HDA mic & rec volumes

[John Wright]

mixer is telling me that "mic" is the only recording device.  It won't let
me set anything else as the recording device other than "mic"

jello# mixer +rec vol
mixer: unknown recording device: vol
usage: mixer [-f device] [-s | -S] [dev [+|-][voll[:[+|-]volr]] ...
       mixer [-f device] [-s | -S] recsrc ...
       mixer [-f device] [-s | -S] {^|+|-|=}rec rdev ...
 devices: vol, pcm, speaker, line, mic, rec
 rec devices: mic


On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Matthias Apitz <guru at sisis.de> wrote:

> El día Monday, July 14, 2008 a las 06:39:39PM +0100, John Wright escribió:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've posted before and received help to get my sound up and running on my
> > Vostro 1500 and I'm very thankful.  The only problem that I still have is
> > that my mic sound level is very low.  Whether I use the internal mic or a
> > mic plugged into the jack, i can't get good loud sounds.  When I talk on
> > Skype the other people can barely hear me, it's not even loud enough to
> hold
> > a conversation without literally yelling into the mic.  Krec also records
> my
> > voice but again at a very low level.  Any help with getting the full
> > potential out of my mic will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > jello# uname -a
> > FreeBSD jello.hwresnet.org 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb
> 24
> > 19:59:52 UTC 2008     root at logan.cse.buffalo.edu:
> /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
> > i386
> >
> > jello# dmesg | grep pcm
> > pcm0: <Intel 82801H High Definition Audio Controller> mem
> > 0xfebfc000-0xfebfffff irq 21 at device 27.0 on pci0
> > pcm0: [ITHREAD]
> > pcm0: <HDA Codec: Sigmatel STAC9205>
> > pcm0: <HDA Driver Revision: 20080316_0051>
> >
> > jello# mixer
> > Mixer vol      is currently set to  15:15
> > Mixer pcm      is currently set to  55:55
> > Mixer speaker  is currently set to 100:100
> > Mixer line     is currently set to 100:100
> > Mixer mic      is currently set to 100:100
> > Mixer rec      is currently set to 100:100
> > Recording source: mic
>
> Try this (which solved my problem, see
>  Message-ID: <20080407090601.GA3251 at rebelion.Sisis.de>):
>
> $ mixer vol 66:66 pcm 40:40 speaker 66:66 line 66:66 mic 66:66 rec 66:66
> +rec vol
>
> the crucial part is '+rec vol' changing the recording device to 'vol'
> and recording is now fine with this, even if I never ever will
> understand what 'volume' has todo with input/microphone :-)
>
>        matthias
>
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-- 
John N. Wright
jwright11 at gmail.com