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Sound Input Level meter
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jamesbond

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PostPosted: Fri 13 Apr 2012, 23:09    Post subject:  Sound Input Level meter  
A simple visualisation for the sound input level (e.g. microphone input, etc). Good to check whether your input is working or in the correct range.
Note: please close this before you start the actual application (recording, voip, or whatever) as the script uses arecord, and arecord blocks other applications from doing their work.

EDIT: two packages now provided, one for 32-bit puppies and one for 64-bit puppies (fatdog).

EDIT: updated to version 1.1, remove the stereo files - thanks for OscarTalks for reporting the bug.
alsa-input-level-1.1-x86_64.pet
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alsa-input-level-1.1.pet
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PostPosted: Fri 13 Apr 2012, 23:13    Post subject:  
If you can't be bothered with stdbuf and GUI, just open terminal and do this:
Code:
arecord -vv /dev/null

There is your input level meter. Of course, as above, you need to stop this before starting your actual application.
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PostPosted: Sun 15 Apr 2012, 02:19    Post subject:  
Updated post for 32-bit systems too.
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PostPosted: Sun 15 Apr 2012, 02:35    Post subject:  
thanks... I do realize that during recording video using tv-tuner i have to use :
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amixer set Capture 2%

v4lctl volume mute off

ffmpeg -y -f oss -i /dev/dsp -itsoffset 1 -acodec pcm_s16le -f video4linux2 -s 640x480 -r 15 -qscale 5 -vc 1 -tvstd PAL-DK -i /dev/video0 -sws_flags bicubic -ss 00:00:03 -t 00:00:15 -f avi test.avi


other wise the sound would be terrible.

even with my script, it is "just ok" quality. do you have any suggestion ?

thanks
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OscarTalks

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PostPosted: Sun 15 Apr 2012, 21:16    Post subject:  
Hello JamesBond,

Thanks for that. A useful little tool. A lot of people seem to report problems with sound input and this is a nice way of providing an indication of what (if anything) is happening.

By the way, is there any chance that you might be able to offer help and advice regarding PSIP at some stage please? Cheers!
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PostPosted: Mon 16 Apr 2012, 11:05    Post subject:  
@Master_Wrong, I can't help with that, I don't have tvtuner myself. But I suggest you try to capture from alsa (-f alsa) instead of from OSS (-f oss) if your tvtuner supports it.

@OscarTalks, yes, I'd like to help but I'm a bit busy right now. I will see what I can do. Haven't been in the PSIP forum for a few months Wink
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PostPosted: Mon 16 Apr 2012, 12:28    Post subject:  
Installed your sound input meter in Saluki 019. Is it supposed to be saving the audio as a .wav file called "stereo" in root? Mine did. Deleted it of course.
My PSIP disappeared completely from the menu as well which was strange. Had to uninstall and re-install PSIP in PPM. Just wondering if my installing this tool had anything to do with it as I hadn't done much else. EDIT, just noticed, looks like my Precord may have gone for a burton as well. Uninstalled and re-installed to get it back.
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PostPosted: Mon 16 Apr 2012, 20:38    Post subject:  
OscarTalks wrote:
Installed your sound input meter in Saluki 019. Is it supposed to be saving the audio as a .wav file called "stereo" in root? Mine did. Deleted it of course.

No, it's not supposed to do that. My stupidity of course. Fixed Very Happy
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My PSIP disappeared completely from the menu as well which was strange. Had to uninstall and re-install PSIP in PPM. Just wondering if my installing this tool had anything to do with it as I hadn't done much else. EDIT, just noticed, looks like my Precord may have gone for a burton as well. Uninstalled and re-installed to get it back.
I haven't tried it on Saluki yet, but it isn't supposed to do that. It's just a simple one-line script file. I used Fatdog64 to package the pet, perhaps it's a bit too old and the PET format no longer works for newer puppies. Anyway, you can just get the PET, extract it manually (tar -xvf alsa-input-level.pet) and copy the files to /usr/bin/ (and the desktop files to /usr/share/applications).

cheers!
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