Line-in to sound card - no sound, no volume display

Phonograph player into line-in on SigmaTel sound card has no sound. This
worked w/ XP, stopped after Vista installed. Speakers work fine on everything
else.
Windows Vista help says go to speakers properties, & lin-in is mute by
default. (Help picture shows Volume control,Phone Line,Line-in, Aux &
Micrphone; but when I go there mine only displays the volume control & the
other items are midssing, so I can't unmute. I can't record anything.

If the phonograph player is just a turntable meant to be plugged into a
stereo system the output will be far too low for an computer input. You will
either need to plug it into an amplifier system with a "line out" first and
then plug that into you computer, or obtain an inline amplifier that
duplicates that function.

I had a sound problem with my onboard SigmaTel audio following an upgrade to
Vista. In the end I updated the driver for SigmaTel audio for my motherboard
from the Intel site and it solved my problem. Just one of the XP to Vista
bugs! Hope this helps you.

Thanks for your reply - it sounded like the answer, so I downloaded the
latest SigmaTel driver from Intel, but it didn't work. When I try to check
SigmaTel through the Control Panel, it says the driver is "inaccessable. Make
sure it is installed and enabled." Checking for the line-in connection, it
says Digital Input Device (SPDIF): High Definition Audio Device is working
but not plugged in (it is, of course, & was working before Vista.) It also
says it's a Microsoft driver, not Intel. Did it replace & disable the Intel
driver? My Intel board is a D946GZIS.

[Rob3441]

--------------- Worked on Dell XPS 420 --------------------------------
Hi
I'm an Korean, so I can't speak English VERY fluently - but I can read all of the posts and I am understanding the problem. (If I have few spelling mistakes, if so, please just pass it on.)

From google search, I found that Computer makers (ex: sony) are shutting down 'stereo mix'

to prevent illegal recording - (maybe like songs from iTunes or something : songs that have DRM(non copyable music files). (so, people are just turning on the song, and record it, and make it to a free-DRM file.))

So, some notebook makers disabled recording from computer's direct streaming audio.

-> Like you said, It is not a hardware problem, because it works fine on XP - it means that exTongue TiedONY has blocked 'stereo mix' somehow on their pre-installed Vista.

Here is my help.

Before you start anything, turn on a music file - raise your volumes up and up!!!!

Test if sound is coming out of your speakers!! (If not, your speaker is a problem)

Download Virtual Audio Cable (search google or something - it is not a freeware - but try it first, then find a crack)

Install Virtual Audio Cable (VAC) on your computer.

(When installing ---- Vista -> Popup named like "do you want to install this driver?" (red letters) pops out -> click ok or something, you NEED to install the driver)

Taskbar -> Go to the playback devices (right-click the speaker icon) - Select the 'Playback' tab.

There will be a new option named 'Line 1' or 'VAC 1' or SOMETHING that is similar like this.

Make that 'Line 1' Default. (There is a button named 'Set Default' below the window.)

Close all programs (specially programs that have sound - itunes, realplayer, windows media player)

Then, run the program Audio Repeater (Included in the VAC that you installed- search the start->all programs or the search program files in CSmile


Set 'Wave in' to 'Line 1'

Set 'Wave out' to "SPEAKER" (or your computer's original default selection - mine is Vaio VGN-CR220E and it is named 'Speaker/HP', so select this)

After this, click 'Start' tab below.

Then, turn on any music(ex: an mp3 file- a long one should be good so you can test on it) on your computer.

You should hear the sound from your speaker.

NOW, If you want to record this mp3 stream, just follow the bottom part.

You will see 'Line 1' on the recording tab. (Go to sound manager (right-click the speaker icon on your taskbar-> recording devices) -> 'Recording' tab -> make 'Line 1' Default)


Run Audacity (or any recording programs)

Run Audacity -> Edit -> Preferences -> Audio I/O tab -> See 'Recording' and make 'device' into 'Line 1'


Enjoy Recording computer's stereo!



p.s

Here is the problem -> you have to make Audio Repeater to the above settings every time you reboot, so

use it only when you need it! (So, : After Recording stereo from computer, change back to the normal notebook's settings)


Thanks for reading - hope it will work,
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