Thread: Sound Devices question, cannot record audio

hi,
had problems in 10.10 , upgraded 11.04, did not help. want record sound in vlc. must specify input audio device, cannot find that, looking in /dev
cant seem find /dev/snd /dev/dsp, in /dev/snd have:

code:

by-path  controlc0  hwc0d0  pcmc0d0c  pcmc0d0p  pcmc0d1c  pcmc0d1p  seq  timer

i can hear sound, coming in via analog line in. strange thing though master volume control in alsamixer not alter volume of input, alters volume of
stuff played mplayer (e.g.) , others.

totally screwed up. can maybe totally remove sound support , reinstall? ubuntu has been upgraded few times on years, , mainboard (sound on that) did change last year.

general listening music etc, or skype works without problems.


anyway here's few displays:

brian@brian:/dev/snd$ aplay -l
**** list of playback hardware devices ****
card 0: sb [hda ati sb], device 0: alc892 analog [alc892 analog]
subdevices: 1/1
subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: sb [hda ati sb], device 1: alc892 digital [alc892 digital]
subdevices: 1/1
subdevice #0: subdevice #0


brian@brian:/dev/snd$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_codec_realtek 255820 1
snd_hda_intel 24140 3
snd_hda_codec 90901 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80244 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 55295 15 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec, snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,sn d_seq_device
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

i found thread while trying same sort of functionalty (record 'what hear') working in audacity. able work on machine going sound preferences applet , hardware tab. changed profile analog stero duplex analog stero output, , i'm able use audicty record sound coming out of pc. hope helps.

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