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[Kai-Heng Feng <1923841@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

[Impact]
Audio gets recorded by "arecord" has really bad sound quality when the volume is low.

[Fix]
https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-utils/pull/69
Switch the default audio format from 8 bits to 16 bits if hardware supports it.

[Test]
1. Plug a microphone.
2. Run `arecord | aplay` and say something to the microphone.
3. Only noise can be heard.

With the fix applied, the recording is clear.

[Where problems could occur]
If there's any hardware falsely advertised to support 16 bits, this change will break them.
However, this is effectively using `arecord -f cd` or `arecord -f cdr`, so that's not likely.

** Affects: alsa-utils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  [Impact]
  Audio gets recorded by "arecord" has really bad sound quality when the volume is low.
  
  [Fix]
+ https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-utils/pull/69
  Switch the default audio format from 8 bits to 16 bits if hardware supports it.
  
  [Test]
  1. Plug a microphone.
  2. Run `arecord | aplay` and say something to the microphone.
  3. Only noise can be heard.
  
  With the fix applied, the recording is clear.
  
  [Where problems could occur]
  If there's any hardware falsely advertised to support 16 bits, this change will break them.
  However, this is effectively using `arecord -f cd` or `arecord -f cdr`, so that's not likely.

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Title:
  [SRU] Increase recording quality

Status in alsa-utils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  Audio gets recorded by "arecord" has really bad sound quality when the volume is low.

  [Fix]
  https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-utils/pull/69
  Switch the default audio format from 8 bits to 16 bits if hardware supports it.

  [Test]
  1. Plug a microphone.
  2. Run `arecord | aplay` and say something to the microphone.
  3. Only noise can be heard.

  With the fix applied, the recording is clear.

  [Where problems could occur]
  If there's any hardware falsely advertised to support 16 bits, this change will break them.
  However, this is effectively using `arecord -f cd` or `arecord -f cdr`, so that's not likely.

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