Re: Skype problem, no signal from (webcam) mike

--- On Wed, 2/3/10, Rick Kunath <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Rick Kunath <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Skype problem, no signal from (webcam) mike
> To: newbie-4qZELD6FgxheH41UXmfQsti2O/[email protected]
> Received: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 11:26 AM
> Ole Madsen wrote:
> > Evidently there is nothing wrong with the webcam mike,
> it is just
> > that the signal from it is not being routed to Skype.
> > 
> > In Skype I tried this: Options -> Sound Devices
> -> The only option
> > here is: Pulse Audio Server (local).  Same for
> Microphone, Speakers
> > and Ringing. Speakers and Ringing works fine, but no
> sound from the
> > mike.  Actually this makes sense because I am
> listening to the sound
> > and the ringing via line out on the PC.
> > 
> > In pavucontrol, Input devices, I can see the
> QuickCamPro is receiving
> > sound, but I see no possibility for routing it
> somewhere.
> > 
> > Is there an option somewhere for selecting which mike
> to use?
> 
> Should be able to be selected in Pulse as the default input
> device.
> 
> Is the mic recognized and shown? Can you set it as
> default?
> 
> Pulse is the answer.
>

Thanks Rick.  Yes, I am sure you are right.  The question is how.

I did some more googling on 'webcam pulseaudio' and learned that quite a few people have had a considerable amount of grief with this very question. Yet, no straight forward solution was to be found.  Strangely enough, why should it be hard to select whether you want to use a mike connected to the USB input or one connected to line in?  Yet, that is really what this boils down to.

I am left with the impression that pulseaudio is very much a work in progress.  Maybe when version 1.0 comes around, all of these quirks will be ironed out.

Ole


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