Re: [SLUG] Recording wavs from line-in

[Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+slug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Adelle Hartley wrote:

> Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> > The arecord program should do the trick:
> 
> Yeah, that's what I wanted.  I'm having a weird problem with it though.  I
> figured out how to set the volume using alsamixer and also to select the
> line input for capture.  I can hear the line input in stereo, and
> 
> arecord -f cd somefile.wav
> 
> produces a file that windows alleges contains 2 channels, but the second
> channel contains only silence.

There are a number of possible scenarios.

   - If you are recording from a microphone, it might be a mono mic
     and hence only one channel.
   - The socket where you are plugging in might be a mono socket.
   - The audio source might be mono.

>From here is probably up to you.

Erik
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