Re: [Alsa-user] Problem with an ice1712 soundcard on recording

[Udo v. d. H. <ud...@xs...>]

ee...@ba... wrote:
> Quoting Udo van den Heuvel <ud...@xs...>:
> 
>> ee...@ba... wrote:
>>> Quoting Udo van den Heuvel <ud...@xs...>:
>>>
>>>> Lee Revell wrote:
>>>>> Try arecord -r 44100 -f S16_LE
>>>> maybe add -c2 to record stereo: arecord -r 44100 -f S16_LE -c2 blah.wav
>>>> Overe here mono works OK but stereo gives silence.
>>> Yes same here.
>> No updates on this issue?
>> The bug report at
>> https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=2526 did see no
>> activity. This means the ice1712 driver is dead?
> 
>   Hi,
> 
>   I have resolved my problem but my stereo recording troubles did not 
> involve the SPDIF. Unfortunately my SPDIF is connected to a yammaha 
> sound card that is unsupported under linux so I can not test SPDIF.
> 
>   My audio inputs are on lines 7/8 of my card.
> 
>   I have played around swapping lines.
> 
>   I think if I record in mono then it records all lines ?
> 
>   If I record in stereo then it uses 1/2. Hence the change from mono to 
> stereo made my input dissappear.

Interesting theory.
How do I find out on what lines my audio comes in?

>   I am not sure how to make arecord record my different lines. I have 
> found and .asoundrc for selecting output but I am not sure about input.

If the default ice1712 config is broken it needs fixing.

Who can help here?