Problems with audio recording

[Daniela]

On Monday 29 September 2003 23:35, Paul Hamilton wrote:
> Hi Daniela,
>
> Here are a few notes I have made on playing with audio in/out.  I mainly
> use this to record radio programs, for play back at a later time.  The
> radio is plugged into 'LineIn', and I use Ecasound to handle the recording
> and converting to a MP3 file.  Works a treat.  Read the indepth 'man' files
> for more info on each package/program.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul Hamilton
>
>
> <NOTES>
>
> http://eca.cx/	; ECASOUND Web site
>
> Add to kernel:		"device	pcm"
> cd /dev
> ./MAKEDEV snd0
> cat /dev/sndstat	;to see if it's configured properly
>
> pkg_add ecasound-1.8.5d15
> pkg_add nmixer-2.0b17
> pkg_add mpg123-x.x.x
> pkg_add festival-x.x.x		: text to voice sythasizer
>
> Sound Recording:-
>
> Set nmixer
> 	Set Mic to 3
> 	Set rec to 3
> 	Run:	ecasound -I:/dev/dsp0 -o test.wav


Works all well until here. It still doesn't record anything. I guess it's 
either hardware failure or I'm too stupid for it :-(