Re: using microphone
On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 16:23 +0100, berenger.morel@neutralite.org wrote:
>
> Le 16.03.2013 16:18, Ralf Mardorf a écrit :
> > On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 16:14 +0100, berenger.morel@neutralite.org
> > wrote:
> >> >> I think this message may lack informations, but I have no idea
> >> about
> >> >> what I can give except those one...
> >> >>
> >> > OK, so you've established that your microphone is working. You
> >> don't
> >> > normally want to hear your voice back when you speak into it, so
> >> mute
> >> > the microphone output (but not the input). You should be able to
> >> use
> >> > the sound recorder to still record your voice and play it back but
> >> > you
> >> > won't hear it when speaking.
> >> >
> >> > Skype has a pulldown menu at the bottom left of the skype window.
> >> > Select Options | Sound Devices and try the different microphone
> >> > devices until you find one that works with the Skype test call.
> >>
> >> Sounds like I did not explained the problem correctly, so let me
> >> retry.
> >>
> >> I have established that the microphone works, yes, because when I
> >> unmute it in alsamixer, I can hear back my voice amplified.
> >> But I did not found any way to use it into skype or mumble (I did
> >> not
> >> tried other softwares).
> >>
> >> I do not know how to mute only the microphone output but not the
> >> input?
> >
> > IIRC you can forget about jack in this case. Is pulseaudio installed?
> > Many skype users report, that they like to use pulseaudio.
>
> I have no jack, and no pulseaudio. Should I install one of those stuff
> to have my mic working? Sounds strange, I remember another computer with
> debian I had, where I had not installed one of those and stuff was
> working? But maybe my memory is wrong.
I can't believe that this are my words: To test it, install pulseaudio,
don't use jack.
I don't like pulseaudio, it's a PITA for audio production environments,
but many people claimed that pulseaudio does help, AFAIR when using
skype.
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