Please can someone explain to me how I can get sound working without running sox, I'm using ubuntu dapper with a usb Pinnacle PCTV RC6 Rev 1.2A


Extract from /var/log/syslog

[4294681.631000] Linux video capture interface: v1.00
[4294681.641000] em28xx v4l2 driver version 0.0.1 loaded
[4294681.641000] em28xx new video device (2304:0208): interface 0, class 255
[4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate settings: 8
[4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate setting 0, max size= 0
[4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate setting 1, max size= 1024
[4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate setting 2, max size= 1448
[4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate setting 3, max size= 2048g
[4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate setting 4, max size= 2304
[4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate setting 5, max size= 2580
[4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate setting 6, max size= 2892
[4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate setting 7, max size= 3072
[4294681.693000] saa711x: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones
[4294681.983000] ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[00e0180003361803][4294682.045000] tuner 0-0063: chip found @ 0xc6 (em28xx #0)
[4294682.046000] tuner 0-0063: type set to 37 (LG PAL (newer TAPC series))
[4294682.050000] tda9887 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (em28xx #0)
[4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 00: 1a eb 67 95 04 23 08 02 10 00 1e 03 98 1e 6a 2e
[4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 10: 00 00 06 57 6e 00 00 00 8e 00 00 00 07 00 00 00
[4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 20: 16 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 30: 00 00 20 40 20 80 02 20 10 01 00 00 00 00 00 00
[4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2e 03 50 00 69 00
[4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 70: 6e 00 6e 00 61 00 63 00 6c 00 65 00 20 00 53 00
[4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 80: 79 00 73 00 74 00 65 00 6d 00 73 00 20 00 47 00
[4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 90: 6d 00 62 00 48 00 00 00 1e 03 50 00 43 00 54 00
[4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom a0: 56 00 20 00 55 00 53 00 42 00 32 00 20 00 50 00
[4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom b0: 41 00 4c 00 00 00 06 03 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 22 17 56 03 96 b8 80
[4294682.087000] EEPROM ID= 0x9567eb1a
[4294682.087000] Vendor/Product ID= 2304:0208
[4294682.087000] AC97 audio (5 sample rates)
[4294682.087000] 500mA max power
[4294682.087000] Table at 0x06, strings=0x1e98, 0x2e6a, 0x0000
[4294682.227000] em28xx #0: V4L2 device registered as /dev/video0
[4294682.227000] em28xx #0: Found Pinnacle PCTV USB 2
[4294682.227000] usbcore: registered new driver em28xx
[4294682.442000] input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input3

dmesg | grep em28

Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294681.569000] usbcore: registered new driver snd-usb-audio
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294681.631000] Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294681.641000] em28xx v4l2 driver version 0.0.1 loaded
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294681.641000] em28xx new video device (2304:0208): interface 0, class 255
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate settings: 8
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate setting 0, max size= 0
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate setting 1, max size= 1024
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate setting 2, max size= 1448
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate setting 3, max size= 2048
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate setting 4, max size= 2304
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate setting 5, max size= 2580
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate setting 6, max size= 2892
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294681.641000] em28xx: Alternate setting 7, max size= 3072
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294681.693000] saa711x: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294681.983000] ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[00e0180003361803]
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.045000] tuner 0-0063: chip found @ 0xc6 (em28xx #0)
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.046000] tuner 0-0063: type set to 37 (LG PAL (newer TAPC series))
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.050000] tda9887 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (em28xx #0)
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 00: 1a eb 67 95 04 23 08 02 10 00 1e 03 98 1e 6a 2e
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 10: 00 00 06 57 6e 00 00 00 8e 00 00 00 07 00 00 00
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 20: 16 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 30: 00 00 20 40 20 80 02 20 10 01 00 00 00 00 00 00
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2e 03 50 00 69 00
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 70: 6e 00 6e 00 61 00 63 00 6c 00 65 00 20 00 53 00
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 80: 79 00 73 00 74 00 65 00 6d 00 73 00 20 00 47 00
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 90: 6d 00 62 00 48 00 00 00 1e 03 50 00 43 00 54 00
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom a0: 56 00 20 00 55 00 53 00 42 00 32 00 20 00 50 00
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom b0: 41 00 4c 00 00 00 06 03 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 22 17 56 03 96 b8 80
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] EEPROM ID= 0x9567eb1a
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] Vendor/Product ID= 2304:0208
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] AC97 audio (5 sample rates)
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] 500mA max power
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.087000] Table at 0x06, strings=0x1e98, 0x2e6a, 0x0000
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.227000] em28xx #0: V4L2 device registered as /dev/video0
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.227000] em28xx #0: Found Pinnacle PCTV USB 2
Apr 27 21:01:38 localhost kernel: [4294682.227000] usbcore: registered new driver em28xx



donald@:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
HDA Intel at 0xdfffc000 irq 169
1 [PAL ]: USB-Audio - PCTV USB2 PAL
Pinnacle Systems GmbH PCTV USB2 PAL at usb-0000:00:1d.7-3,



lsmod

Module Size Used by
ipv6 286912 20
vmnet 40004 13
parport_pc 37988 0
parport 39400 1 parport_pc
vmmon 117580 0
rfcomm 43604 0
l2cap 28192 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 54084 4 rfcomm,l2cap
radeon 113088 1
drm 77972 2 radeon
speedstep_centrino 8752 1
cpufreq_userspace 6496 1
cpufreq_stats 6688 0
freq_table 4928 2 speedstep_centrino,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
cpufreq_ondemand 7752 0
cpufreq_conservative 9000 0
video 16324 0
tc1100_wmi 6884 0
sony_acpi 5516 0
pcc_acpi 12416 0
hotkey 11492 0
dev_acpi 11236 0
container 4608 0
button 6704 0
asus_acpi 11540 0
acpi_sbs 20172 0
battery 9988 1 acpi_sbs
ac 5220 1 acpi_sbs
i2c_acpi_ec 5120 1 acpi_sbs
dm_mod 63256 1
md_mod 76052 0
af_packet 24520 0
pcspkr 2244 0
pcmcia 41916 0
tda9887 16336 0
tuner 44932 0
saa711x 8176 0
em28xx 52612 0
v4l1_compat 15204 1 em28xx
v4l2_common 6080 1 em28xx
videodev 10144 1 em28xx
ir_common 9892 1 em28xx
tveeprom 15312 1 em28xx
snd_usb_audio 83200 0
snd_usb_lib 18048 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi 26848 1 snd_usb_lib
snd_seq_device 9228 1 snd_rawmidi
snd_hwdep 9952 1 snd_usb_audio
i2c_core 22848 6 i2c_acpi_ec,tda9887,tuner,saa711x,em28xx,tveeprom
joydev 10432 0
tsdev 8032 0
ipw2200 102380 0
sdhci 16096 0
mmc_core 31816 1 sdhci
ohci1394 37524 0
ieee1394 306520 1 ohci1394
ieee80211 37032 1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt 6528 1 ieee80211
yenta_socket 29548 1
rsrc_nonstatic 14624 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 45272 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
sk98lin 179840 0
skge 41520 0
usbhid 40992 0
snd_hda_intel 20468 1
snd_hda_codec 147952 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss 56448 0
snd_mixer_oss 20544 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 96644 4 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
rtc 14068 0
snd_timer 26884 1 snd_pcm
snd 60004 12 snd_usb_audio,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer _oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
psmouse 40036 0
soundcore 10784 1 snd
serio_raw 7748 0
shpchp 49504 0
pci_hotplug 30788 1 shpchp
snd_page_alloc 11304 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
intel_agp 24700 1
agpgart 36784 2 drm,intel_agp
evdev 10176 2
sr_mod 17988 0
cdrom 41408 1 sr_mod
sg 40096 0
ext3 148104 3
jbd 65876 1 ext3
ide_generic 1504 0
ehci_hcd 33800 0
uhci_hcd 35408 0
usbcore 137700 7 em28xx,snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
sd_mod 20448 5
generic 5124 0
ata_piix 11076 8
ahci 15044 0
libata 64872 2 ata_piix,ahci
scsi_mod 145448 5 sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,ahci,libata
thermal 13768 0
processor 26344 2 speedstep_centrino,thermal
fan 4836 0
capability 4968 0
commoncap 7328 1 capability
vga16fb 13768 1
vgastate 10208 1 vga16fb
fbcon 43904 72
tileblit 2784 1 fbcon
font 8320 1 fbcon
bitblit 6464 1 fbcon
softcursor 2304 1 bitblit


Found this on the net, the sounds working now but I have to run sox first


dwork1n@amber:~$ sox -t ossdsp -r 48000 -b -c 1 /dev/dsp1 -t ossdsp /dev/dsp

Input Filename : /dev/dsp1
Sample Size : 8-bits
Sample Encoding: unsigned
Channels : 1
Sample Rate : 48000

Time: 09:45.05 [00:00.00] of 00:00.00 ( 0.0%) Output Buffer: 28.08M


Thanks in advance