Audio Input setup? (How to?)

[chris]

Right click on the audio icon in the top toolbar, and choose properties
Cheers the kiwi

On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 14:17 +0000, Avi Greenbury wrote:
> Faizan Kazi wrote:
> 
> > How do I configure my external mic for my laptop?
> > I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 currently and whether I use Pidgin, aMSN or
> > Epiphany I dont see any easy way of setting up my external mic before
> > an audio call....
> > 
> > using windows and live messenger its really easy, just tools >> Audio
> > and Video setup. there is a dropdown list to select your device and
> > there is a slider to adjust mic volume. its SO easy!
> > 
> > why do we not have this in Ubuntu? :(
> > 
> 
> We do, but it's in Ubuntu, not Pidgin.
> 
> Linux has a tendency to configure things centrally, where you'll set
> you mic properties once and whatever uses your mic will read those.
> Windows, in contrast, tends to have some central config, but assume
> each application will provide a more granular one. There's positives
> and negatives to each approach, but it is handy to notice this trend
> when looking for where to make configuration changes in Ubuntu.
> 
> You should find the mic settings somewhere under System->Preferences,
> likely 'sound' or 'audio', but I don't have a Ubuntu box handy to check
> against.
> 
> 
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