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Topic: Audacity recording device, /dev/dsp, who, what, when, where?

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doobit

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Posted: Feb. 06 2006,03:04

To make mp3s you also need the lame-mp3 plugin.
Also, you first must have working sound in and out on your computer.

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soulbrew

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Posted: Feb. 06 2006,10:23

Hi Doobit,

thank you for your reply.

The mp3 lame encoder is not the issue here.
Neither is the sound in and out: xmms reads
and play mp3s from the cd, so I take the sound out is fine.
Xmix or Wmix (I can't remember...) is installed and running,
if I select mic level I can get feedback, so I take sound in
is fine too.
The thing is that whenever I press rec on audacity, nothin
happens, that's it. And I do not know where to bang my head....

Waiting for some more info,

Marco

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Posted: Feb. 06 2006,15:02

Do you have a writeable temp directory specified, with a decent amount of space?

Audacity has its own mixer of sorts...record and playback levels, and a dropdown list of available input sources (pcm, line, mic, etc...).

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doobit

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Posted: Feb. 06 2006,15:47

Mikshaw is correct (as usual). You need to choose the sound source in Audacity's preferences. If you did that, and still nothing is happening, then there was probably a problem in the install. Mine seems to work well using the Frugal install of DSL.

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soulbrew

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Posted: Feb. 06 2006,16:22

Hi Mikshaw,

Thank you for your reply!
Temp. dir /tmp/audacity1.2-dsl (chmodded to 777, just in case...)
free space 722mb - I think it's enough....
I've just created another empty temp dir. chmodded 777 just in case and no, Audacity is not recording anything....

@doobit
I've been using Audacity on win for a few years and I understand
the way you tune it. So, given the case, you might be right. How do I go for an unistall in DSL?

I'm lost and about to drop the towel....

Marco

Any clue?

Marco

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