SOLVED: Re: Anybody got Google Meet going on Linux (Fedora) with just ALSA (ie not with PulseAudio)?

People,

I eventually narrowed down what the problem was:

- a new test user on the same workstation worked fine

- a different profile (attached to the non-working user) worked fine

- using the Chrome reset account facility fixed the problem

- reinstalling some Chrome extensions caused the problem again

I have narrowed it down to either a YouTube video speed controller or an 
extension for preventing automatic playing of YT videos . . somehow one 
or other of these extensions, for Google Meet and Jitsi prevents the 
speakers from working at all and the mic needs to be changed from 
Default to Analog . . weird . .

So now I have work-arounds anyway . . a somewhat interesting exercise I 
guess . .

Thanks,

Phil.


On 2020-07-26 17:43, Philip Rhoades wrote:
> People,
> 
> I am not sure what is going on - I seem to have had increased sound
> problems on recent versions of Fedora (30-31).  I have been routinely
> uninstalling PA for some years and haven't had more than the usual
> number of problems with audio in that time.  Currently:
> 
> alsa-lib-1.2.1.2-4.fc31.i686
> alsa-lib-1.2.1.2-4.fc31.x86_64
> alsa-ucm-1.2.1.2-4.fc31.noarch
> alsa-utils-1.2.1-3.fc31.x86_64
> alsamixergui-0.9.0-0.29.rc2.fc31.x86_64
> qemu-audio-alsa-4.1.1-1.fc31.x86_64
> wine-alsa-5.0-1.fc31.i686
> wine-alsa-5.0-1.fc31.x86_64
> 
> http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=0da7d0299aadfe9dc87c66a526ee14c7806776c7
> 
> If I use the analog rear mic instead of "Default" on GoogleMeet people
> can hear me but I can't hear them - but the "Speakers" option can't be
> changed from "Default".
> 
> Playing YT videos is fine and I can record from my mic here:
> 
>   https://online-voice-recorder.com
> 
> Any suggestions about debugging would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Phil.

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