Recording sound with 'line in'

[Chaosenemy]

Is there a way to record sound with the line in port on the back of my computer? I set line in as the default recording device, but no recording programs pick up any sound from it. There's obviously a way to do it... wouldn't make sense to put a port on a computer that couldn't be used for anything...

Thanks in advance.

 

[Kage]

You should also make sure the program is set to record from Line In.
Some programs allow you to set this, for instance, Audacity.

 

[Chaosenemy]

Well, I tried out Audacity and set it to record from line in but it still didn't work, so I tried it on my older computer and it worked fine. And it turns out, all sound recording programs work with line in on my old computer lol. I have no idea why the line in is retarded and won't work on my newest computer, but oh well. Thanks for the help man.