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One thing that has kept me from doing this successfully is that I have not been able to get a signal read through the line-in on my sound card. I have had this problem with multiple machines, using Mandriva Linux, so I don't think that it's a problem of the hardware. Alas, I have never found an adequate description of how to troubleshoot this issue. All of the sources I've found have said something like "use alsamixer to set the line in." As a non-audiophile, I find the very long list of options on alsa mixer quite confusing and when I am unable to get line in despite changing the mixer options, I am left w/o much in the way of follow-on options. Any suggestions?

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