[vox-tech] Screencasting - help needed w/ app audio recording

[Alex Mandel]

Bill Kendrick wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 10:49:26PM -0800, Alex Mandel wrote:
>> Bill Kendrick wrote:
>>> On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 07:00:37PM -0800, Mark K. Kim wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 09:44:54PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
>>>>> I can get the video just fine.  When it comes to audio, the best I can 
>>>>> get
>>>>> is sound from my mic.
>>>> Run the KDE mixer program and set a different recording source?
>>> My options were Mic, Front Mic and Line.  I had tried all three. :^/
>>>
>> If you look in the preferences I think you can add more items to the view.
>> I have a Mic Capture, IEC### capture, aux capture, mic +20 boost, front 
>> mic, and all sorts of other crazy stuff but they don't come up on the 
>> default set of controls, probe around the preferences.
> 
> I see nothing like this under Settings->Configure KMix...
> I do see an IEC958 checkbox under the 'Switches' tab, but no matter what
> it's set to (on or off), the "Input Source" still shows only 'Line',
> 'Front Mic' and 'Mic.' :(
> 
> I see "HDA Intel" in KMix (next to the pan slider at the bottom) and
> in AlsaMixer it shows that for the "Card" and "SigmaTel STAC9200" as the Chip.
> 
> In AlsaMixer, the 'Capture' section shows:
> 
>   IEC958  (no up/down slider, but if I hit [Space] then "L  R" and "CAPTUR"
>            appear/disappear above it)
> 
>   Capture
>   Capture Mux
>   Digital
> 
> And the 'Playback' section shows an "Input Source" with the same options
> as KMix (Line, Mic and Front Mic).
> 
> 
> I have KDE's sound system off, and am using ALSA, obviously. :)
> 
> Thx!
> 
Have you tried Audacity? At least to figure out what it might be called 
on your system?

Alex