[Alsa-user] record direct from pcm

[martin y. <mya...@ve...>]

Dear Friends:

If I try to record from the web, such as using sound record to capture 
the output of a file playing from a url, sound record only uses the mic 
to capture what is coming out of the laptop speakers.

Obviously, I want to record from card output, not the mic from speakers.

Most posts here are about getting mic to work, which is does fine

Dell Latitiude D930

yazdzik@deblap1:~$ uname -a
Linux deblap1 2.6.24-1-686 #1 SMP Mon Feb 11 14:37:45 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/
Linux
yazdzik@deblap1:~$ aplay -l output
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: STAC92xx Digital [STAC92xx Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
yazdzik@deblap1:~$ aplay -L output
default:CARD=Intel
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
yazdzik@deblap1:~$


The gnome gui shows only analog inputs for digital input source , and 
both mics, mic)I presume line in for this) and mic front for input source
(two drop downs, both the same).

best,
Martin