[PlanetCCRMA] can't record

Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
Mon Mar 15 13:30:05 2004


> Static AsoundRecorder* 
> AsoundRecorder::CreateInitializedSoundRecorder(CSound*)
> -No audio input method could be initialized
> 
> could you tell me how to record with arecord so I could try from there?
> I can't figure out how to do it from the man page.

A simple incantation would be:
  arecord -D hw:0 -f cd test.wav

"-D" sets the device to record from (in this case first alsa card)
"-f cd" is shorthand for stereo 16bit 44.1KHz

-- Fernando