Comment 82 for bug 275998

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Josh Derr <email address hidden> wrote:
> Ok, so since upgrading to 8.10 I have no sound from the built-in mic on
> my XPS m1330. Skype, gnome-sound-recorder et al would just record dead
> air. This even I was able to get it working. I went to Volume Control ->
> preferences and enabled Digital Input Source (towards the end, for the
> Options section). Back in Volume Control -> Options, Digital Input
> Source was set to Analog inputs. Changing it to Digital Mic 1 has gotten
> my recording working again. Setting Skype to use Pulse for sound input
> and output works as well. Sound from the built-in microphone is still
> somewhat low, but not unusable. In fact, I think it was about the same
> level as 8.04
>
> After reading through some of the other comments, this makes me think
> either a) Intrepid defaults to the wrong mic inputs or b) my no audio is
> a different issue from the extremely low audio reported by other users.

I was able to get recording working now with your comments, but I
needed one more additional step. I had to set the Volume Control
dropdown to "Capture: ALSA PCM on front:0 (STAC92xx Analog) via DMA
(Pulseaudio Mixer)", untick the red 'X' to unmute, and raise the
volume control level to about 75% from 0%. But now my onboard input
mic is working, yay!!! Thanks Josh :-D
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Kristian Erik Hermansen
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