Webcam - sound

[Neil Winchurst]

On 03/03/12 01:31, Basil Chupin wrote:
> Pulse audio (pavucontrol) sits on top of alsa so what you need to do is
> to use alsamixer first, select your audio card [use the F5 key to see
> all channels and F6 key for the audio card] then make sure that you have
> the appropriate channels selected (ie, unmuted and you mute/unmute them
> by using the "m" key).
> 
> While doing the playing around with the channels have what you want to
> hear playing so that when you unmute a channel you will hear the audio
> being played.
> 
> Just a note here: there are situations where having a combination of 2
> channels unmuted can actually prevent the audio from being heard - I
> don't remember what they may be but just be aware when you start
> fiddling with the channels; you will soon enough hit on the right setup.
> 
> Once you have sound thru alsamixer go back to pavucontrol and set that
> up to get your sound using pavucontrol.
> 
> BC
> 
Yes. I have already looked at that. My default sound card works fine.
However, when I plug in the webcam and then F6 for the list of sound
cards I see one for the USB Device. When I choose that I get the message
 'This sound device does not have any playback controls'. I try F4 and
get a slider for Capture. However I can get only one green square in it
when I try the up arrow. So I am puzzled by it all.

As I said in another reply I will try it with Skype to see if it works.

Neil