[PLUG] Ubuntu Hardy Analog Audio Line-in
Richard C. Steffens
rsteff at comcast.net
Thu Jul 23 16:23:56 UTC 2009
I'm not getting any sound from Line-in on my Ubuntu Hardy machine. It is
possible I haven't tried recording audio from an external source since
installing Hardy. I can't find the way to activate the Gnome mixer
applet. The help page says, "To add this applet to a Panel, right-click
on the Panel and choose Applets->Multimedia->Mixer" but Applets is not
available in the context menu I get. I do have "+Add to panel..." but it
doesn't have a mixer applet.
Now that I've found:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting#Getting%20Line%20Input%20to%20work%20(Microphone,%20etc)
I'm pretty sure I haven't recorded from an external source on Hardy,
since I haven't seen anything like this before.
I have AlsaMixer running, and have enabled the Capture view. I assume
I'm trying to use the Line input on the sound card. The Capture view shows:
0 0 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
------ ------ ------ ------
3D Contr 3D Contr Line Mic Video Phone IEC958 IEC958 P
Aux Capture Mix Mix Mono
I can toggle Line (and others) with the space bar to produce this:
L R
0 0 CAPTUR
3D Contr 3D Contr Line ...
but I don't get a level control above it. Capture does have a level
control above it, but I don't get any sound. I have the headphone out of
a boom box plugged in to the line-in jack on the sound card. At least I
think it's the line-in -- the blue jack. (If the industry standardized,
and if the image I found with Google agrees with my box, then green =
headphone/speaker out, blue = analog line-in, and pink = mic in.)
Any assistance will be appreciated.
TIA.
--
Regards,
Dick Steffens
www.dicksteffens.com
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