Audio input

[Jeffrey Ross]

Jeffrey Ross wrote:
>
>
> Michael Wiktowy wrote:
>> On 12/14/06, Jeffrey Ross <jeff at bubble.org> wrote:
>>> The ultimate goal is to covert old analog recordings to digital, sounds
>>> easy enough and I figure I'll try the package "phonoripper"
>>> (http://klappnase.zexxo.net/phonoripper/index.html).
>>>
>>> My system as a 1/8 phono jack that is marked "line-in", connected the
>>> line output of my (known working) source to this port and I get 
>>> nothing,
>>> of course I'm assuming I could turn up the volume of the capture port
>>> and hear something.  I would have thought I'd see a line-in tab or
>>> something similar.
>> ...
>>> Ok, so what am I missing?
>>
>> You set the in-line port as the capture device instead of the mic port?
>> You do this in the GUI mixer (after you have make them visible in the
>> mixer options) or you can use amixer or alsamixer on the command line.
>>
>> Another program to try would be audacity. It is more of a general
>> audio editing tool but it is quite capable for capturing and  cleaning
>> up your analog audio.
>>
>> /Mike
>>
>
> the only thing I get with preferences in the GUI volume control 
> (mixer?) is a menu that says "select tracks to be visible" my only two 
> checkboxes are "Volume" and "Digital-1" both of which are checked.
>

ok, I try running amixer or alsamixer on the command line with no 
arguments and I get the following errors:

# alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_mixer_load failed: Invalid argument

# amixer info
Card default 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0x90320000 irq 90'
  Mixer name    : 'SigmaTel STAC9227'
  Components    : 'HDA:83847618'
  Controls      : 21
amixer: Mixer load default error: Invalid argument



so it looks like something not working with the alsa drivers.  So where 
do I go from here?