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JosephS 06-27-2013 11:32 AM

VLC: how to choose audio device?
 
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I'm trying to use the VLC player with my web cam.I have the video working, but don't know what to put for the audio device name when I use 'media > open capture device'
Here is a list of /dev
Quote:

root@Squeeze:~# ls /dev
agpgart hpet net sda2 snd tty18 tty33 tty49 tty7 vcsa
block initctl network_latency sda4 sndstat tty19 tty34 tty5 tty8 vcsa1
bsg input network_throughput sda5 sr0 tty2 tty35 tty50 tty9 vcsa2
bus kmsg null sda6 stderr tty20 tty36 tty51 ttyS0 vcsa3
cdrom log parport0 sda7 stdin tty21 tty37 tty52 ttyS1 vcsa4
cdrw loop0 port sdb stdout tty22 tty38 tty53 ttyS2 vcsa5
char loop1 ppp sdb1 tty tty23 tty39 tty54 ttyS3 vcsa6
console loop2 psaux sdc tty0 tty24 tty4 tty55 urandom vcsa7
core loop3 ptmx sdd tty1 tty25 tty40 tty56 v4l vga_arbiter
cpu_dma_latency loop4 pts sdd1 tty10 tty26 tty41 tty57 vcs video0
disk loop5 random sg0 tty11 tty27 tty42 tty58 vcs1 xconsole
dvd loop6 root sg1 tty12 tty28 tty43 tty59 vcs2 zero
dvdrw loop7 rtc sg2 tty13 tty29 tty44 tty6 vcs3
fd lp0 rtc0 sg3 tty14 tty3 tty45 tty60 vcs4
full MAKEDEV scd0 sg4 tty15 tty30 tty46 tty61 vcs5
fuse mcelog sda shm tty16 tty31 tty47 tty62 vcs6
hidraw0 mem sda1 snapshot tty17 tty32 tty48 tty63 vcs7
I'd like to find the sound device for the built in mike for the web cam as well as the external mike.

Using Debian Squeeze

I don't know if this will help, but here is the choices of sound cards in alsa: attached file. I press F6 to choose the USB, and press Enter, but not sure if that is how to select it.


Thanks for help

rokytnji 07-01-2013 01:06 AM

Use the 0 Intel choice in alsa mixer which is the Intel. On mine, it- VLC, shows hw:0.0 with the drop down arrow in the sound device in vlc preferences.

Code:

$ inxi -A
Audio:    Card: Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.25

Quote:

with the drop down arrow.
It will not show in /dev (hw:0.0) With my bad eyes, I am not sure if that is hw:0period0 or hw:0comma0 that vlc shows me when the drop down arrow is pressed in sound preferences. So, here is a copy and paste

Code:

hw:0,0
Code:

$ cd /dev
 /dev $ ls
agpgart          loop6              rtc0      tty24  tty56      ttyS29
alarm            loop7              sda      tty25  tty57      ttyS3
ashmem          loop-control        sda1      tty26  tty58      ttyS30
autofs          mapper              sda2      tty27  tty59      ttyS31
binder          mcelog              sda3      tty28  tty6      ttyS4
block            mem                sda5      tty29  tty60      ttyS5
bsg              net                sda6      tty3  tty61      ttyS6
btrfs-control    network_latency    sda7      tty30  tty62      ttyS7
bus              network_throughput  sg0      tty31  tty63      ttyS8
cdrom            null                sg1      tty32  tty7      ttyS9
cdrw            oldmem              shm      tty33  tty8      uinput
char            port                snapshot  tty34  tty9      urandom
console          ppp                snd      tty35  ttyprintk  v4l
core            psaux              sr0      tty36  ttyS0      vcs
cpu              ptmx                stderr    tty37  ttyS1      vcs1
cpu_dma_latency  pts                stdin    tty38  ttyS10    vcs2
disk            ram0                stdout    tty39  ttyS11    vcs3
dri              ram1                tty      tty4  ttyS12    vcs4
dvd              ram10              tty0      tty40  ttyS13    vcs5
dvdrw            ram11              tty1      tty41  ttyS14    vcs6
ecryptfs        ram12              tty10    tty42  ttyS15    vcs8
fb0              ram13              tty11    tty43  ttyS16    vcsa
fd              ram14              tty12    tty44  ttyS17    vcsa1
full            ram15              tty13    tty45  ttyS18    vcsa2
fuse            ram2                tty14    tty46  ttyS19    vcsa3
hpet            ram3                tty15    tty47  ttyS2      vcsa4
input            ram4                tty16    tty48  ttyS20    vcsa5
kmsg            ram5                tty17    tty49  ttyS21    vcsa6
log              ram6                tty18    tty5  ttyS22    vcsa8
loop0            ram7                tty19    tty50  ttyS23    vga_arbiter
loop1            ram8                tty2      tty51  ttyS24    vhost-net
loop2            ram9                tty20    tty52  ttyS25    video0
loop3            random              tty21    tty53  ttyS26    zero
loop4            rfkill              tty22    tty54  ttyS27
loop5            rtc                tty23    tty55  ttyS28

But will kinda show in

Code:

$  cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0xfc500000 irq 46
 $ cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25.

I know, clear as mud.

JosephS 07-02-2013 02:41 PM

Thanks. I had to go into alsa and it gave me the choice of mikes to chose from: picked USB Camera. In VLC used hw:1,0 for the web cam mike.


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