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rmcellig

I am currently running Mint 14 xfce on my iMac as my main OS and love it. I have finally figured out how to record audio from the radio attached to my iMac. It turns out that when I run the Pulse Audio Volume control app, I can record from my radio. Can I do this with Puppy Linux?

rmcellig · Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 06:35 Post subject:

I just came across this. I will see if this works.

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/pulseaudio

darkcity · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2436 Location: near here

Let us know how you get on.

BTW the Pulse audio page appears blank to me?

http://www.pulseaudio.org/
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio

rmcellig · Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 08:15 Post subject:

I'm in Puppy now on my iMac booted from the CD. Still not working. Not quite sure what is different from Mint 14 and Puppy. When booted in Mint, no problem recording. I have the Pulse Audio Volume Control installed in Mint and am able to see the Sound indicators showing that it is capturing audio. See my initial post.

Not sure if I have to install Pulse Audio Volume app to get this to work. Not sure if there is a version for Puppy Linux that works.

darkcity · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2436 Location: near here

is the radio going to the line in?

what is the audio hardware in the iMac?

could you test the Pulse audio link for me?
http://www.pulseaudio.org/

rmcellig · Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 09:45 Post subject:

s the radio going to the line in?

Yes

what is the audio hardware in the iMac?

I'm in Puppy now. How can I tell what the audio hardware is?

could you test the Pulse audio link for me?
http://www.pulseaudio.org/

Just tested the link. works fine.

OscarTalks · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 825 Location: London, England

I frequently record audio from the line-in jack socket in Puppy, not with an iMac I must admit, but I have never needed to install Pulse Audio. It is just a case of finding the right settings in Retrovol or Alsa Mixer for capture.

Precord has an audio input level meter. Just click the config button to expand the GUI and then it is the button next to "Quit" in the bottom right-hand corner.

rmcellig · Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 11:48 Post subject:

Thanks! I will take a look.

darkcity · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2436 Location: near here

Thanks for testing pulse audio website, it is working for me too now
; -)

rmcellig · Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 17:12 Post subject:

rmcellig · Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 17:17 Post subject:

I'm in Mint 14 now on my iMac and everything is working fine regarding recording audio from the radio so I am wondering what I am missing when I boot into Puppy Linux 5.2.8.

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 3589 Location: World_Hub

Consider- Mints @ least 700mb's bigger. Plenty'a xtra *BLING* packed in..

rmcellig · Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 18:28 Post subject:

Thanks for the clarification. Now if we can only find out what the missing pieces to this puzzle are, that would be great!!

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 3589 Location: World_Hub

Did you have a look into Precord?

rmcellig · Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 20:01 Post subject:

No. that one is new to me. I will check it out on my other computer right now to see what it is all about. Thanks!!

I use arecord to record my shows because I can schedule them for pre determined times in a crontab.