[MEncoder-users] Error reading audio: Input/output error

[Bruno Buys]

>
> Let me confirm. Alsa is quite complex :-) and requires a lot of
> attention to detail.
>
> I do this in a script before recording TV:
>
> amixer -c ${CARD} set Capture cap
> amixer -c ${CARD} set Capture 8%
> amixer -c ${CARD} set Capture unmute
> amixer -c ${CARD} set Line cap
> amixer -c ${CARD} set Line 30%
> amixer -c ${CARD} set Line unmute
>
> (Card is "0" for my onboard audio.)
>
> Note that I unmute the capturing and set its volume, which is
> independant of "Line" (which is playback through the PC's speakers)
> which is already unmuted by default.
>
> Moritz
>


You mean these lines may replace running alsaconf manually? That would be
very desirable.
And why do you set Capture to only 8%?