[LAU] [Bulk] Re: Record from M-Audio 2496 S/PDIF input

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 2014-08-02 at 12:13 -1000, david wrote:
> Sorry, I've run out of clues.

The order to start the applications is very important.
First the OP needs to start jackd, e.g. by QjackCtl.
When jackd is running, the OP needs to start Audacity.
By Audacity's select box "Jack Audio Connector", not "ALSA" has to be
selected.
After pushing Pause and Record,the PortAudio input ports are visible.

alsamixer, envy24control or mudita24 is needed to rout the S/PDIF
signal. I remember that once a blind user had issues to get it working
for his Envy24 card, when using alsamixer, but using a GUI there
shouldn't be an issue.

I searched old mails to find the answer how the alsamixer issue was
solved ...

[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ top
  PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND                                      
23101 rocketm+  20   0 3165168 363776  74424 S 120.7  9.6  15:36.66 evolution

... opening a mail in Evolution's search folder might take a few hours. I'm not kidding.