On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Matthew Monaco <dgbaley27@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 07/22/2011 12:02 AM, C Anthony Risinger wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Matthew Monaco<dgbaley27@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> I haven't been able to get audio on my webcam for a while. My initial >>> guess >>> is that it has to do with all of the udev changes. >>> >>> I'm using gnome w/ pulseaudio. The audio properties show the device on >>> the >>> input tab, but it doesn't detect any activity. >> >> what is in your `Configuration` tab after running `pavucontrol`? >> >> i had trouble getting sound working consistently until i realized i >> had that on the wrong device ... even though it seemed like the >> "right" choice. >> >> C anthony > > I have: > > RS880 Audio Device [Radion HD 4200] > Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output > > Hercules Dualpix Exchange > Analog Mono Input > > Internal Audio > Off > > when I turn the input volume all the way up in both places, I think I can > hear something slightly. If I do a Skype test call I hear a lot of white > noise and some faint tapping if I hit the webcam. > > I suppose it's possible that it's actually using the wrong device somehow, > but there are no other mic's that I know of on this desktop =/ I don't think > there's one built in to the HDMI monitor. hmm yeah i don't know a whole lot about it :-( after enough tinkering i just got my to work finally and never looked back ... mine had lots and lots of "profiles" for each device, of which only 1 or 2 worked correctly (mainly because i didn't have the equipment to support the others, eg. 5.1/7.1/etc) only other thing i could suggest, and maybe you already did this, but make sure your devices aren't muted in `pavucontrol`, have volume (== input sensitivity for mic IIRC), and make sure appropriate devices are flagged as the default/fallback -- this is all in `pavucontrol`. C Anthony
