[gentoo-user] Re: Can't get any microphone to work

[Ezequiel Garcia]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> localhost ~ # arecord -l
> **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC887 Analog [ALC887 Analog]
>  Subdevices: 1/1
>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC887 Digital [ALC887 Digital]
>  Subdevices: 1/1
>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 2: ALC887 Analog [ALC887 Analog]
>  Subdevices: 1/1
>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>
>
> localhost ~ # arecord -L
> null
>    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
> default:CARD=SB
>    HDA ATI SB, ALC887 Analog
>    Default Audio Device
> front:CARD=SB,DEV=0
>    HDA ATI SB, ALC887 Analog
>    Front speakers
> surround40:CARD=SB,DEV=0
>    HDA ATI SB, ALC887 Analog
>    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
> surround41:CARD=SB,DEV=0
>    HDA ATI SB, ALC887 Analog
>    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> surround50:CARD=SB,DEV=0
>    HDA ATI SB, ALC887 Analog
>    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
> surround51:CARD=SB,DEV=0
>    HDA ATI SB, ALC887 Analog
>    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0
>    HDA ATI SB, ALC887 Analog
>    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
> iec958:CARD=SB,DEV=0
>    HDA ATI SB, ALC887 Digital
>    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output

Hi again!


I don't have pulseaudio and my device doesn't appear as a separate device.

What I really can't get is why arecord -L shows me info about speakers
when it's supposed
to show only capture devices.

Also, could someone please give me an example of arecord
usage to capture from a (non-default) device named 2,0 in vlc.
(I *did* read the man page but it's still a bit unclear)

Thanks for your help,
Ezequiel.