Sian Mountbatten wrote: > Hello! I am having trouble with a microphone plugged into my > soundcard. According to Kmix, the Playback Devices are set to about > 55%, the Capture Devices are set to 100% and both playback and capture > are shown as not muted. > > speaker-test shows that the right speaker is working, but not the left. > The microphone is not working at all according to the Skype Echo test. > When I was using Windws 7, the microphone was definitely working. It's > a simple device: no controls, just a pink-coloured plug. > > Can anybody suggest why the microphone doesn't work? And why do I only > get one speaker working? I have an Intel ICH5 sound card.
a comment I posted years ago first here [http://osdir.com/ml/debian-user-debian/200...msg00025.html] and then here [http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=532431] microphone testing: arecord -c1 -Dplughw:0,0 -f cd -vv /dev/null arecord -c1 -Dplughw:2,0 -f cd -vv /dev/null # in detail: 1) find out cards and inputs shell> cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDA Intel at 0xff950000 irq 22 1 [HVR900 ]: USB-Audio - WinTV HVR-900 WinTV HVR-900 at usb-0000:00:1a.7-3, high speed 2 [Webcam ]: USB-Audio - Philips SPC 1000NC Webcam Philips CE Philips SPC 1000NC Webcam at usb-0000:00:1a.7-5.4, high speed => I'm going to use the Webcam built in mic => card # 2 2) find out the input shell> cat /proc/asound/devices 0: [ 0] : control 1: : sequencer 6: [ 0- 2]: hardware dependent 7: [ 0- 3]: hardware dependent 16: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback 17: [ 0- 1]: digital audio playback 19: [ 0- 3]: digital audio playback 24: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture 32: [ 1] : control 33: : timer 56: [ 1- 0]: digital audio capture 64: [ 2] : control 88: [ 2- 0]: digital audio capture => my input is the capture on the second card 88: [ 2- 0]: digital audio capture 3) so now we can test the mic shell> arecord -c1 -Dplughw:2,0 -f cd -vv /dev/null -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ja3cik$142$1...@dough.gmane.org
