Problems with recording.

[Marr]

On Wednesday 13 June 2012 21:07:49 Ray Andrews wrote:
> This is the first time I've tried an audio capture from this distro
> (LMDE/XFCE). I'm trying to use 'Sound Recorder'.  It seems to record,
> and I can save the file, but on replay, there's no sound at all.

I'm running Xfce 4.6 still and I don't frequently capture audio, but 4 out of 
5 times when I have trouble, it seems to be an issue with my mixer settings 
(i.e. not an Xfce issue).

When you're recording, are you getting appropriate indications on the 'Sound 
Recorder' app's "Level:" graphic (in the lower right corner)?  If not, I'd 
open the app's "Volume Control" window (i.e. the mixer) and start playing with 
the settings, unmuting and maximizing the sliders for all "Recording" channels 
and tweaking your "Input Source" setting to each available value and trying 
again (and again... and again...). If that works, you may, of course,  have to 
tweak the settings again to lower the gain to avoid clipping in your 
recording. Since everyone's audio hardware is a bit different, it's hard to be 
very specific here.

Hope that helps a bit without insulting your intelligence (if you've already 
tried any/all of that). Audio recording is always a pain for me because I do 
it so infrequently and it seems to require different gyrations every time! :^)

Good luck! 

Regards,
Bill Marr