[linux-audio-user] rec creates empty files, play plays nothing

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "millward" == millward  <millward at Ms.UManitoba.CA> writes:

    millward>   I can hear my guitar input through my computer
    millward> speakers so I know the signal is going into the card and
    millward> coming out of it.  In all cases the WAV file is created
    millward> with no error messages.  I then try to play it back
    millward> using: play -V new_file.wav In all cases, there is
    millward> silence. Nothing at all and no error messages. 

I had a very similar problem after rebuilding my computer.  The answer
turned out to be that there's a recording device selected, and in my
case I was trying to record "line" and the device selected was "mic".

If you go into kmix and select the "input" tab, one of the devices
will have a pink dot under it instead of a red dot.  Make sure that's
the one your guitar is plugged into.  

Hope this helps.

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