external sound card under FreeBSD 5.4

[Sandor Z Nemeth]

Hi,

I have FreeBSD 6.0 and I do not know how to record. Although my mixer
setting is

Mixer speaker  is currently set to 100:100
Mixer line     is currently set to 100:100
Recording source: mic

I tried to use audacity. When clicking the record button the computer gets
freezed, and the only solution is reboot.

Since multimedia is one of the most difficult issues under free operating
systems, I would like to learn more about it.

Thanks,
Sandor

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On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Kazuhito HONDA wrote:

> Excuse me for long absence.
> 
> From: Sandor Z Nemeth <nemeths at for.mat.bham.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: external sound card under FreeBSD 5.4
> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:56:44 +0000 (GMT)
> 
> > My mixer setting is currently
> > 
> > Mixer speaker  is currently set to 100:100
> > Mixer line     is currently set to 100:100
> > Recording source: mic
> > 
> > Does this mean that I have no recording device at the moment? Should I
> > have a line "Mixer rec"? How can I get a recording device?
> 
> It doesn't mean that.  
> FreeBSD can't recognize which a volume of USB audio 
> is for the purpose of recording or not.
> But it isn't concerned with detection of a recording port.
> (`Recording source: mic' has no mean for this device. 
> When the wiring for recording doesn't have the selector,
> FreeBSD show it.  
> Though SB external 24bit has two port for recording, 
> line-in and mic, these appear as one port for computer.)
> 
> I have the same USB audio device, 
> and I can record with it on FreeBSD-current.
> We must be able to record on FreeBSD after 5-stable.
> But we can't record on FreeBSD 5.4.
> 
> Sincerely yours,
> Kazuhito HONDA
>