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rmcellig
Joined: 19 Nov 2011 Posts: 968 Location: Ottawa Ontario Canada
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Posted: Tue 22 Jan 2013, 20:53 Post subject:
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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?
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rmcellig
Joined: 19 Nov 2011 Posts: 968 Location: Ottawa Ontario Canada
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Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 06:35 Post subject:
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I just came across this. I will see if this works.
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/pulseaudio
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darkcity

Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2545 Location: near here
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Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 07:43 Post subject:
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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
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rmcellig
Joined: 19 Nov 2011 Posts: 968 Location: Ottawa Ontario Canada
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Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 08:15 Post subject:
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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.
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darkcity

Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2545 Location: near here
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Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 08:55 Post subject:
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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/
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rmcellig
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Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 09:45 Post subject:
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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.
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OscarTalks

Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 1728 Location: London, England
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Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 10:06 Post subject:
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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.
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rmcellig
Joined: 19 Nov 2011 Posts: 968 Location: Ottawa Ontario Canada
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Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 11:48 Post subject:
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Thanks! I will take a look.
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darkcity

Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2545 Location: near here
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Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 16:48 Post subject:
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Thanks for testing pulse audio website, it is working for me too now
; -)
Quote: | [I'm in Puppy now. How can I tell what the audio hardware is? |
Go to PuppyMenu > System > HardInfo
Audio information is shown under Multimedia in the Summary.
also typing the following command in the terminal will list current recording devices-
the 'l' is a lowercase L
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rmcellig
Joined: 19 Nov 2011 Posts: 968 Location: Ottawa Ontario Canada
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Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 17:12 Post subject:
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*** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC889A Analog [ALC889A Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC889A Digital [ALC889A Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 2: ALC889A Analog [ALC889A Analog]
Subdevices: 2/2
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
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rmcellig
Joined: 19 Nov 2011 Posts: 968 Location: Ottawa Ontario Canada
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Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 17:17 Post subject:
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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.
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Semme

Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 7826 Location: World_Hub
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Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 18:10 Post subject:
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Consider- Mints @ least 700mb's bigger. Plenty'a xtra *BLING* packed in..
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rmcellig
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Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 18:28 Post subject:
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Thanks for the clarification. Now if we can only find out what the missing pieces to this puzzle are, that would be great!!
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Semme

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Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 18:36 Post subject:
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Did you have a look into Precord?
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rmcellig
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Posted: Wed 23 Jan 2013, 20:01 Post subject:
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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.
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