You should have done a support request instead of a bug report as it's not really a bug. For the microphone : -Double-click on the sound try icon -Go to the Capture (or maybe Input) tab -Select the microphone as the default Input -Set the volume to the maximum You may also want to enable the Mic Boost, a lot of Microphone need that.
For the codecs, there is a nice page on the wiki : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats Next time, please submit a support request instead of a bug report (except if that's a bug of course) ** Summary changed: - MIKE input not working, totem player needs plugins + Microphone input not working, totem player needs plugins -- Microphone input not working, totem player needs plugins https://launchpad.net/bugs/74130 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs