Fedora 13 Skype Mic Problem

nirvana09 · #1 27th May 2010, 02:05 AM

Hi

Sorry if it has been asked before, actually I searched the forum but couldnt find any obvious solution. I have a Dell XPS M1330 laptop and have just installed fedora 13.

I installed skype and it recognizes my integrated webcam and picks video but doesnot pick up any sound from it.

By default it chooses pulseaudio but I could not find any way to select another one since it is not available on skype..

Would be grateful if you could explain a solution for me..

Thanks..

smr54 · #2 27th May 2010, 02:41 AM

I have only had this problem once, with Ubuntu Lucid on an Asus 1005HA. (I didn't have the problem with the same setup on the very similar 1000HE. )

The solution was odd, but worked, not only for me but for others.

Post number 9 in this thread.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1316929

Clearer summary in post number 14

nirvana09 · #3 27th May 2010, 03:04 AM

I checked the thread 14 and installed the padevchooser but i cannot select "manage" on the menu when i click on it, its disabled.. is it normal? any other ideas? Is there no way i can use my mic

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smr54 · #4 27th May 2010, 03:10 AM

I'm sorry, I don't have Gnome on anything here at the moment. I don't remember it to be manage though, I thought it was something like volume.

Try going to the main menu and see if there's something under sound. Hopefully, you'll be able to get to the microphone that way.

By the way, at least when I did this, the icon to unlink left and right was rather unintuitive--I believe it's the second icon from the right. (Note that I only did this in Ubuntu--didn't have the problem with Fedora, so it may be different.)

nirvana09 · #5 28th May 2010, 05:21 PM

Any more solutions plz???

MuadNu · #6 28th May 2010, 07:13 PM

I struggled with this for a long time in my Acer laptop, and finally the solution was very simple, maybe it works for you.

Open a terminal and run "alsamixer -c0". Press F4 to and then move to the Capture handle. Set the volume to the maximum and then set the left channel to 0 (pressing z I think). That is, mute one channel and set the other one to 100. After doing this, my microphone magically started working with Skype! Maybe you also get lucky...

Shooter · #7 28th May 2010, 08:11 PM

I have a dell Precision M6400 with the same issue. I use the following to get it to work:

Code:

amixer -c 0 set 'Input Source' 'Digital Mic'
amixer -c 0 set 'Digital Mic' 20dB

Hope this helps you too...

weitjong · #8 29th May 2010, 03:44 AM

If all the above do not solve your problem, try this thread. If you have more than one audio capturing device then you have to choose it correctly.

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=243694

Hope this help.

nirvana09 · #9 4th June 2010, 11:33 PM

Thanks Shooter! After i wrote

amixer -c 0 set 'Input Source' 'Digital Mic'

and made a skype test call, I saw that its now working! I didnt need to write the second line. I guess its about setting the SNR of the mic input..

Thank you all..

Lazybones26 · #10 16th September 2010, 02:59 PM

Thank you Shooter! I ran both commands on my Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop and all is now working as it should.

yobro · #11 25th November 2010, 07:13 PM

I ran both commands on my HP Pavilion dv5 and microphone start working! Thanks! BTW: My OS version is Fedora 14

Orioner · #12 28th November 2010, 08:59 AM

Commands don't work in Fedora 14 - any other solution to getting sound to work in Skype?

---------- Post added at 12:59 AM GMT ---------- Previous post was at 12:57 AM GMT ----------

root@localhost Linuxer]# amixer -c 0 set 'Input Source' 'Digital Mic'
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'Input Source',0

[root@localhost Linuxer]# amixer -c 0 set 'Digital Mic' 20dB
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'Digital Mic',0

Should have included this, sorry.

bonar · #13 29th June 2012, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shooter

I have a dell Precision M6400 with the same issue. I use the following to get it to work:

Code:

amixer -c 0 set 'Input Source' 'Digital Mic'
amixer -c 0 set 'Digital Mic' 20dB

Hope this helps you too...

I'm using Fedora 14 with Dell Precision M4400
this command works great.. Thanks mate...

I never get it working before... On this same laptop using Fedora 11 is ok..