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Another Linux Sound Problem

kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
edited August 2008 in Technology
I've had this issue with recording sound on my ubuntu laptop for quite some time now. I figured it'd be best to ask you guys, since maybe one of you has had a similar problem.

First off, I've tried solving the problem at hand by using different mics and external sound cards - with no effect.

The Problem: Whenever I record sound, or talk over Skype, you always here a very loud clicking and spinning noise in the background. As if the hard drive were being picked up by my microphone, which is impossible because I have my sound card and mic about 3 meters away from my laptop.

Comments

  • CHOIS CHOIS CHOISCHOIS CHOIS CHOIS
    Linux dosen't have sound because the developers are to busy making effects and window wobblies, instead of making a good OS.
  • ZeehatZeehat
    Linux dosen't have sound because the developers are to busy making effects and window wobblies, instead of making a good OS.
    Instead of making a good OS? Sorry Mr. Jobs-wannabe.
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    edited August 2008
    If only there were a better OS than Linux, without gapping security holes and terrible proprietary restrictions.
    Add to that even worse hardware support.

    The moral: Don't bash someone else's preferences, we all need different things.
    Post edited by Omnutia on
  • ......
    Linux dosen't have sound because the developers are to busy making effects and window wobblies, instead of making a good OS.
    Only gaping hole in your argument is that the developers that make the kernel do not develop Compiz. Heck, your argument goes for OS X. Is that not the OS that has fancy and useless effects thrown around in its base install?
  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    The only reason I'm probably going to buy a mac as my next laptop is, that I really need a good sound recording quality which works.
  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    edited August 2008
    Is that not the OS that has fancy and useless effects thrown around in its base install?
    Although that's true, at least the basics all work. ^^
    Post edited by kiwi_bird on
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    Max, this sounds like a hardware problem. Have you tried using another PC with this?
  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    It worked fine under windows.
  • ......
    edited August 2008
    It worked fine under windows.
    That is because the manufacturer of your hardware supplied proper Windows drivers, and no Unix drivers.
    Post edited by ... on
  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    It worked fine under windows.
    That is because the manufacturer of your hardware supplied proper Windows drivers, and no Unix drivers.
    So it isn't a hardware problem..
  • CHOIS CHOIS CHOISCHOIS CHOIS CHOIS
    I think I found your solution. Go get your boot and nuke disk. Wipe your drive clean. Install *twitch* Windows. Hooray, it works.
  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    Windows is, for me at least, a horrible operating system. It may do the one thing I want it to do well (or at least it works), but all the other tasks I do with my computer would become very annoying.
  • CHOIS CHOIS CHOISCHOIS CHOIS CHOIS
    I tried linux a few months before I got my Mac, It sucked.
  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    Linux is really only as good as its user can make it, at least when you want to do more then the basics.
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    I tried linux a few months before I got my Mac, It sucked.
    Shame there isn't anything better.
  • ZeehatZeehat
    I tried linux a few months before I got my Mac, It sucked.
    Because you can't use it properly. You tend to be impatient, so you probably didn't work it properly, or bother how to learn to work it properly.
  • CHOIS CHOIS CHOISCHOIS CHOIS CHOIS
    I tried linux a few months before I got my Mac, It sucked.
    Shame there isn't anything better.
    I, the Apple fanboy of FRCF, does admit that Mac OS X is not perfect, but it is a breath of fresh air after suffocating for the last 10 years with Windows.
    I tried linux a few months before I got my Mac, It sucked.
    Because you can't use it properly. You tend to beimpatient, so you probably didn't work it properly, or bother how to learn to work it properly.
    My freind and I spent a little more than 3 months using Linux. My biggest complaint was it's lack of easy install and consent use of the terminal. You can't cut and paste commands (which Mac can do), into the terminal. The most frustating thing was that Linux developers are too busy making effects, than to make a good OS.

    Lastly, I can't be the only Apple lover here. Common' guys, help me out here.
  • ZeehatZeehat
    edited August 2008
    it's lack of easy install
    You obviously did not use Ubuntu.
    You can't cut and paste commands (which Mac can do), into the terminal.
    Edit: look at Sail's post.
    Post edited by Zeehat on
  • AprecheApreche
    The level of ignorance in this thread is astonishing. If you don't know wtf you are talking about, don't talk. You're only making yourself look stupid.

    If audio recording isn't working on your laptop, go to the forum for the distribution you are using, and search for audio recording on your laptop model. Also, use the lspci command to figure out what sound card you have and search Google with that. Also figure out if you are using alsa, pulse, arts, esd, jack, or oss. Different recording programs use different things, and can be configured to use different things.
  • SailSail
    edited August 2008
    You can't cut and paste commands (which Mac can do), into the terminal.
    Yes you can. Right click on the terminal and click paste. It would be stupid to do it on the keyboard because it allows you to use those keys for terminal commands instead.
    Post edited by Sail on
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    edited August 2008
    You can't cut and paste commands (which Mac can do), into the terminal.
    Ctrl + Shift + v to paste. If you're having trouble with a program, typing "man < program name>" is always handy.

    Linux sound is really improving in my experience, Alsa was a real pain and I've given up on sound in windows, it just goes garbled after prolonged use (15 mins or more) under CPU strain and I have to restart whatever program I'm using.
    Post edited by Omnutia on
  • CHOIS CHOIS CHOISCHOIS CHOIS CHOIS
    edited September 2008
    There's no point in trying to convert me since I'm never touching Linux again! Have fun with you 0.5% or whatever market share you Linux people have.
    Post edited by CHOIS CHOIS CHOIS on
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    edited September 2008
    There's no point in trying to convert me since I'm never touching Linux again! Have fun with you 0.5% or whatever market share you Linux people have.
    Find me a linux user that annoying.. dimwit.
    Post edited by Omnutia on
  • CHOIS CHOIS CHOISCHOIS CHOIS CHOIS
    You guys! LOL
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    edited September 2008
    Oh, ignore the troll. Max, have you checked to make sure your computer isn't playing back the audio from the laptop's internal speaker?
    Post edited by Omnutia on
  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    edited September 2008
    The level of ignorance in this thread is astonishing. If you don't know wtf you are talking about, don't talk. You're only making yourself look stupid.

    If audio recording isn't working on your laptop, go to the forum for the distribution you are using, and search for audio recording on your laptop model. Also, use the lspci command to figure out what sound card you have and search Google with that. Also figure out if you are using alsa, pulse, arts, esd, jack, or oss. Different recording programs use different things, and can be configured to use different things.
    I have done all of that and more. Still, it doesn't work. The reason I asked on this forum was, that there was a tiny possibility that some had the exact same problem I have.
    Oh, ignore the troll. Max, have you checked to make sure your computer isn't playing back the audio from the laptop's internal speaker?
    Yes. Maximilian BTW.

    I've given up now. Thank you for or your help, but the hours I've spent configuring my sound have led me to nothing.
    Post edited by kiwi_bird on
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