-Ch Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708B 8-Ch Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers

arecord -l 
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: VT1708B 8-Ch Analog [VT1708B 8-Ch Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

amixer 
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 27
  Mono: Playback 15 [56%] [-21.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 27
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 27 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 27 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 27
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 27 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 27 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Capture [off]
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-40.25dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-40.25dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 27
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 27 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 27 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 27
  Mono: Playback 27 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 27
  Mono: Playback 27 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Side',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 27
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 27 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 27 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Capture [off]
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-40.25dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-40.25dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Capture [off]
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-40.25dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-40.25dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Default PCM',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 20
  Front Left: Capture 17 [85%] [29.75dB] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 17 [85%] [29.75dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Digital',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 120
  Front Left: Capture 60 [50%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 60 [50%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Dynamic Power-Control',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Disabled' 'Enabled'
  Item0: 'Disabled'
Simple mixer control 'Rear Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Capture [on]
  Front Left: Playback 28 [90%] [8.75dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 28 [90%] [8.75dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Stereo Mix',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Mono
  Mono: Capture [off]

Last edited by jayray (2015-01-12 00:51:54)

Knute · 2015-01-10 21:54:37

Ok, since this is a new mbd that you have installed, let's start at the beginning.
The beginning would start out with the question of whether it ever worked, and since that is no, let's start with hardware.

That would mean that I am asking if you have connected all of the recording connections correctly, and enabled them in the bios. I'm not trying to be insulting, but I know from personal experience that you can spend hours banging your head against an issue when you have simply not plugged it in.

Other things to check would also include what kind of microphone are you using? Does it need power from the system it's plugged into? If so, there's probably a switch that needs to be changed to turn that particular feature on.
Also, is your microphone plugged into the correct port? Muted? Does your mixer show that microphone as a recording source or not?

HTH

jayray · 2015-01-12 00:55:33

Knute,
Thanks for the reply! I tried all those steps, but no luck. My final fix was to buy a different motherboard on ebay and cross my fingers. As it turns out the replacement board works find (I still cant get sound with arecord, but it works for everything else) plays and records without a problem. FYI the other board works with windows, but it was probably a matter of figuring out the right model in the module and the correct asound settings. I ran out of patience. Thanks again for the reply.
Jayray

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#1 2015-01-05 00:56:00

[SOLVED] ALSA Recording issue after motherboard swap

#2 2015-01-10 21:54:37

Re: [SOLVED] ALSA Recording issue after motherboard swap

#3 2015-01-12 00:55:33

Re: [SOLVED] ALSA Recording issue after motherboard swap

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