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* Strange findings about the microphone in SigmaTel STAC9221 A1
@ 2007-05-11  9:48 Ivan N. Zlatev
  2007-05-15 12:26 ` Takashi Iwai
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Ivan N. Zlatev @ 2007-05-11  9:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: alsa-devel

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My hda-intel card is with the following codec:

Codec: SigmaTel STAC9221 A1
Address: 0
Vendor Id: 0x83847680
Subsystem Id: 0x106b1700
Revision Id: 0x103401

I am using alsa 1.0.14rc4. I have a built-in microphone, which doesn't
work, but today I found out something interesting. If I set the
capture to minimum and place Mux at specific positions (Works with
middle-ish and top, not bottom-ish) suddenly the mic started
recording, but the quality is extremly bad. I have attached amixer and
co. Does anyone have a clue what the issue is and how could possibly
this little bit of random foundings to be used to possibly fix the
mic?

Regards.

-- 
Ivan N. Zlatev

Web: http://www.i-nZ.net
"It's all some kind of whacked out conspiracy."

[-- Attachment #2: amixer --]
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Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 127
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 127
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 127
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 127
  Mono: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 127
  Mono: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Line In as Output',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic as Output',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off] Capture [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 14
  Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic' 'Front Mic' 'Line'
  Item0: 'Mic'
Simple mixer control 'Mux',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 4
  Front Left: Capture 4 [100%] [40.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 4 [100%] [40.00dB]

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[-- Attachment #4: codec-info --]
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Codec: SigmaTel STAC9221 A1
Address: 0
Vendor Id: 0x83847680
Subsystem Id: 0x106b1700
Revision Id: 0x103401
Default PCM:
    rates [0x7e0]: 44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x1]: PCM
Default Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x0e, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Default Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x7f, nsteps=0x7f, stepsize=0x02, mute=1
Node 0x02 [Audio Output] wcaps 0xd0c05: Stereo Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: N/A
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x79 0x79]
  Power: 0x0
Node 0x03 [Audio Output] wcaps 0xd0c05: Stereo Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: N/A
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x75 0x75]
  Power: 0x0
Node 0x04 [Audio Output] wcaps 0xd0c05: Stereo Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: N/A
  Amp-Out vals:  [0xf2 0xf2]
  Power: 0x0
Node 0x05 [Audio Output] wcaps 0xd0c05: Stereo Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: N/A
  Amp-Out vals:  [0xf4 0xf4]
  Power: 0x0
Node 0x06 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x1d0541: Stereo
  Power: 0x0
  Connection: 1
     0x17
Node 0x07 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x1d0541: Stereo
  Power: 0x0
  Connection: 1
     0x18
Node 0x08 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x40211: Stereo Digital
  PCM:
    rates [0x7e0]: 44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x5]: PCM AC3
Node 0x09 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x140311: Stereo Digital
  PCM:
    rates [0x160]: 44100 48000 96000
    bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
    formats [0x5]: PCM AC3
  Connection: 1
     0x11
Node 0x0a [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400181: Stereo
  Pincap 0x08173f: IN OUT HP Detect
  Pin Default 0x0221401f: [Jack] HP Out at Ext Front
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Green
  Pin-ctls: 0xc0: OUT HP
  Connection: 1
     0x02
Node 0x0b [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400181: Stereo
  Pincap 0x081737: IN OUT Detect
  Pin Default 0x01011012: [Jack] Line Out at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
  Connection: 1
     0x04
Node 0x0c [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400181: Stereo
  Pincap 0x081737: IN OUT Detect
  Pin Default 0x01813024: [Jack] Line In at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Blue
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
  Connection: 1
     0x03
Node 0x0d [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400181: Stereo
  Pincap 0x08173f: IN OUT HP Detect
  Pin Default 0x01014010: [Jack] Line Out at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Green
  Pin-ctls: 0x00:
  Connection: 1
     0x02
Node 0x0e [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400081: Stereo
  Pincap 0x0824: IN Detect
  Pin Default 0x01a19021: [Jack] Mic at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Pink
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
Node 0x0f [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400181: Stereo
  Pincap 0x0837: IN OUT Detect
  Pin Default 0x01016011: [Jack] Line Out at Ext Rear
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Orange
  Pin-ctls: 0x00:
  Connection: 1
     0x05
Node 0x10 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400301: Stereo Digital
  Pincap 0x0810: OUT
  Pin Default 0x01452130: [Jack] SPDIF Out at Ext Rear
    Conn = Optical, Color = Grey
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Connection: 3
     0x08* 0x17 0x19
Node 0x11 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x430681: Stereo Digital
  Pincap 0x0810024: IN EAPD Detect
  Pin Default 0x40000100: [N/A] Line Out at Ext N/A
    Conn = Unknown, Color = Unknown
  Pin-ctls: 0x00:
  Power: 0x0
Node 0x12 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x04, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x04 0x04]
  Connection: 7
     0x0e 0x15* 0x0f 0x0b 0x0c 0x0d 0x0a
Node 0x13 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x04, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x00 0x00]
  Connection: 7
     0x0e 0x15* 0x0f 0x0b 0x0c 0x0d 0x0a
Node 0x14 [Beep Generator Widget] wcaps 0x70000c: Mono Amp-Out
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x03, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x17, mute=0
  Amp-Out vals:  [0x00]
Node 0x15 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400001: Stereo
  Pincap 0x0820: IN
  Pin Default 0x02a19320: [Jack] Mic at Ext Front
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Pink
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
Node 0x16 [Volume Knob Widget] wcaps 0x600000: Mono
Node 0x17 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x300903: Stereo Amp-In
  Amp-In caps: N/A
  Amp-In vals:  [0x0e 0x0e]
  Connection: 1
     0x12
Node 0x18 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x300903: Stereo Amp-In
  Amp-In caps: N/A
  Amp-In vals:  [0x80 0x80]
  Connection: 1
     0x13
Node 0x19 [Vendor Defined Widget] wcaps 0xf30201: Stereo Digital
Node 0x1a [Audio Output] wcaps 0x30201: Stereo Digital
Node 0x1b [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400301: Stereo Digital
  Pincap 0x0810: OUT
  Pin Default 0x40000100: [N/A] Line Out at Ext N/A
    Conn = Unknown, Color = Unknown
  Pin-ctls: 0x00:
  Connection: 1
     0x1a

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