A microphone is a device that turns sound waves into something the computer can interpret. You can use microphones for things like video chat, recording videos, audio editing, etc.
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Linux Ubuntu 12.04 - TeamViewer 8 - microphone/speakers problem
I already install Teamviewer 8 on my laptop (Linux Ubuntu 12.04)
But there is no sound - no microphone or speakers can be detected from TeamViewer.
Is there any way that I can fix that problem ?
Do ...
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How to Switch input on an X-Fi Titanium from line to mic?
The X-Fi Titanium has a single input for mic or line level input. Right now it's set to line level. On Windows, there would be a checkbox to toggle this, but the sound panel in Ubuntu 10.04 does not ...
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Stereomix and flash
I have a problem with using stereomix and flash. I'm not able to access to flash settings, like I done on windows. I installed an pavucontrol, and I have stereomix on audacity, but not on the ...
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Microphone not working ubuntu 12.04 I hear myself
I have ubuntu 12.04.
Alsamixer reports my soundcard (on board) as card HDA ATI SB and chip Realtek ALC892.
I have also installed realtek linux audiopack 5.17 and pavucontrol. I also removed and ...
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How to make external microphone default?
My laptop's internal microphone is broken and I use only the external one.
However, each time I switch the computer on, I have to change it from internal to external in command-line alsamixer or ...
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How can I enable microphone mute button on Thinkpad W520?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04. I've read Enabling Mic Mute button and light on Lenovo Thinkpads but the acpi_listen doesn't produce any output in the terminal (for any of the media buttons, Even the working ...
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Microphone not working on Ubuntu 12.04 with asus eee pc 1000he
Help, friends! I am lost, and know not what to do...
I have both Pulseaudio and the ALSA-mixer running on my Asus EEE PC 1000HE, and while the speaker sound is fine, the microphone has majorly ...
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Microphone does not work on Asus VivoBook X202E
I have recently bought an Asus Vivobook X202E, with touch screen and Windows 8. I have tried to adjust the sound systems as many answers on this site suggest, but it still doesn't work.
I think Asus ...
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No PulseAudio in Skype Sound Devices choices, and microphone does not work…
I have a new re-install of Mythbuntu 12.04.2 LTS.
When I installed Skype 4.1.0.20 and tried to use it, I found that under options/Sound Devices/, under the three (Microphone,Speakers and Ringing) ...
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Splitting audio channels using pulseaudio
My mission is record desktop using avconv (ffmpeg) + record microphone input + use sphinx program which also need the same microphone for voice control.
Now, the problem is that if I start sphinx ...
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System apparently doesn't recognize USB microphone input
I purchased an Audio Technica USB microphone a while ago, but my system doesn't recognise input into it.
When I plug it in and open Audacity, I see the microphone input options (such as 'ATR USB ...
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Acer Aspire microphone issue
I have got an Acer Aspire 7750G: More info
It has been running Ubuntu since I bought the laptop (12.10 as of now), but a few updates ago, I lost my microphone.
It doesn't recognise the internal mic ...
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Microphone on a Dell Vostro 3360
After upgrading my vostro 3360 on Ubuntu 12.04, I saw that drivers were not available for this version (notably for network). So I decided to install 11.10 but the mic still doesn't work (notably on ...
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Microphone not working at all
I am running Kubuntu 12.04 microphone worked fine for a while front and rear microphone(I am on a desktop not laptop). At a moment the microphone stop working, I tried creating a new account, ...
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Is there a general strategy to follow when debugging a non-working microphone?
I am having no luck using the microphone of my Dell XPS M1530 in Ubuntu 12.04. Applications such as vlc or skype that can take audio input receive silence (though no error or other diagnostic is ...
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My speakers and headphone jacks don't work in Ubuntu 12.04
I recently switched from 11.10 to Ubuntu 12.04 and my headphone jacks have stopped working and my speakers now have extremely low volume. I have no clue what to do. I have a Dell Studio 17/1749 with ...
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Acer 722 internal mic keeps turning off
Hi we have 200 AcerAspireOne 722 for student use running Ubuntu 12.04
I can get the internal mic to work but when on battery power I can't get the mic to be ready on start up. The user has to toggle ...
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Why doesn't my internal microphone work in HP ProBook 4430s?
I have two microphones in my ProBook 4430s Core i5 machine. I've been googling for hours, but no solution to my internal mic problem in 12.04 Precise Pangolin. A USB voip device's mic is working, but ...
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Does a Logitech C170 webcam work in Ubuntu 13.04?
I have a C170 webcam with integrated mic. In Cheese I can take pictures and video but the sound is not present in videos. In GTK UVC does not work at all. However with Skype everything is OK. Can ...
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Logitech webcam microphone not working in Google Hangout
Using Google Hangout, the internal microphone of my QuickCam doesn't work.
The Hangout Settings window pops up and tells me the mic may not me switched on, but it is listed in the 'hangout ...
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External Mic not always recognized
although this sounds similar to many previous bug reports, I couldn't find an answer in the other threads.
I have a Samsung serie 9 laptop with a single audio connector for headphones/mic. I am using ...
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How could I deactivate the stream from Mic to Speaker?
If I activate the Simultaneous output with paprefs. How could I deactivate the stream from Mic to Speaker? There is a realy bad loopback and I do not wish to do Karaoke.
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DeSmuMe: microphone does not work
I am trying to play The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks using DeSmuMe. However, the microphone is not working, and I cannot go any farther in the game without it. When I launch DeSmuMe from the ...
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Static background noise while using new headset Ubuntu 13.04
Today I bought a new gaming headset (Gx-Gaming Lychas), and when I tried to record some gameplay-comentary I noticed that there always is a static background noise, I just recorded an example so you ...
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Samson USB Mic not appearing
I've been using the Samson Go Microphone with Ubuntu 12.10 without mishap, but I've just upgraded to 13.04, and now the mic doesn't work. Sound is otherwise functional, but the mic doesn't appear to ...
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Microphone not working in skype
I have installed skype, but I cannot make it work with my headset (corsair vengeance 1500.
The problem is that whichever option I choose as microphone it will never work, and only when I select some ...
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Why mic is not /dev/audio0 while camera is /dev/video0?
When i plug in a usb webcam /dev/video0 pops up but no /dev/audio0 corresponding to mic. google says find your mic by executing arecord -L. How can i understand these audio devices in linux? Where r ...
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“Metallic” noise while recording using Kazam (Ubuntu 13.04)
I'm getting an extrange "metallic" sound while recording with Kazam, my voice sounds like "metallic distorted", this is not happening if I record using arecord in Terminal, even Skype is working ...
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Can't save default microphone volume
I've tried
sudo alsamixer
changed values and then
sudo alsactl store
Everytime I boot up the default microphone volume always gets back to something like 25%.
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USB Audio 13.04 Yetti Blue Pro Microphone
I have struggled on 12.04, 12.10 and now 13.04 with the YetiPro microphone. http://bluemic.com/yetipro/
Audio output through the Mic's monitor is always perfect and works whenever I plug the device ...
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Skype - no sound untill I go to skype sound options
I had to create a script in order to make my skype acknowledge my microphone. It's a simple code:
#!/bin/bash
echo "autospawn = no" > ~/.pulse/client.conf
killall pulseaudio
skype
It indeed ...
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Why does bluetooth connect but not transmit any audio?
It connects, but then I don't get any audio in Pulse Audio or in Steam's mic settings. I don't understand why this is so hard. I can get it to work on my PS3 or mac with no trouble. I have a ...
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HP 2510p mic problems
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 13.04 on my HP 2510p but my microphone isn't working.
It is not muted in the sound settings, and it is not working on any applications (tried a few). Tried changing from ...
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How to disable microphone from auto adjusting
I want to disable the way the microphone lowers itself depending on the input. Here is an image:
The microphone started at 100% and slowly started to drop to where the image is showing. This is ...
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Mic is not working in Ubuntu 12.04
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 on an Acer C7 netbook. However, my internal mic refuses to work whatsoever I did. I tried Pulseaudio, I tried Alsamixer, I tried to play with gstreamer-properties, but with no ...
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Share a microphone between twinkle and avconv
I am trying to setup desktop recording in my office to help train our operators and I have almost everything working under Ubuntu12.
I am using avconv to record the desktop and audio:
avconv -f alsa ...
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How do I make a Wine app detect my microphone?
I have Rosetta Stone 3 installed on Wine 1.4.1, the installation works flawlessly and I have added the language too. The problem is my built-in microphone not detected. I have checked on Sound ...
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How do I use my Kinect for PC microphone on Ubuntu?
I have a Kinect for PC and want to use the built in microphone (and if possible the camera too) on Ubuntu.
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 045e:02c2 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05e3:0608 ...
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Ubuntu not detecting built-in webcam & microphone
I have an Acer ZG5 netbook with Ubuntu installed. The netbook has a built-in webcam & microphone but I don't seem to be able to use them on Skype. Are they not being detected? Ubuntu must know ...
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Obscure and annoying audio problem
Short version: jackd is not able to obtain the microphone for some reason and i'm out of ideas. The annoying thing is it was working and now without any deliberate changes it doesn't.
To elaborate a ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 will not allow simultanious input from webcam video and webcam microphone
I am trying to connect a Logitech Pro 4000 USB webcam, with built-in microphone, to an Ubuntu 12.10 computer with 6 USB input connectors for use with Skype video calls.
The problem is, that half of ...
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PS3 Move Camera with Skype
I'm using a PS3 Move Camera on Ubuntu 10.04 installation and trying to find out how I can change the input device on skype to use it. The problem is it only says pulseaudio local and won't give any ...
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Sol Republic Headphones Mess Up Audio Input
Whenever I plug in my Sol Republic headphones the audio input channel switches to the input of the headset, however I believe the incorrect drivers are being loaded for the device and I know for a ...
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Noise Suppression in Mic
I'm just a new ubuntu user. And I have the following question or maybe idea for future implementation.
So here is a feature that I have in windows that makes my skype calls much easier.
So what ...
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internal mic sound isn't clear
I have problem with my ubuntu 12.04 64bit. Internal mic voice of my z560 Lenovo laptop isn't clean and so low.
Here are output of lspci command:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor ...
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Audio output is constantly popping, software mixer constantly swapping between mic and line in
I recently acquired a new laptop and decided to install 12.10 Quantal on it, unfortunately there is a constant popping noise coming from the left speaker, the sound of the speaker being turned on.
I ...
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Enable Mic in Wine ? (alsa/pulseaudio)
I'm not able to make mic work with wine 1.5
I found some suggestions but they don't seem to work.
Anyone manage to fix this bug ?
Reference:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1960599
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Input microphone dead Ubuntu 12.04
My microphone doesn't work in any format.
I've installed Pulse Audio, it doesn't give me the chance to set up. It is a Dell Inspiron E1505 under Ubuntu 12.04.
I need the mic to speak with my family ...
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How do I record both mic and speakers in Kazam?
I would like to make some Minecraft videos, but Kazam only works with my microphone. I've tried mixing the audio, but that gets rid of my Minecraft sound. According to PulseAudio, I have 2 inputs: ...
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Mic not working when vga connector removed
I have a computer that should run continuously without any connection to a monitor. For developmental purposes I have been keeping the vga connection with the monitor and experienced no problem until ...
