Used arecord -l to list out my HP brand webcam, model HD-2200 (includes microphone.)
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 3: HD2200 [HP Webcam HD-2200], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Used arecord --list-pcms to see how they are properly named:
default:CARD=HD2200
HP Webcam HD-2200, USB Audio
Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=HD2200
HP Webcam HD-2200, USB Audio
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=HD2200,DEV=0
HP Webcam HD-2200, USB Audio
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=HD2200,DEV=0
HP Webcam HD-2200, USB Audio
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=HD2200,DEV=0
HP Webcam HD-2200, USB Audio
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=HD2200,DEV=0
HP Webcam HD-2200, USB Audio
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=HD2200,DEV=0
HP Webcam HD-2200, USB Audio
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=HD2200,DEV=0
HP Webcam HD-2200, USB Audio
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=HD2200,DEV=0
HP Webcam HD-2200, USB Audio
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
dmix:CARD=HD2200,DEV=0
HP Webcam HD-2200, USB Audio
Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=HD2200,DEV=0
HP Webcam HD-2200, USB Audio
Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=HD2200,DEV=0
HP Webcam HD-2200, USB Audio
Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=HD2200,DEV=0
HP Webcam HD-2200, USB Audio
Hardware device with all software conversions
Tried to record a wav file with arecord, using plughw, and hw, and even dsnoop. Not really sure why my wav file records empty.
arecord --device=front:CARD=HD2200,DEV=0 -r 48000 --channels=1 --format=S16_LE -t wav output.wav
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