Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:31:25 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: hselasky@c2i.net (Hans Petter Selasky) Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB microphone problems Message-ID: <201104181031.p3IAVQOr021904@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <201104181012.00766.hselasky@c2i.net>
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Hi, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > On Sunday 17 April 2011 17:15:48 Oliver Fromme wrote: > > There is still the problem that the Logitech cameras seem > > to need a reset after plugging in. Furthermore I can't > > change the mic level with mixer(8). Both of these problems > > do not exist with the Philips web... > > I'm not sure if recording devices have a software volume control? Else we > could easily add that. Well, the Philips SPC 900 NC has one. After pluggin in, it looks like this: $ mixer -f /dev/mixer1 Mixer vol is currently set to 75:75 Mixer pcm is currently set to 75:75 Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0 And the recoding level is zero, indeed: I have to raise it to about 70 to get a useful level (I'll probably create a devd.conf entry to do that automatically in the future). But the Logitech webcams tried so far (C210, C270, C310) do not show the "mic" control. Fortunately they default to a usable level after plugging in (a little too loud, actually, but it's acceptable). (Just as a side note, under Windows there is a microphone level control, so I guess it should be supported.) It's not a "show stopper", but it would certainly be good to be able to control the recoding volume. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd The easiest way to teach yourself C++ in 21 days: http://abstrusegoose.com/249
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