arecord -l: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 1: Audigy2 [SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360]], device 0: emu10k1 [ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: Audigy2 [SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360]], device 1: emu10k1 mic [Mic Capture] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: Audigy2 [SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360]], device 2: emu10k1 efx [Multichannel Capture/PT Playback] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: Audigy2 [SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360]], device 4: p16v [p16v] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ##################################### arecord -L: null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) front:CARD=Audigy2,DEV=0 SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback Front speakers rear:CARD=Audigy2,DEV=0 SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback Rear speakers center_lfe:CARD=Audigy2,DEV=0 SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback Center and Subwoofer speakers side:CARD=Audigy2,DEV=0 SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback Side speakers surround40:CARD=Audigy2,DEV=0 SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=Audigy2,DEV=0 SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=Audigy2,DEV=0 SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=Audigy2,DEV=0 SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=Audigy2,DEV=0 SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers iec958:CARD=Audigy2,DEV=0 SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output ################################## cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI HDA ATI HDMI at 0xf1010000 irq 42 1 [Audigy2 ]: Audigy2 - SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] (rev.4, serial:0x20011102) at 0xa000, irq 19 ################################### recordmydesktop --device Audigy Initial recording window is set to: X:0 Y:0 Width:2880 Height:900 Adjusted recording window is set to: X:0 Y:2 Width:2880 Height:896 Your window manager appears to be Openbox Initializing... Buffer size adjusted to 4096 from 4096 frames. ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM Audigy Couldn't open PCM device Audigy Error while opening/configuring soundcard Audigy Try running with the --no-sound or specify a correct device. ################################### recordmydesktop --device hw:1.0 Initial recording window is set to: X:0 Y:0 Width:2880 Height:900 Adjusted recording window is set to: X:0 Y:2 Width:2880 Height:896 Your window manager appears to be Openbox Initializing... Buffer size adjusted to 4096 from 4096 frames. ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1401:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card Couldn't open PCM device hw:1.0 Error while opening/configuring soundcard hw:1.0 Try running with the --no-sound or specify a correct device.