Ekiga, arecord and pulseaudio

[stan]

Andrea wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just tried Ekiga after upgrading to Fedora 9.
> It's the first time I run pulseaudio or any other soundserver in Fedora.
>
> It seems I cannot record.
>
> When I run
>
> arecord -D default -c 1 -r 16000 -f S16_LE - | aplay -D default -c 1 
> -r 16000 -f S16_LE -
> or
> arecord -D pulse -c 1 -r 16000 -f S16_LE - | aplay -D pulse -c 1 -r 
> 16000 -f S16_LE -
>
> I don't get any sound.
What happens if you replace default with plughw:0,0? 
Are there any error messages shown by dmesg?
What if you use an intermediate file instead of a pipe?
Can you record to a file?  Can you play a file?
>
> I've checked:
>
> 1) pulseaudio volum control for the recording volume
> 2) alsamixer for the recording volume and capture
>
> I don't seem to find all the options that used to be in alsamixer any 
> more. How can I record using alsa when there is pulseaudio?
Can't help you with this as I am unfamiliar with pulse.  Perhaps someone 
else can give you tips.  http://www.pulseaudio.org/
>
> Cheers
>
> Andrea
>