[Dorset] USB Mic works in Skype but not in anything else!

2014-11-23 Thread Terry Coles
Hi, Since Skype stopped working for me in Linux I've tried several alternatives; so far with limited success. As you may recall, I used this to contact my mother who can only 'hear' what I am saying if she can also read my lips. I therefore need a good video calling capability, which Skype

Re: [Dorset] USB Mic works in Skype but not in anything else!

2014-11-23 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday 23 Nov 2014 12:18:26 Peter Merchant wrote: On 23/11/14 09:30, Terry Coles wrote: Since Skype stopped working ...I'm assuming that Skype for Linux has built in support for USB Mics. Hi Terry, I am not so sure about that. I have a trust USB webcam with Microphone, and even though I

Re: [Dorset] USB Mic works in Skype but not in anything else!

2014-11-23 Thread John Carlyle-Clarke
Hi Terry. On 23 November 2014 at 13:38, Terry Coles d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: The Tox suite of IM Clients would seem ideal, given my bandwidth issue with the latest version of Skype, but at the moment I can only use a poor quality boom Mic, when I have a perfectly good USB Mic. Your

Re: [Dorset] USB Mic works in Skype but not in anything else!

2014-11-23 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday 23 Nov 2014 15:00:47 John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: Your system probably uses pulseaudio, so you might be better with the pavucontrol program since that's the mixer that comes with Pulseaudio. That took me a bit further forward; in the 'Input Devices' tab of the pavucontrol program, I

Re: [Dorset] USB Mic works in Skype but not in anything else!

2014-11-23 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, I still can't get the audio to another piece of software on the computer, other than Skype. Don't know if https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1325282 is relevant and any help. Google just shows me lots of people having trouble getting the microphone to work

Re: [Dorset] USB Mic works in Skype but not in anything else!

2014-11-23 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday 23 Nov 2014 17:10:59 Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Terry, I still can't get the audio to another piece of software on the computer, other than Skype. Don't know if https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1325282 is The symptoms seem the same superficially, but

Re: [Dorset] USB Mic works in Skype but not in anything else!

2014-11-23 Thread Peter Merchant
On 23/11/14 20:29, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: Hi Terry. If an application is using pulseaudio and is using an input device like a microphone, it will appear in the Recording tab of pavucontrol. In there, you should be able to change which input device it uses. Try making a Skype Test Call while