Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-xfce (4 mails)

[Guido Berhoerster <gber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

On 24.05.2012 20:41, Robert Schweikert wrote:
> I just noticed that I cannot get the microphone on the web cam to work.
>
> openSUSE 12.1, xfce 4.8
>
> I noticed the behavior while trying to use Google video chat. I noticed
> in the "Mixer" application that when I select the webcam (HP Deluxe
> KQ246AA) for "PulseAudio Mixer) the "Master" control always has a red
> dot at the bottom, I take it that implies it is disabled. When I enable
> it there was no change in behavior. If I leave the mixer and return to
> the dialog the button is red again.

which mixer are you using, gmixer, xfce4-mixer or something else?

> There is also an "Alsa mixer" selection with a microphone selector in
> the "Mixer" application. This is enabled, but the mic still didn't work.
>
> I am wondering if there are some other knobs I am missing. The camera is
> connected via usb and picture capture works just fine.
>
> Any ideas?

If you are using pulseaudio  you might want to try installing 
pavucontrol and see if that works better.
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Guido Berhoerster
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