[PlanetCCRMA] Re: PlanetCCRMA digest, Vol 1 #1330 - PART 2

[Ron Pepper]

--- Mike Jackson <jackson@scsr.nevada.edu> wrote:

> sorry for replying so fast. It sounds like things are working for
> you. This is a
> problem if you do other things. You mention Audacity says other
> apps are
> using your hardware. I would turn off your sound system from using
> its wav
> files. Like, if you do something, it would sound the "ding" wav
> file.  I would
> turn this off - I do believe its called sound events. 
> 
> I would also try a linux live (bootup) CD, like dynabolic, that has
> ALSA
> support in it to see how your soundcard works. If it works good,
> then the
> problem is with your CCRMA linux.
> 
> sorry but read your mail at 6am and went right to work before
> really waking up.
> I tend to jump in with both feet even if the brain isn't quite
> working.-mj
> 
> 
> At 7/13/2005 5:43:00 PM, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >--- Mike Jackson <jackson@scsr.nevada.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> 
> >> >Subject: [PlanetCCRMA] Audio recording problem
> >> >
> >> >My system is FC-3, but not the CCRMA version. Initially I had
> some
> >> >trouble getting my sound card (SB-Live! emu10Kx) to work, but
> >> thanks
> >> >to this forum and ALSA sound works pretty well now. 
> >> >
> >> >I want a "radio Tivo" type set-up on my system. This should be
> >> >automated, so that the necessary apps would open at specific
> >> times,
> >> >record an audio stream and then stop after a set interval. Is
> this
> >> >possible? Is Audacity the best app to use for recording? I'm
> >> mainly
> >> >interested in 'talk radio' so sound quality doesn't need to be
> >> great.
> >> >Are there other apps that might be better than Audacity for
> simple
> >> >audio stream recording? 
> >> >
> >> >If Audacity is a good way to go, then I have some problems
> getting
> >> it
> >> >to work properly. I got an error message from Audacity that
> other
> >> >programs are using ALSA. I checked the Audacity Wiki and turned
> >> off
> >> >system sounds. Now Audacity will open, but when I try to record
> an
> >> >internet radio station, I get the error, "Error while opening
> >> sound
> >> >device. Please check the input device settings and the project
> >> sample
> >> >rate." I'm still pretty new to Linux and I'm not sure how to
> >> resolve
> >> >this. Any suggestions?
> >> >
> >> >Thanks,
> >> >
> >> >Ron
> >> >
> >> 
> >> Go into your preferences and do a sound card test. Then go into
> >> preferences > multimedia
> >> and see what you have for sound (alsa or oss). I know you need
> to
> >> disable the oss modules
> >> to have alsa working properly. In the CCRMA instructions, I do
> >> believe it tells you how to
> >> do this. Perhaps the oss modules are kicking in and alsa is
> >> reporting this error.
> >> -mj
> >> 
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> >
> >Soundcard detection is OK (emu10k1x) and I can play audio-streams
> >(internet radio) from XMMS Ok. Preferences: Multimedia shows ALSA
> as
> >my sound system, however when I try the "test" button, I get
> "Failed
> >to construct test pipeline for 'ALSA - Advanced Linux Sound
> >Architecture'". Is this a problem indicating all is not working
> >properly, or just a misleading message. 
> >
> >Ron 
> >
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Thanks for the reply Mike,

I did turn off my system files and Audacity opens without complaint.
I can import an mp3 file from disk and "record" it, so Audacity
functions, sort of. But I can't play an audio stream from xmms or
other player and get it to record with Audacity or any other Linux
recording device that I've tried. I get an empty .wav file at best. I
don't know whether I'm trying to do something impossible with my
soundcard, or I simply need to configure something differently. I'm
using FC-3, but not the CCRMA version, though I did install the ALSA
module, and it seems to be working properly.  


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