Re: [Alsa-user] Newbie: How to use ALSA with a SB LiveDrive

[Bob L. <bjl...@lo...>]

Steve Fulton wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm the IT person at a small college radio station, and we're looking 
> to get streaming going.  I have a preference for all this unix, so I 
> chose to build a linux box out of donated equipment.  The sound card 
> we're using is a SB Live with a LiveDrive.  I'm not very familiar with 
> it, truth be told, and I've had a lot of difficulty getting it 
> working.  I decided to use the ALSA drivers because of the good 
> reviews I've seen elsewhere, and my experience with CB's emu10k1 
> driver off of SoundForge was rather miserable.
>
> Onto the point:  We're inputting our broadcast via the SPDIF RCA input 
> on the LiveDrive.  The streaming software I'm using (DarkIce) is 
> reading from the device (/dev/dsp) [I'm not certain that's the right 
> device in this particular case, but that's what the DarkIce docs say 
> to use].  The drivers load fine, DarkIce loads fine, but we don't get 
> any sound.
>
> I've used amixer to set the device to record (I think), using this 
> command line:
>
> amixer -c 0 sset "Line LiveDrive",0 90%,90% rec
>
> But we still don't get any sound.  I've also tried switching to 
> "LineDrive",1 instead, no luck.  Here's the output from that command:
>
> Simple mixer control 'Line LiveDrive',0
>   Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch
>   Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
>   Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
>   Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100
>   Front Left: Playback 90 [90%] Capture 90 [90%] [on]
>   Front Right: Playback 90 [90%] Capture 90 [90%] [on]
>
> I'm getting pretty frustrated, so if anyone can help, I'd really 
> appreciate it.
>
> -- Steve

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/
I have no idea what that card is.
Run "amixer" from a command line and tell me what it says.
Maybe all channels are muted.


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