Questions tagged [microphone]
A microphone is a device that turns sound waves into something the computer can interpret. You can use microphones to capture audio for things like video chat, recording videos or podcasts, etc.
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Pairing Apple AirPods Pro as headset on Ubuntu 20.04
On my Lenovo ThinkPad P1 and Ubbuntu 20.04, after paring my Apple AirPods Pro, it is detected as Headhpones:
Airpods Pro pairing details
Thus, no microphone is reported as an input for Sound settings:
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Can't get the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 working on my computer
I recently decided to switch over to Ubuntu for experimentation.
I previously had a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 fully functioning on my Windows OS and was able to record, playback and produce sounds using ...
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Microphone doesn't work mic bar shows activity from system settings
Linux noob here, I can't get my mic to work. Mic shows activity from system sounds like when I play something form yt the bar jumps, before ubuntu I had PopOS and everything worked normally. Also I'm ...
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Mic issues after upgrading the os to 22.04.4
My Dell Latitude-3420's built-in microphone is not working after updating to Ubuntu 22.04.4. External earphones are recognized as an input device, so the issue seems isolated to the built-in ...
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Internal Microphone Not Working Dell 5300
I'm using Ubuntu 23.10 on my Dell Latitude 5300 laptop, dual-booted with Windows. Currently, I am experiencing an issue with my internal microphone. While using Ubuntu, my laptop microphone cannot be ...
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USB microphone isn't shown in alsamixer
How can I adjust the level of my USB microphone, because it isn't shown in alsamixer?
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How do i disable Logitech G430 sidetone/mic monitoring/listening?
On windows I got to Settings then sounds, then recording, then advanced, then toggle listen OFF. Then that works and makes it so I cant hear my self.
Tried running the logitech gaming software with ...
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Replacing Pulseaudio with Pipewire in Ubuntu 20.04
Since I installed Ubuntu 20.04 I have been facing problems with my Bluetooth headset microphone not detected by the system. My headset worked perfectly with Windows. Also, I am not able to switch to ...
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Have to reconnect microphone every time I reboot
Using a Blue Yeti USB microphone, connected to a Dell dock, connected to a laptop on Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS.
The external mic is set as the default through a startup script (pactl set-default-source ...
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How to enable microphone on headset in Ubuntu 22.04?
I have a problem with the microphone. I use Ubuntu and when the headset connected with Bluetooth, I see these options:
and can't see the microphone of headset. I want to know why get the handsfree ...
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Bluetooth microphone headset with noise canceling
This is an old problem, it's hard to make the microphone work when using your Bluetooth headset.
I've heard of people using pipewire rather than pulseaudio claiming resolution of all problems and ...
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Microphone doesn't work on a new Acer Nitro 16 with Ubuntu 22.04
I just installed Ubuntu 22.04 and my microphone from my wired headphones is not working. I tried the live version of fedora and nothing worked there either. I noticed that it gives me an error on ...
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How to natively turn off internal microphone(mic)?
I just installed Ubuntu for the first time. When I went into the sound settings I saw that my laptop's mic is recording:
I've always had my mic and webcam turned off even in Windows for privacy ...
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Turn off audio loopback from microphone
I just set up my machine and plugged in my headset, but now I'm currently wondering how to disable the audio loopback from my microphone.
I've found nearly the same question over here
How do I turn ...
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Microphone not working in Google Hangouts
I am experiencing the problem described here: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gmail/n1cpJq1mC8U.
Google Hangouts appears to be resetting the levels of my microphone.
That post has a ...
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Input and Output Audio not Working. Speakers do not work and neither does microphone. Wanting to switch to Ubuntu, everything works with Windows 11
I recently switched to Ubuntu (Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Release: 22.04), but my input and output sound do not work. Nothing is muted and I have checked everything in ...
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Headset mic doesn't work on orange pi 4 lts Ubuntu 22.04
I have SoC orange pi 4 lts and OS Ubuntu on it:
orangepi@orangepi4-lts:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Release: 22.04
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Microphone not working on dell precision 5480, 22.04
I have a Dell precision 5480 running Ubuntu 22.04, and the microphone is not working. In pavucontrol something appears as "sof-soundwire SoundWire microphones" but it does not detect any ...
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How can i change my default sound card via alsamixer or anything that works
I'm trying to change the default sound card setting because my mic used to work smoothly, but now my voice is terrible. So I decided to change the default sound card because the default one is the ...
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firestorm viewer, mirophone is gray
Firestorm is installed and working, but the microphone remains grey. All of the settings look normal, except that the microphone is grayed out.
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How can I use WO-Mic in Ubuntu via USB?
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (64-bit).
I want to use my android as microphone in my PC using USB cable.
When I searched on Google for the same, I found WO-Mic and installed it as described here. But it ...
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usb microphone not workinga
I bought a usb microphone and tried to make some recordings with audio-recorder but the created recordings were silent
I brought up alsamixer and pressed F4 for input only and it showed from left to ...
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Alsamixer doesn't have any capture control device, and microphone is not working in Ubuntu 16.04
I've Ubuntu 16.04 and my Mic is not working.
When I open alsamixer and open the capture view I find this message "this sound device does not have capture control", and here is a
Screenshot from my ...
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Speaker and Microphone not working on Ubuntu 20.04
I am currently facing some issues with my laptop running Ubuntu 20.04, where both the mic and speakers are not functioning. But they work with earphones.
The output of lspci ; aplay -l ; arecord -l is ...
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Auxiliary Headset microphone not detected in Ubuntu 23.10
I was dual booting Ubuntu 22.04.4 and Windows 11 on my Acer Nitro 5 (RTX 4050). When I installed discord on Ubuntu I noticed my headset (Steelseries Arctis 1) microphone was not detected/working ...
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Microphone not working on MacBook pro 10.2. with Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
I have recently installed Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS on my MacBook pro 10.02 and noticed that the microphone is not working. It does not matter if I try to use the built-in (internal) microphone, or if I plug ...
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Huawei Matebook 14 No sound and no microphone input
I just got a brand new Matebook 14 with AMD Ryzen 17 Raedon Graphics and 16GB RAM.
After installing ubuntu fresh I have tested the sound but the speakers are not working.
I have seen different ...
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can access snd-aloop microphone via ALSA but not with pipewire
I use an application that links my phone to my desktop as camera/microphone combo (Iriun Webcam). The application establishes a "virtual" microphone on the desktop computer via the snd-aloop ...
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Microphone noise cancellation
I managed to get the microphone noise cancellation to work (in 20.04) a few months ago by adding the following to the /etc/pulse/default.pa
load-module module-echo-cancel source_name=noechosource ...
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Mic Noise Cancellation in 22.04
My HP Pavilion comes with Bang & Olufsen sound, which has no Linux support. But I saw a lot of old topics here talking about PulseAudio, Pipewire etc. Wondering whether there is anything at all ...
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Realtek driver installation gone wrong, audio and microphone stopped working
[Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS]
I messed up. I tried fixing the issue some ubuntu users seem to have, namely that the sound volume is way lower than on windows (even with over-amplification enabled). I wanted to ...
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Wireless headphones can't use mic and audio at the same time
Whenever I connect my wireless earphones to my Ubuntu device, I am given 2 options in Output. Headset and handsfree. Handsfree sounds terrible, so I always use headset.
But if I want to use the built-...
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Citrix Workspace - no audio options, microphone not working
I am trying to enable my microphone in Citrix Workspace for Linux:
https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-workspace-app-for-linux/whats-new.html
https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-workspace-app-for-...
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Ubuntu Support for Shure MV7 USB Microphone
Has anyone had any luck getting the Shure MV7 USB Mic working with Ubuntu Linux?
I use Ubuntu as my primary computer, which I use a microphone for conference calls and tech podcasts on Linux. I ...
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How can I get my built-in microphone to work on a Lenovo G770?
I am dual booting Ubuntu 12.04 on a Lenovo G770. The internal mic works fine in Windows 7. The mic is recognized and unmuted, but it just isn't detecting any sound. I tried messing around with ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 - Headset mic not working
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 on an HP da0077tx laptop and my headset's mic is not working on ubuntu. The same headset is working fine with other devices.
Audio Codec: Realtek ALC236
This Audio codec is not ...
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Automatically Select Bluetooth Headset Microphone as Input Device / Change to HSP/HFP Audio Profile in Sound Settings on Connection
I have a Jabra Evolve 75 headset that I connect via Bluetooth to my Ubuntu 20.04 machine. Everything works fine in principle except for one little annoyance:
Whenever I turn the headset on, it ...
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Mic device not working on Ubuntu 18.04
I already installed pavucontrol and checked alsamixer for further verification, but I don't see an end to my problem.
This is my
Alsa Info
I already reinstalled alsa-pulseaudio, and force-realod.
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Headset microphone not working Ubuntu 22.04
I am Trying to use my 3.5mm jack headset with ubuntu 22.04 on an acer device, However the microphone doesn't work (It Works as an output device only!), I Overdrived pin 0x18 and pin 0x19 to microphone ...
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Microphone not working on MiniPC running Ubuntu 22.04.2
(I'm somewhat new to linux and ubuntu, so be patient with me.)
I bought a MiniPC recently, a "Beelink SER5 5600H" and installed the latest version of Ubuntu on it. However, yesterday I ...
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Microphone does not work on Acer Aspire 3 Spin 14
I'm using ubuntu 22.04. I can't get microphone on browser nor application via Skype. Feel free to ask for any info you need to help me resolve this problem.
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USB microphone unavailable when Pavucontrol loopback works
I connected a USB microphone and analog headphones to laptop and I'm trying to record voice in Audacity. I want to hear other tracks in Audacity and my voice, so I'm using Pawucontrol. Using pacmd, I ...
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Combo jack's microphone detected but not working
I encounter an issue. I have a jack stereo headset/microphone plugged into a 4-pin 3.5mm (TRRS) jack on my laptop. The headphone stereo is working, but the headphone microphone is not working. Laptop ...
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How to hear my voice in speakers with a mic?
I have a USB microphone that I can chat on Skype, record sound etc. But how can I make it so that when my mic is on and I speak, Ι hear it in speakers live without having to record my voice first and ...
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Audio Issues on Dell Vostro 3400 2020 Running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Since the last three weeks' updates, I have encountered several challenges with the audio functionality on my system. Primarily, upon starting my laptop, the audio often fails to work, displaying &...
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3.5 jack mic not working on ubuntu 22.04 pc [duplicate]
I am using ubuntu 22.04, In this computer my voice input device is 3.5mm jack Boya Mic. and my computer detecting it but while recording some voice and using some online cloud meeting platform that ...
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Headset of microphone not working on Ubuntu 23.04
I bought Ryzer headphones, but the mic is not working. I can hear, only the mic is not working. I am trying literally everything, but nothing is working. Can someone help me please! Tell me if I can ...
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Internal microphone on IdeaPad Pro 5 not working
I just bought a Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 (16ARP8) and installed Ubuntu 22.04.3. Everything is working fine until I tried to hop onto a call and noticed that the internal microphone doesn't work and in ...
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No microphone detected
For some reason I can no longer see my mic in the sound app / config application. The selection box is empty.
Internal microphone. Lenovo X1 rev 9.
However this lists a device:
1 source(s) available.
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No microphones detected Ubuntu 22.04.03 Lenovo Yoga
I used to have microphones that would work with Bluetooth on an older ubuntu version. Now, on Jammy 22.04.03, I have audio, but no mic, regardless of how I connect the headset. I also have no mic ...
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