[pulseaudio-discuss] silence on *.monitor

[Maarten Bosmans]

2010/12/22 Alexey Fisher <bug-track at fisher-privat.net>:
> Am Mittwoch, den 22.12.2010, 13:06 +0100 schrieb Maarten Bosmans:
>> 2010/12/20 Alexey Fisher <bug-track at fisher-privat.net>:
>> > Am Montag, den 20.12.2010, 14:10 +0100 schrieb Maarten Bosmans:
>> >> 2010/12/20 Alexey Fisher <bug-track at fisher-privat.net>:
>> >> > Hallo all,
>> >> > i have a problem to capture anything on any *.monitor device. Steps to
>> >> > reproduce.
>> >> > Generate sound:
>> >> > gst-launch audiotestsrc ! audioconvert ! pulsesink
>> >> >
>> >> > capture sound:
>> >> > gst-launch pulsesrc
>> >> > device=alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor !
>> >> > audioconvert ! vorbisenc ! oggmux ! filesink location=test.ogg
>> >> >
>> >> > i get only silence it output file.
>> >>
>> >> What do the vumeters in pavucontrol tell you for the alsa sink?
>> >
>> > Nothing (no sound). But pulse is working.
>>
>> What do you mean by pulse is working? Do you hear the gst-launch
>> audiotestsrc coming from your speakers?
>
> yes.

It seems that the monitor source is muted, that would explain the
silence in the recording.

Maarten