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On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 3:22 PM Alexandru N. Barloiu <axl@××××.ro> wrote: |
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> > 3)? Wrong? |
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> It was gpl. Then they moved it to proprietary. Then they become |
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> insignificant and changed it back. For me, that's sign enough that I |
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> don't want anything to do with it. |
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OK, I understand... |
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> > > why would you? |
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> > desperation? ALSA is 22 years old, and they couldn't find the time |
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> > to |
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> > write documentation. It will not happen. When it works, it works. It |
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> It might have been invented 22 years ago, but that doesn't mean that it |
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> didn't change/improve over that time. |
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I agree, but I was talking about the documentation, not about the |
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quality of the software. |
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Check the main documentation site https://alsa-project.org/wiki/Documentation |
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The first section contains 4 items, the second of which is just a |
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title (no link) and the 3rd is a dead link... ( actually, not dead, |
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but leading to nothing; and it says "Linux Audio Users Guide", a name |
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suggesting its contents are relevant) |
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> What do you mean "no joy with micro"? Maybe it could be easier to fix |
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> this than use OSS. |
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I mean I can't record sound (or I can't play it). Probably because I |
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don't know what I'm doing (see above, Documentation). I have a micro |
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which connects to an interface via a XLR cable (it works; I can hear |
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sound through headphones connected with the direct monitor output in |
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the interface); the interface gets power from the computer via USB |
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(works); the RCA output of the interface connects to the LineIn entry |
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in the card. Trying to record with arecord produces a file that yields |
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noise or silence with aplay. I tried changing stuff in alsamixer... |
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https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B01C05AL4C/ref=sr_1_5dchild=1&keywords=mikrofon%2Bxlr&qid=1585927073&sr=8-5&th=1 |
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https://www.amazon.de/-/en/gp/product/B00EK1OTZC/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza?th=1 |
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The reasons I asked about OSS4 and not the details about my problem |
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are: (i) I like to understand what I'm doing (big picture & details) |
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and (ii) I don't want to be a support vampire |
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But maybe OSS4 would be no solution at all. However, it seems that |
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even trying is not an option... |
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Thanks |
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Jorge |
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