Hello
I've got a recording problem in FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE, with the Creative SB0880 X-Fi soundcard, with the following PCI info:
The playback is fine.
While recording from the microphone from an application (such as Audacity, but other apps shows similar problem) the recorded sound is almost non-existent, although all mixer controls are at 100/100. I can see a little spike in the waveform (in Audacity) when I plug/unplug the microphone.
The microphone is plugged on a jack on the rear, this jack can function either as Mic, or as Line-in (so-called "flexijack" feature).
I'm guessing that my problem is because the jack is incorrectly set as Line-in, because on Windows, if I manually set the jack mode to Line-in, I observe similar recording problems.
Verbose dmesg(1) extract is available here: http://pastebin.com/raw/U3XdLBUu
The devices before hdaa2/pcm7 are corresponding to sound devices integrated in the motherboard, I believe these are irrelevant as I'm not interested in using them.
Here is the output of
Here are the mixer settings corresponding to the relevant device(s):
The mic shown in device 9 corresponds to another jack (front mic, nid 20 I guess), unrelated to the current problem.
Here is the output of
From the pin dump, I see that the jack where I plug my microphone corresponds to nid 19 :
I know this is the correct nid because when I unplug the microphone, the pin dump shows disconnected instead of connected for the nid 19.
From the dmesg and from information found in snd_hda(4), I understand that the nid 19 should be accessible with the pcm7 device, therefore I ran
I've tried to put the following device hint:
This hint successfully switches nid19 to device type Mic (instead of Line-in) in the pin dump after a reboot, but has no effect on the recording.
I've searched (google etc) for any way to put this jack in Mic mode, but without success.
To clarify: I don't actually need to switch between Mic mode and Line-in mode at runtime. Any solution to permanently force the jack in Mic mode would be sufficient.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Regards,
I've got a recording problem in FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE, with the Creative SB0880 X-Fi soundcard, with the following PCI info:
Code:
hdac2@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x040300 card=0x00411102 chip=0x000b1102 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00.The playback is fine.
While recording from the microphone from an application (such as Audacity, but other apps shows similar problem) the recorded sound is almost non-existent, although all mixer controls are at 100/100. I can see a little spike in the waveform (in Audacity) when I plug/unplug the microphone.
The microphone is plugged on a jack on the rear, this jack can function either as Mic, or as Line-in (so-called "flexijack" feature).
I'm guessing that my problem is because the jack is incorrectly set as Line-in, because on Windows, if I manually set the jack mode to Line-in, I observe similar recording problems.
Verbose dmesg(1) extract is available here: http://pastebin.com/raw/U3XdLBUu
The devices before hdaa2/pcm7 are corresponding to sound devices integrated in the motherboard, I believe these are irrelevant as I'm not interested in using them.
Here is the output of
cat /dev/sndstat : http://pastebin.com/raw/Y40UXYrsHere are the mixer settings corresponding to the relevant device(s):
Code:
# mixer -f /dev/mixer7
Mixer vol is currently set to 100:100
Mixer pcm is currently set to 100:100
Mixer line is currently set to 100:100
Mixer rec is currently set to 100:100
Recording source: line
# mixer -f /dev/mixer8
Mixer vol is currently set to 100:100
Mixer pcm is currently set to 100:100
Mixer rec is currently set to 100:100
Mixer dig1 is currently set to 100:100
Recording source: dig1
# mixer -f /dev/mixer9
Mixer mic is currently set to 100:100
Mixer rec is currently set to 100:100
Recording source: mic
#The mic shown in device 9 corresponds to another jack (front mic, nid 20 I guess), unrelated to the current problem.
Here is the output of
sysctl dev.hdac.2.pindump=1 : http://pastebin.com/raw/fFXeBpsPFrom the pin dump, I see that the jack where I plug my microphone corresponds to nid 19 :
Code:
hdaa2: 19 01813040 4 0 Line-in Jack 1/8 Rear Blue 0
hdaa2: Caps: IN Sense: 0xffffffff (connected)I know this is the correct nid because when I unplug the microphone, the pin dump shows disconnected instead of connected for the nid 19.
From the dmesg and from information found in snd_hda(4), I understand that the nid 19 should be accessible with the pcm7 device, therefore I ran
sysctl hw.snd.default_unit=7.I've tried to put the following device hint:
Code:
hint.hdaa.2.nid19.config="device=Mic"This hint successfully switches nid19 to device type Mic (instead of Line-in) in the pin dump after a reboot, but has no effect on the recording.
I've searched (google etc) for any way to put this jack in Mic mode, but without success.
To clarify: I don't actually need to switch between Mic mode and Line-in mode at runtime. Any solution to permanently force the jack in Mic mode would be sufficient.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Regards,
