Record Soundcard output: Kde4 ?

yossarianuk · 2010-04-20 12:28:22

Hi.

I have been struggling to record my soundcard's output in KDE4.

This is not distro specific as I have the same issue in Fedora, Arch, Pclinuxos..

This is also not any specific app it is all of them (I have tried)...

It used to work fine on all KDE3 distros...

In the KDE mixer I have the following options for input source
- Mic
- Front Mic
- Line
- CD

= none of these record soundcard.

As an example I am trying to record in Audacity - It doesn't matter what option I choose as the recording device - all I get is nothing or static.
The options I have are
- Default
- spdif
- HDA Nvidia :ACL888 Analog (hw0,0)
- HDA Nvidia :ACL888 Digital (hw0,1)
- HDA Nvidia :ACL888 Analog (hw0,2)

I am just trying to record my soundcard's output, not mic / line in - I have muted mic and linein - same.

Anyone got any ideas how to sort this out?

cheers

Rasi · 2010-04-20 17:30:44

open alsamixer and hit f4 to switch to capture mode. There you should have a Mix section, that is used for capturing the actual sound of other applications.

http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Record_from_pcm

yossarianuk · 2010-04-21 17:16:06

Hi,

There is no mix section in alsamixer...

For input source I have (only)
- Mic
- Front Mic
- Line
- CD

The command errors also

morgan ~ $ amixer set 'mix' cap
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'mix',0

toad · 2010-04-21 20:32:31

Yeah, I can only point to the alsa page in the wiki...

Arch Linux

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Record Soundcard output: Kde4 ?

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Re: Record Soundcard output: Kde4 ?

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Re: Record Soundcard output: Kde4 ?

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Re: Record Soundcard output: Kde4 ?

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