[lug] Converting RealAudio to MP3

[Chip Atkinson]

I do have IGain, and when I turned it up all the way I got a different od
output, and then heard "modulated static".  Nothing like actual music
though.  I wonder if it's the sound card then.

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Tony Dyson wrote:

> Check what options your mixer offers for your soundcard. My old SB16 has 
> "capture" as a possible recording source in the new mixers. The older 
> mixers (pre Alsa) referred to it as "igain".
> 
> Chip Atkinson wrote:
> > Hi.
> > 
> > I just tried something like this and only succeed in capturing nothing but
> > quiet.  Eventually I just tried
> > cat /dev/dsp > dspstuff 
> > 
> > od -xc just shows 
> > 0000000 8080 8080 8080 8080 8080 8080 8080 8080
> >         200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200
> > etc.
> > 
> > Any ideas why you can do this and I can't?  I tried /dev/audio and
> > /dev/dsp as myself and /dev/dsp as root with the same results.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance!
>