Re: Recording from front mic in Fedora 11

[Rahul Sundaram <sundaram fedoraproject org>]

On 04/20/2009 10:03 AM, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 09:18 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I would like to record sounds and use voice chat. In the previous
>> version, I would change the input source from mic to front mic to do this.
>>
>> The new GNOME volume preferences in Fedora 11 doesn't expose all the
>> ALSA controls. This is discussed in many places including:
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491372
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495148
>>
>> I tried pavucontrol and it doesn't seem to allow me to set the input
>> source either. I had to install xfce4-mixer to finally get this. What is
>> the recommended solution here?
> 
> Have you read the discussion in the bugs you are pointing to ?

I glimpsed through it and I don't see a current solution to the problem.
If I missed something, let me know. I need to update the release notes.

Rahul