[ubuntu-uk] Problem with sound using Google hangout

[Tony Pursell]

OK, I have found a fix for this.  It was just a matter of removing
(actually re-naming) the .pulse and .config/pulse folders then re-booting
to create new defaults for Pulseaudio.

Had a long hangout with my brother last night with no problems.

Happy Christmas and a good New Year to all in Ubuntu UK,

Tony


On 22 December 2013 15:05, Tony Pursell <ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I wonder if anyone has the same problem as me and knows the
> explanation/cure for it.
>
> For a long time I had been able to hangout with my brother.  I'm using my
> EEEPC (its one of the recent models with dual core Atom N550 and 10"
> screen) and a Logitech UVC class webcam with a built in microphone.  I'm
> using Ubuntu 13.04 fully updated.  My browser is Firefox.
>
> After a long time with this working perfectly I now find that my sound
> stops working after about 30 seconds in the hangout.  We can see each other
> OK and I can hear my brother, but he cannot hear me.  If I go into Sound
> Settings and switch to the EEEPC's microphone my sound comes back, but it
> is very poor quality, which is why I want to use the one in the webcam.  I
> can then switch back to the webcam's microphone and, if I am lucky, my
> brother will hear me for another 30 seconds or so until it stops working
> again.
>
> Does anyone have any idea of how I can get the sound input from the
> webcam's microphone to work properly like it used to do?
>
> Tony
>
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