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Subject: [gentoo-user] Can't get any microphone to work
From: Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@gmail.com>
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Damn!

I've been all morning struggling with this.
I have an analog microphone wired to my hda intel onboard sound card.
Also, I have a genius webcam (gspca_pac7302) with a builtin mic.

I tried arecord but couldn't capture anything from any of it, so I guess
I'm doing something wrong. But what?

Below is arecord list output.

Is arecord appropriate for this test or there is another tool I can grab?

Thanks!
Ezequiel.

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