aplay/arecord start-up error

['Georgina']

Hi

Using beta 10, my modules are located in /lib/modules/2.4.18/misc/

Gena



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>Igor -
>
>It is possible that the names of the drivers may have changed.
>They used to be called "snd-card-xxxx" but at least in beta11
>they are now called "snd-xxxx" without the "card" part.
>
>Chuck
>
>
>On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Igor Gueths wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> all. Now that I think about it, got another question. I got the alsa
>> drivers/lib/utils version 0.9.0beta12, but I couldn't figure out where the
>> drivers were placed. I am using beta 9 and using a start-up script that I
>> wrote that loads the apropriate module at boot time. In terms of beta 12,
>> I looked in /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/sound/acore. I looked in the isa
>> directory, considering that I have an isa-pnp card, and the driver for my
>> cs4236 wasn't present. With beta9, I just use modprobe to load the mods,
>> and everything works perfectly. Any ideas of where the installer may have
>> hidden those drivers lol! Thanks.  On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, 'Georgina' wrote:
>>
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > Glad that your requested the version number of the alsa driver as some of
>> > the lines may produce interesting results.  I see that the -d (Duration) w
as
>> > set at 2 hours, that's a lot of disk space.
>> >
>> > Using alsa 09 beta 10 I use these lines:
>> >
>> > arecord -d 1800 <filename>.wav
>> >
>> > This will produce a 8 bit mono file of 14Mb of half an hour.
>> >
>> > arecord -f cd -d 1800 <filename>.wav
>> >
>> > Which will record a 16 bit stereo CD quality recording.  Can't remember th
e
>> > disk space used for this half an hour recording.
>> >
>> > A "arecord --help" will tell users what switches are available for their
>> > particular version.  Providing the little indians don't get you, lol.
>> >
>> > Gena
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> > >
>> > >Hi Igor,
>> > >
>> > >The script I sent Greg, and which he resent, is not too
>> > >meaningful without a detailed commentary, and it is specific to
>> > >version 0.9.0beta11 of the alsa drivers. So if you just copy that
>> > >script it may or may not work for you.
>> > >
>> > >In general you need to use a bunch of options with arecord in
>> > >addition to naming the file you want to create. You need to
>> > >specify the sampling rate you want to use, the sample size, the
>> > >file type, how many channels to create, and the duration of the
>> > >recording you want to make. How you do all those things will vary
>> > >somewhat depending on your version of alsa. The documentation is
>> > >pretty skimpy, but it is all there in the man page if you have
>> > >the patience to tease it out.
>> > >
>> > >If you can tell us the alsa version you are using and show us the
>> > >command line you tried to use perhaps we can get more specific.
>> > >
>> > >Chuck
>> > >
>> > >On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Igor Gueths wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Hi all. I can play audio fine, however when I went to try to experiment
>> > >> with arecord, I got the following: main 445: audio open error:
>> > >> inapropriate ioctl for device. Anyone have any ideas as to what I could
 be
>> > >> missing or doing wrong? Thanks!
>> > >>
>> > >>
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