trouble recording sound

[robotics56a]

i can seem to record sound in audacity. i can hear myself when i talk into the mic but its not being recorded (same with line in)

the same haves with teamspeak (sound in and out)

both are useing /dev/dsp

whats going on?

[jaboua]

You arent using KDE? If so, try turning off ARTS or maybe turning off ESD if you use gnome... If you don't mind commandline, you could check if you have the commands "rec" or "record" installed:

rec /home/user/test.ogg

record

[robotics56a]

thanks problem fixed it was arts

[dark_lord_kodd]

Hey,

I have the same problem i think, can hear the sound through speakers but its not recording it in audacity!

What exactly did you do to fix it? Im using GNOME in mandrake 10.1 Official.

THanks!

[robotics56a]

try this:

press ctrl + esc

search for artsd and kill it.

its hogging the sound.

[Candid Dauth]

Is there any way to record without killing arts?

I like using arts because then I can use Teamspeak and listen to music at the same time. Or is there any other way to do so?

[robotics56a]

well arts is nessisary for some music players but not all, have you tried xmms?

[Candid Dauth]

That’s not the problem. The problem is that artsdsp is the only possibility for TeamSpeak not to block the sound device. At least the only possibility I’ve found so far.

I think I’ve found the problem why recording doesn’t work at my computer: I’ve ALSA dmix plugin activated. And I read somewhere that this enables using the sound device by multiple applications at the same time, but only for playing and not for recording. So I’ve got to write in some configuration file which application may use the sound device for recording. But I haven’t found how to do that until now.