Ubuntu Linux - Split Thread

[katzdvd]

Did that; same results as post 283...sorry, I am trying!

[anonymez]

Did that

Post #285 too?

[katzdvd]

yes... same result.

[anonymez]

Post a screenshot of the "Devices" tab in System-->Preferences-->Sound.

[katzdvd]

Sorry about the size - I hope you have a large monitor, lol! I am still getting used to using GIMP, instead of Irfanview

[anonymez]

LOL that's huge. Can you also post the contents of the I/O tab in Audacity?

[katzdvd]

I tried to screen capture with the playback/record tabs expanded, but I can't capture? when I click the dropdown menu...

OSS is listed there, & alsa >
HDA VIA VT 82 xx:ALC861 Analog (hw:0.0)
Alsa front
Alsa Surround 4.0
5.1
7.1

I have researched this & tried every setting I know how to, & as I mentioned, I can't get a stream capture with any of the audio edit pgms... Hopefully you will see something there...

[anonymez]

At this point I am unsure whether it is a driver problem or just an Audacity (and GNUSound?) quirk (the error message is common, even on Macs). Not exactly a solution, but does Sound Recorder work? Menu->Sound & Video

There is also mplayer which should be able to dump just about any stream losslessly. Run a terminal, enter

mplayer 'http://www.the.url/of/the/stream' -dumpstream -dumpfile '/path/to/output.mp3'

You can leave out -dumpfile and it will save it as stream.dump in your home folder.

[katzdvd]

Not exactly a solution, but does Sound Recorder work? Menu->Sound & Video

nope - I can't do sound recording of any kind, with any audio editor, sound recorder, etc. At one point, a few weeks ago, I did manage to get an audio stream to record - sort of.

What happened then was that it recorded very distorted & intermittently. It was after that episode that my sound was "broken" & all my files were distorted. after a couple of cold boots that returned to "normal" though...

So at this point I do have clear audio, although not being able to record. From my windows/pc experience I was thinking that it is a driver prob./conflict of some kind, since I cannot get ANY audio editor to work at all.

There is also mplayer which should be able to dump just about any stream losslessly.

I could try that, I suppose. Actually, what I would really like to do the most would be to run goldwave under wine. I can get goldwave to open, (with wine) load a sound file, but from that point I get the error; "cannot find playback device" (I think it is). They state on the goldwave forums that it won't run under linux, but I thought it would be worth a shot to try. My only other option would be to boot to windows to do the recording, & I am trying to cut the cord...

As my knowledge of this OS continues to grow, hopefully I will come across the solution; at this point it is frustrating though, since everything looks "correct" as far as the places that I know where to look. (settings/preferences,etc.)

Unless there are system logs somewhere that would tell more of a story, I don't know...

[anonymez]

It looks very much like a driver issue, although a few posts on the forums suggest things had worked with the previous release. What advanced users would do in this case is compile and update the kernel, but it is probably something beginners should steer clear of unless they're feeling brave & adventurous.

In your case I would recommend just using mplayer (I would always recommend it over recording/encoding anyway, even if it worked flawlessly on your system). Unfortunately, I'm otherwise out of ideas, you have encountered a nasty bug.

[katzdvd]

although a few posts on the forums suggest things had worked with the previous release.

I did see that, & also that users have reverted to the prev. version of ubuntu since they have been having other probs as well w/ 7.04...

I would recommend just using mplayer

I don't think that is an option for me, since I need to do editing as well...

you have encountered a nasty bug.

So you're saying that this is a "system specific" problem, such as related to my hardware setup?

[anonymez]

So you're saying that this is a "system specific" problem, such as related to my hardware setup?

All signs point towards that, unfortunately. It could be an Ubuntu bug or a kernel bug, but chances are it is the former; other than updating the kernel I don't think there's much more I can suggest.

I'll check launchpad to see if anyone else is experiencing this.

[katzdvd]

So you're saying that this is a "system specific" problem, such as related to my hardware setup?

I wonder if it could be a simple solution such as disabling onboard sound & installing a separate soundcard...

[anonymez]

Anything that involves replacing hardware is not a solution IMO, more of a workaround. But it just might work if you have a spare. Chances are this will be fixed in Gutsy-- new & updated kernel, GNOME, Xorg, etc included.

I'll be carefully selecting the parts for my next build to make sure they're compatible. BTW, I'm surprised you're hanging in there; can't let go of Beryl, eh?

BTW if you don't mind a bit of bleeding edge compositing goodness, you might like to take a look at Compiz and Compiz Fusion (the "new" names after the Beryl & Compiz merge). Running it now; smoother, faster, more stable (than Beryl) and some fantastic new features.

[anonymez]

A nice preview of the new Compiz here.