using USB based micro and speaker with FreeBSD / Skype

[Henry Hu]

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Matthias Apitz <guru at unixarea.de> wrote:
> El día Thursday, February 18, 2010 a las 08:38:08PM +0800, Henry Hu escribió:
>
>> Hello, have you tried snd_uaudio?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Henry
>
> Thanks; this gives:
>
>> tail -f /var/log/messages
> Feb 18 14:37:24 current root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x0556 product 0x0001 bus uhub7
> Feb 18 14:37:24 current kernel: ugen4.3: <Asahi Kasei Microsystems> at usbus4
> Feb 18 14:37:24 current kernel: uaudio1: <Asahi Kasei Microsystems product 0x0001, class 0/0, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 3> on usbus4
> Feb 18 14:37:24 current kernel: uaudio1: No playback!
> Feb 18 14:37:24 current kernel: uaudio1: No recording!
> Feb 18 14:37:24 current kernel: uaudio1: No midi sequencer
> Feb 18 14:37:24 current kernel: pcm4: <USB audio> on uaudio1
> Feb 18 14:37:24 current root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x0556 product 0x0001 bus uhub7
> Feb 18 14:38:10 current wpa_supplicant[434]: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
>
>> cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 32bit 2007061600/i386)
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <HDA IDT 92HD71B7 PCM #0 Analog> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0 kld
> snd_hda [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex default)
> pcm1: <HDA IDT 92HD71B7 PCM #1 Analog> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0 kld
> snd_hda [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex)
> pcm2: <HDA IDT 92HD71B7 PCM #2 Digital> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0 kld
> snd_hda [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/0r:0v channels)
> pcm3: <USB audio> at ? kld snd_uaudio [GIANT] (0p:0v/1r:1v channels)

It seems like that this device has recording capabilities. It should be dsp3.
Have you verified that the volume levels are normal?

> pcm4: <USB audio> at ? kld snd_uaudio [GIANT] (mixer only)
>
> but I can't figure out how to make it work with Skype; none of the
> /dev/dsp[1,2,3] works; only the internal mic is recording;
>
> any idea?
>
>        matthias
>
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Cheers,
Henry