Microphone does not work with Skype

[Paul Smith]

Dear All,

I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except
the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she
cannot hear. Is there some way to repair this?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

[Frank Elsner]

On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:26:54 +0000 Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All,

Dear Pail and all the others,
> I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except
> the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she
> cannot hear. Is there some way to repair this?

I had the same situation with F14 (32bit) on an Lenovo laptop. 
I bougth an external USB Soundcard, connected headphone and mic jack 
to this and it worked. Now I'm using an (native) USB headset.

--Frank Elsner

[Elliott Chapin]

On 03/02/2012 08:26 AM, Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except
> the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she
> cannot hear. Is there some way to repair this?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul

start
What does it for me is to run a test call before the real call (let
Skype adjust levels).

[Joachim Backes]

On 03/02/2012 03:08 PM, Elliott Chapin wrote:
> On 03/02/2012 08:26 AM, Paul Smith wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except
> > the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she
> > cannot hear. Is there some way to repair this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Paul
>
> start
> What does it for me is to run a test call before the real call (let
> Skype adjust levels).

I'm using an USB webcam with integrated microphone  (logitech), and I
had the same problem with skype, until I openend the sound system
settings in gnome-shell, and I saw 2 input devices: One of the soundcard
(I have no attached microphone there!) and that of the webcam (USB).
Switching the microphone to that of the webcam by the system settings
sound menu solved my problem. There is only one issue: I have to repeat
this procedure each time I start sky again.

[Steve Searle]

Around 01:26pm on Friday, March 02, 2012 (UK time), Paul Smith scrawled:
> I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except
> the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she
> cannot hear. Is there some way to repair this?

Check your main sound settings. Is the input device set to the right
thing - mine was set to the internal sound card by default, and I needed
to select the usb webcam instead.

Steve

[Paul Smith]

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Steve Searle  wrote:
> > I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except
> > the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she
> > cannot hear. Is there some way to repair this?
>
> Check your main sound settings. Is the input device set to the right
> thing - mine was set to the internal sound card by default, and I needed
> to select the usb webcam instead.

Thanks to all respondents! I have meanwhile changed something on the
audio settings and got Skype working fine. However, I changed
something afterwards, and now the microphone does not work anymore
with Skype. Is there some program to test the microphone?

Paul

[Rick Stevens]

On 03/02/2012 10:12 AM, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Steve Searle  wrote:
> > > I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except
> > > the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she
> > > cannot hear. Is there some way to repair this?
> >
> > Check your main sound settings. Is the input device set to the right
> > thing - mine was set to the internal sound card by default, and I needed
> > to select the usb webcam instead.
>
> Thanks to all respondents! I have meanwhile changed something on the
> audio settings and got Skype working fine. However, I changed
> something afterwards, and now the microphone does not work anymore
> with Skype. Is there some program to test the microphone?

Install the PulseAudio volume control (yum install pavucontrol) and use
it.  It allows you to see the various inputs and change the inputs
while you watch the levels in real time.
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[Darlene Wallach]

Paul,

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Paul Smith  wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except
> the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she
> cannot hear. Is there some way to repair this?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul

I still have Fedora 13 installed. I use this for skype - both mic and
video work for me - though I have x32

alias skype='LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype'

does this help?

Darlene Wallach

[Roger]

I have the same installation.
check the 2 sound apps.
In the app search bar type  sound  and you will see the 2 apps. One is 
to set the driver to the correct input and output and set the volume and 
the other allows you to record and playback as a test that all is 
working ok.

Roger
> Paul,
>
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Paul Smith  wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except
> > the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she
> > cannot hear. Is there some way to repair this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Paul
>
> I still have Fedora 13 installed. I use this for skype - both mic and
> video work for me - though I have x32
>
> alias skype='LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype'
>
> does this help?
>
> Darlene Wallach