On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:18:44 +0000
Davey wrote:

On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:44:31 +0000
John Legon wrote:

Jim Lesurf wrote:
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John Legon
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Jim Lesurf wrote:

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Well, I've now found that alsamixer does recognise my Easycap, but
the operative key is F6 - select sound card - and the Easycap
capture device is then listed as "USB 2.0 Video Capture Controlle".




I just repeated that, and saw the same, but was then met with the
message:
"This device does not have any playback controls"
which rather confirms the end of the dmesg I posted last night!
F4 shows a Capture volume control bar; but I am otherwise engaged at
the moment. Maybe I will continue with this tomorrow, after all.

A little more information:

If I launch alsamixer before ever plugging the EZCap in, then it shows
no Capture L/R volume bar. Plugging in the device then adds it, but
unplugging it does not remove the bar. This probably led me astray
earlier, when I only ran alsamixer after installing the EZCap.

Despite Audacity having failed to launch either from the terminal or
from the Applications menu, I clicked on an old *.au file today, and it
launched Audacity instantly, with the file ready to go. It obviously
needs guidance when opened.
But I still don't know yet whether the EZCap, or the Hauppauge for that
matter, produces a usable audio stream at all.
--
Davey.