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Re: no microphone in skype



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On 12/05/2014 11:13 PM, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
> Can someone please tell me how to get microphone working in Skype?
> 
> When I do
> Skype -> Options -> Sound Devices -> Make a test call
> 
> I can't hear back my own voice. So the microphone is not working.
> 
> In "Open PulseAudio Volume Control" -> Input Devices , I see two sections
> 1. Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
> 2. QuickCam Pro 9000 Analog Mono
> 
> When I make a sound, the blue bar in "QuickCam Pro 9000 Analog Mono"
> section oscillates depending on the sound. But the blue bar in the
> Built-in Audio section does not. This tells me that the microphone is
> working but Skype is not able to use it somehow.
> 
> I tried clicking "Muto Audio" button in "Built-in Audio" section and
> using the QuickCam Pro 900 as the fallback (green button at the top
> right)
> 
> In the "Configuation" menu, I have set Built-in Audio profile to off,
> QuickCam Pro 9000 Profile to "Analog Mono Input". What am I missing?
> 
> rajulocal@hogwarts:~$ dpkg -l skype \*pulseaudio\* | grep ^ii
> ii  pulseaudio                 5.0-13       amd64        PulseAudio sound server
> ii  pulseaudio-module-x11      5.0-13       amd64        X11 module
> for PulseAudio sound server
> ii  pulseaudio-utils           5.0-13       amd64        Command line
> tools for the PulseAudio sound server
> ii  skype                      4.3.0.37-1   i386         Wherever you
> are, wherever they are
> 
> If someone got Skype working can you please share your configuration details?
> 
> thanks
> raju
> 

While I have no specific suggestions for you, I can confirm that Skype
works with my debian wheezy ver. 7.7 and xfce desktop on my laptop:
> ralph@spike2 ~$ dpkg -l skype \*pulseaudio\* | grep ^ii
> ii  gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio:amd64        0.10.31-3+nmu1                     amd64        GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio
> ii  pulseaudio                            2.0-6.1                            amd64        PulseAudio sound server
> ii  pulseaudio-module-x11                 2.0-6.1                            amd64        X11 module for PulseAudio sound server
> ii  pulseaudio-utils                      2.0-6.1                            amd64        Command line tools for the PulseAudio sound server
> ii  skype                                 4.3.0.37-1                         i386         Wherever you are, wherever they are

In skype options, sound devices, Allow skype to adjust mixer levels is
checked.

Perhaps some ideas from here may help you:
https://wiki.debian.org/skype

Good luck,
Ralph

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