Thanks - with my non dell driver I get stereo mix offered in Audacity
which obviously works
rquinton wrote:
> I have the same problem with my new Inspiron 1505 with the stripped down
> Sigmatel software. I tried the hacked LG drivers and got the same result you
> did ..crackling audio. The solution for me was to do a loop back between the
> headphone/speaker out jack and the microphone/line in with a stereo miniplug
> Y connector one leg of which goes to my amplified speakers and the other leg
> loops into the line in jack . When you plug anything into the mic/line in
> you get a popup asking if you want to chose either mic. or line in..pick
> "line in"... go into advanced audio properties to adjust the volume
> recording slider to your desired level. In Audacity you only have two
> options; mic. or line in; pick line in chose "line in" and you should be
> good to go. I found this method gives very good recording quality. I will
> admit this is not a very aesthetic or sophisticated method but it should
> work. Why Dell was so cheap with their choice of audio chip is beyond
> comprehension!
>
>
> "muffinn" <m_w_finn******.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1169582343.119797.189210@j27g2000cwj.googlegr oups.com...
> > The laptop comes with a driver that does not allow recording from CD in
> > any recording software - e.g. Audacity (but I have tried others).
> > Using an updated driver, not from Dell I can record but then my CD
> > playback sound is crackly and interrupted.
> > When I use the Dell driver I am back to square one - i.e. either good
> > CD sound or no recording.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >