Need an audio player that works like those in Windows.

Bill_Hwy · 08-15-2008, 12:27 PM

Does anyone know of an audio player that will use the Audigy 2 card's "line-in" as a source. Almost every player in Windows will do that, but I can't find even one in Linux. I have lots of cassette tapes that I would like to listen to, but can't. I LIKE linux, and I really don't want to go back to the Gates family.

MS3FGX · 08-15-2008, 03:32 PM

So you just want to play sound directly from the line in on the card? That isn't really an audio player thing at all, but more of a function of ALSA. You would set the line-in as the active source in the ALSA settings, and then play or record as you want.

When the line-in is the active source, you should hear whatever is being input over the speakers, so you really don't need a media player at all.

arizonagroovejet · 08-15-2008, 03:58 PM

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I have lots of cassette tapes that I would like to listen to, but can't.

I must be missing something here. You must have a cassette tape player. The cassette player must have some sort of audio output on it to which you could connect speakers or headphones. So I'm failing to see why not being able to work out how to use the line in on your sound card is preventing you listening to your tapes.

rickh · 08-15-2008, 04:14 PM

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Does anyone know of an audio player that will use the Audigy 2 card's "line-in" as a source. Almost every player in Windows will do that, but I can't find even one in Linux.

Any of the dozens of audio player available in Linux will do that. As MS3FGX said, it's an ALSA function, not a media player one.

Bill_Hwy · 08-15-2008, 04:23 PM

MS3FGX:
Thanks--I completely forgot about ALSA.. I'm not so immersed in Linux yet--I don't think Linux...

Arizona:
The "tape player" I have is just a deck.. It can do all sorts of things to an audio tape, but it does not have a preamp or amplifier. It depends on being plugged into something else.
btw--what does a Brit have to do with Arizona?? Interesting choice of user name.. I'm NOT being critical....

arizonagroovejet · 08-15-2008, 04:43 PM

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The "tape player" I have is just a deck.. It can do all sorts of things to an audio tape, but it does not have a preamp or amplifier. It depends on being plugged into something else.

Ah... now I understand. Should have thought of that, seeing as I actually had such a tape deck myself come to think of it.
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btw--what does a Brit have to do with Arizona??

Nothing at all

It's just a meaningless mashing together of three words that emerged from my brain one morning.

arizonagroovejet · 08-15-2008, 04:47 PM

I also meant to say, try Audacity for recording those tapes to MP3. Never done it myself but there's an article about it at http://www.linux.com/feature/119550

Bill_Hwy · 08-15-2008, 09:53 PM

Arizona:
Thanks for the suggestion, recording the tapes is no problem at all, but I have to go through Windows to do it and I prefer to use Windows as little as possible.

BTW Rickh: if you take a close look at those 'dozens of players' you'll find every one of them requires a file, a play list, or some version of a CD/DVD for a source. None will take inputs from the card.

rickh · 08-15-2008, 11:03 PM

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BTW Rickh: if you take a close look at those 'dozens of players' you'll find every one of them requires a file, a play list, or some version of a CD/DVD for a source. None will take inputs from the card.

I have my vinyl record player and a tape deck wired to the line-in port of my soundcard. I have played both of them through vnc, xmms, alsaplayer, audacious, totem, audacity, mplayer, and several others as well. None of them required any special setup or knowledge. I can also play several streams at once using different players. So can you. ... Figure it out!

speck · 08-15-2008, 11:36 PM

Have you checked the line settings in "alsamixer"? They might be muted or turned all the way down.