Audacity Forum

I ran arecord for a few minutes while something was playing on Youtube, and the file it created only had static.

[email protected]:~$ arecord /home/ra/test
Recording WAVE '/home/ra/test' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono
^CAborted by signal Interrupt...
[email protected]:~$

OK, thanks for trying to help. >I presume that you want to record using the ALC662?< I'd be happy w/ either. >What happens when you attempt to record?< With ALSA, usually just a straight line without even static. With some device combinations, a lot of static with no stream being recorded. I've trie...

Audacity does not depend on PulseAudio, but it does depend on a properly working sound system. The audio on this computer has been used for months with VLC, Chrome and playing dvds through VLC and other players. It also worked well with Pulse and Audacity for months, until about a week ago when eve...

>If you don't need it, could you try uninstalling Pulse audio?<

It's already uninstalled, and purged.

>Yes. The "hw" options use ALSA. < You mean "Devices"? I've tried a lot of combinations w/ no success. >However, it appears that there is some underlying problem with your computer sound system. If the sound system does not work properly, then Audacity may not work properly.< I think the hardware so...

>Have you tried this? (read down to the final post) http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1881366<

It does no good. Can't Audacity be set up to record stream with just ALSA?

>Which version of Audacity?< 2.0.5 I've tried various combinations of Playback and Recording Devices w/ no luck. >How did you install it?< via Ubuntu software center >Which version of Linux?< Ubuntu 14.04 - that's all I know. >Pulseaudio stopped working What does that mean precisely? Is PulseAudio r...

Pulseaudio stopped working and I would just as soon let it stay that way for all its quirks. Is there a way to get Audacity working with just ALSA? The audio on the mobo is Realtek 662 6 channel high def - I can't find any reference as to whether it's full duplex or not. I use Audacity a lot for rec...

I may have solved the problem. The "PulseAudio Volume Control" that I got during a download didn't look like what is pictured in the tutorial you linked - there was no access to the tabs shown. Just now I uninstalled what I had, re-installed, and got a "PulseAudio Volume Control" that looked like wh...

>Try the "PulseAudio" method described here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... linux.html< No luck. Here's screenshot of the way Audacity and Gnome ALSA mixer is setup, and with which I can't get any streaming in for recording. I've tried lots output / input combinations - none work for st...