On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Joseph <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/22/14 17:58, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 7:16 AM, Joseph <[1][email protected]> wrote: >> >> How to configure alsamixer and or XFCE4 to get playback from my >> motherboard card and input sound from USB? >> I'm trying to configure skype for input sound from USB cam abut >> playback from my sound card on motherboard. >> At the moment the only option I have is "pulse audio". >> -- >> Joseph >> >> What's the output of 'equery -q u skype'? >> Run the alsamiser command line shown below on your card ID, and make >> sure you don't have anything muted there. >> alsamixer -c 0 >> # '-c' sound card ID. You can find the correct IDs by running 'aplay >> -l', which comes from media-sound/alsa-utils. >> > > equery -q u skype > -apulse > -pax_kernel > +pulseaudio > > By default skype is using "pulseaudio" (poor choice) and it will not let > you select input device for sound. > The solution that works is to emerge "pavucontrol" Pulse Audio Volume > Control > > Under "tab" Input Devices in Pulse Audio Volume Control there should be > entry for a web-cam; in my case it is Web-Cam C270 > On the right there is a button: "Set as Fallback" it should be enabled. > > The skype will not show in Control USB audio input option but the call > sound with skype will work. > > Question: > How do you set alsamixer default card? > By default it goes to pulseaudio whey I type "alsamixer" I want to set it > to "0" as default. > > > -- > Joseph > > What's the output of 'aplay -l'?
