Re: Microphone trouble [SOLVED] [CLOSED]

2020-06-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2020-06-19 at 19:23 +0930, Tim via users wrote: > On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 22:19 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > > It sounded just fine. However, when I hooked up to Zoom to attend > > my weekly meeting, everybody complained about the static to the point > > that I was forced to leave because it's i

Re: Microphone trouble [SOLVED] [CLOSED]

2020-06-19 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 22:19 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > It sounded just fine. However, when I hooked up to Zoom to attend > my weekly meeting, everybody complained about the static to the point > that I was forced to leave because it's impossible for me to > participate. At this point, I'm sure that

Re: Microphone trouble [SOLVED] [CLOSED]

2020-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/18/2020 10:05 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: I'm in the camp of "If the OP is happy, good enough". If you consider "not my equipment" happy, them I am. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@li

Re: Microphone trouble [SOLVED] [CLOSED]

2020-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/18/2020 09:43 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 15:50 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: That brought up the green bars, and Recording actually worked. Consider this thread Solved and Closed! But you didn't tell us how good/bad it sounded. Enquiring minds want to know. It sounded

Re: Microphone trouble [SOLVED] [CLOSED]

2020-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-06-19 11:43, Tim via users wrote: > On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 15:50 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: >> That brought up the green bars, and Recording actually worked. >> Consider this thread Solved and Closed! > But you didn't tell us how good/bad it sounded. Enquiring minds want > to know. I'm in the

Re: Microphone trouble [SOLVED] [CLOSED]

2020-06-18 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 15:50 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > That brought up the green bars, and Recording actually worked. > Consider this thread Solved and Closed! But you didn't tell us how good/bad it sounded. Enquiring minds want to know. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1127.10.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP

Re: Microphone trouble [SOLVED] [CLOSED]

2020-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/18/2020 03:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I see that mine also doesn't change from ALSA, but if I click on it, I get a list of options: default, sysdefault, pulse, and "HDA Intel...". Yes. At first I couldn't bring up that list, but it eventually came up and I set it to sysdefault, which is

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/18/2020 03:37 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: Well, if your laptop has only a single microphone you will get only one green bar no matter the setting. So, if you see a fluctuating green bar can you now record/play-back? I didn't then, but things have changed, as you'll see in a reply to a later

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 6/18/20 2:14 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 06/18/2020 01:07 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: The interface is a little confusing and the toolbars can be moved around, so I'll assume the default layout that I have is the same as yours. Mine is different, but not so much that I can't work with your instru

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-06-19 05:07, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 06/18/2020 02:46 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> Well, there should be drop down box with a mic icon next to, probably ALSA.  >> It seems it would then >> be set to mono.  Try changing to Stereo. > > It's set to Stereo.  Changing it to Mono before starting to mon

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/18/2020 01:07 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: The interface is a little confusing and the toolbars can be moved around, so I'll assume the default layout that I have is the same as yours. Mine is different, but not so much that I can't work with your instructions. To the right of the play contr

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/18/2020 02:46 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: Well, there should be drop down box with a mic icon next to, probably ALSA.  It seems it would then be set to mono.  Try changing to Stereo. It's set to Stereo. Changing it to Mono before starting to monitor doesn't help. ___

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Fred Smith
On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 01:46:20AM -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 06/18/2020 01:37 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > >I found that would happen if one has the input level set too high in > >pavcontrol.  What is shown in audacity doesn't > >appear to reflect the settings in audacity. > > > >I have pavcontrol se

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 00:40 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > I've installed Audacity on my laptop and tried to make a recording. > I've got the internal mike set at the default setting, and when I > test it in the Settings of Zoom, it looks like it's working, but I > can't get any response from Audacity

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Mauricio Tavares
On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 3:37 AM Ed Greshko wrote: > > On 2020-06-18 15:07, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > On 6/17/20 11:40 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > >> On 06/11/2020 10:15 PM, Tim via users wrote: > >>> Try recording yourself to a file (e.g. use Audacity). Does it sound > >>> clear? If not, check your mike

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-06-18 16:34, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 06/18/2020 02:24 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> So, you see no green bars to the right of the mic icon? >> >> Note, that if you make changes to the "recording device" you will need to >> "start monitoring" again as changes >> cause the monitor to turn off. > > G

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/18/2020 02:24 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: So, you see no green bars to the right of the mic icon? Note, that if you make changes to the "recording device" you will need to "start monitoring" again as changes cause the monitor to turn off. Got it in one. It's now 2:35 AM, I finally finished c

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-06-18 15:46, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 06/18/2020 01:37 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> I found that would happen if one has the input level set too high in >> pavcontrol.  What is shown in audacity doesn't >> appear to reflect the settings in audacity. >> >> I have pavcontrol set to 40%~45% and it so

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/18/2020 01:37 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: I found that would happen if one has the input level set too high in pavcontrol.  What is shown in audacity doesn't appear to reflect the settings in audacity. I have pavcontrol set to 40%~45% and it sounds fine.  Well, except for the fact that the lap

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-06-18 15:07, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 6/17/20 11:40 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: >> On 06/11/2020 10:15 PM, Tim via users wrote: >>> Try recording yourself to a file (e.g. use Audacity).  Does it sound >>> clear?  If not, check your mike gain isn't wound up excessively high, >>> wiggle leads and conn

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 6/17/20 11:40 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 06/11/2020 10:15 PM, Tim via users wrote: Try recording yourself to a file (e.g. use Audacity).  Does it sound clear?  If not, check your mike gain isn't wound up excessively high, wiggle leads and connectors, see if you can find a fault with your mic that

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-17 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/11/2020 10:15 PM, Tim via users wrote: Try recording yourself to a file (e.g. use Audacity). Does it sound clear? If not, check your mike gain isn't wound up excessively high, wiggle leads and connectors, see if you can find a fault with your mic that you can make come and go. Sorry for

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-12 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/12/2020 10:04 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: The buds (Cambridge Audio Melomania) do support A2DP, AVRCP, HSP, and HFP but the HFP option with pavucontrol-qt is marked 'unavailable'. Maybe it needs a driver of some kind. I have a headset, not earbuds, as the buds don't fit well, especiall

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-12 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2020-06-12 at 16:08 +0200, berend wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Jun, 2020 at 12:51, Patrick O'Callaghan > wrote: > > On Thu, 2020-06-11 at 22:36 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > A headset works way better. You avoid echo and feedback issues and > > > > > > usually a headset microphone will ha

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-12 Thread berend
On Fri, 12 Jun, 2020 at 12:51, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Thu, 2020-06-11 at 22:36 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: A headset works way better. You avoid echo and feedback issues and usually a headset microphone will have better sound than the built-in one. It may depend on the model. I h

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-12 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2020-06-11 at 22:36 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > A headset works way better. You avoid echo and feedback issues and > > usually a headset microphone will have better sound than the built-in one. It may depend on the model. I have some Bluetooth earbuds I've been trying to configure for t

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-12 Thread Łukasz Posadowski
Thu, 11 Jun 2020 21:25:05 -0600 Joe Zeff : > My laptop is running F 31 and Xfce, fully updated. I'm trying to use > Zoom to participate in meetings of a club I belong to but am having > trouble with the microphone. If I use a headset and mic, I can > usually hear OK, but nobody can understand

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-12 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2020-06-12 at 00:50 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > This isn't a new laptop; it's at least ten years old. The cheap > Walmart headphones has a single cord that ends in a jack. That goes > into a Y connector that lets you plug into both the headphone and the > mic. It's not important, as I'm not

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-11 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/12/2020 12:30 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I'm not quite clear on what that means, but it sound like hardware problems or wrong connectors.  Most newer laptops have a single 4-conductor jack like a phone which combines the headphones and microphone.  Some headsets may have the correct single ja

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-11 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 6/11/20 10:46 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 06/11/2020 11:36 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: This is the internal laptop mic or the headset mic.  Either way, all the following suggestion about recording it locally for a test and checking the levels is also good. This is the internal one.  The headset one

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-11 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/11/2020 11:36 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: This is the internal laptop mic or the headset mic.  Either way, all the following suggestion about recording it locally for a test and checking the levels is also good. This is the internal one. The headset one only worked if one jack was plugged i

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-11 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 6/11/20 10:17 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 06/11/2020 10:15 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Thu, 2020-06-11 at 21:25 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: However, I'm told that there's so much static from my mic that the host mutes me before I can even say one, single word. This is the internal laptop mic or the

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-11 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/11/2020 10:15 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Thu, 2020-06-11 at 21:25 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: However, I'm told that there's so much static from my mic that the host mutes me before I can even say one, single word. Try recording yourself to a file (e.g. use Audacity). Does it sound clear?

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-11 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2020-06-11 at 21:25 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > However, I'm told that there's so much static from my mic that the > host mutes me before I can even say one, single word. Try recording yourself to a file (e.g. use Audacity). Does it sound clear? If not, check your mike gain isn't wound up e

Microphone trouble

2020-06-11 Thread Joe Zeff
My laptop is running F 31 and Xfce, fully updated. I'm trying to use Zoom to participate in meetings of a club I belong to but am having trouble with the microphone. If I use a headset and mic, I can usually hear OK, but nobody can understand what I'm saying. If I use the internal speakers a