On Sun, 2013-01-20 at 20:33 -0800, Terry wrote: > Hello. I have been unable to find a solution to this problem. > > At first I thought it was a problem with Skype because I was able to > hear callers but they couldn't hear me. I tried adjusting the PA > controller in various ways, none of which resulted in a successful > Skype test call in that each time my message was not played back to > me. > > Subsequently, however, I discovered that recording to Audacity does > not work. I am able to create a create a .wav file using a script > created by a member of my distro's forum. The file should have > contained a record of what I spoke into the microphone. I tried > several times selecting either the headset or its monitor as the > recording device and played the files with VLC. No message was > audible during playback. Don't bother with the monitor. From the headset monitor you get the same audio that you play to the headset. > There are a number of PA files relating to microphone configuration > and they all seem to state that the microphone volume is off. Of > course, I don't know whether to or how to alter those files. > > > I have snapshots taken during several attempts to record messages. To > avoid this email being treated as spam, this is a broken link to the > folder containing the snapshots: http:// xanthon.minus.com/m7lGta1kR It's visible in the "PA input tab" and "Skype-recording" pictures that the headset microphone is working: the volume meter contains a blue bar, so at least pavucontrol is getting data from the microphone. In the "script-recording" image the volume meter is all-gray, so either in that case there's no audio coming from the microphone, or the screenshot is just taken when the signal happens to be zero. I don't have much else to say. Things seem to mostly work. Watch that volume meter: if it stays all-gray, you can immediately see that there's no signal. Play with the headset microphone volume: it should affect the length of the blue bar (i.e. signal loudness). -- Tanu
