On 13/03/2021 21.57, J Leslie Turriff wrote:
On 2021-03-13 14:49:04 Carlos E.R. wrote:
|On 13/03/2021 21.13, Ciro Iriarte wrote: |> Hello!, |> |> Well, 2 years ago I couldn't care less about this topic, now it's a |> day to day thing and details matter for user experience. |> |> In my work laptop using Windows + Logitech headset, I can toggle mute
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|> of the mic using the built-in hardware button, and that is reflected |> on the videocall apps immediately (Zoom, MS Teams). |> |> Now, on my personal computer with a Razer Seiren X (USB microphone)
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|> and openSUSE Leap 15.2, I'm trying to achieve the same (the mic has a |> hardware mute button), hardware mute works but it's independent from |> the software mute button in Zoom or Google Meet, so you get the |> annoying double mute problem. | |... | |IMHO, it may be impossible. | |A hardware mute typically means the microphone is actually switched off, |perhaps short circuited. This is different from a button that the thing |firmware reads and sends as status via the USB to the computer, where |the driver reacts and mutes the mic in software. | |The hardware mute is probably not designed to send this information, it |just physically disconnects the microphone. | | |To make sure, you might try that headset in Windows and find out how it |behaves.
He already said that it works in Windows. :-)
No, that's a different headset and different computer. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)