Factory Laptop Mic works in all apps EXCEPT skype?

Drasica · Apprentice Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 181

My on-board laptop microphone has been working successfully for capture in all my audio apps (Audacity, etc.), but I can't hear anything back in the skype test call.

I checked the settings to make sure that Skype was using the same devices as the working programs. They look the same to me. A side by side comparison is here

Hopefully I missed something obvious and this is an easy fix...Any ideas.

(I'm pretty sure things aren't accidentally muted, I just made a test recording in Audacity and it worked beautifully. But skype still doesn't work!

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while true · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 9:59 am Post subject:

Oi Drasica,

I do not have built in mic, but I use alsamixer to set up my mic to work with skype.
I had newbie trouble since I did not know how to toggle on/off on capture device,
but it is simply set by pressing space button.
I know this might be a long shot, but that is my 2 cents.
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Ant P. · Watchman Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 6920

I'd be surprised if you ever get Skype working since it's a Microsoft product, but here's a few things you could try:

Use plughw:0 for input and output so that alsa does resampling if the app doesn't know how to
Shut down every other process that might be using the sound card before running skype
If you're using pulseaudio, remove it. If you're not, add it.