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| 1425476 | 2016-09-09 07:12:00 | What happens when you plug it in. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1425477 | 2016-09-09 08:12:00 | OK, not sure about this in Mint ... in Kubuntu it's a little different. Plug the webcam/mic in and start Skype. Right mouse click on the Skype icon in the System Tray and choose Options, Sound Devices. What do you see there? Here in Kubuntu it shows everything as "PulseAudio server (local)". If that is the case you will need to use the audio settings in Mint to sort it out I think. Go into the System Settings, Sound section and see if Skype is in the Applications tab. Not sure what to do from there as I can't replicate exactly what you might see in your 'bare metal' install of Mint. | Rod J (451) | ||
| 1425478 | 2016-09-09 08:37:00 | What happens when you plug it in. Absolutely nothing. No Bings or Bongs and I've tried every USB Port. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1425479 | 2016-09-09 08:40:00 | Mint might not make a sound when something is plugged in (Kubuntu doesn't by default). Is your system making any sound at all? | Rod J (451) | ||
| 1425480 | 2016-09-09 08:44:00 | What happens if you plug in a flash drive. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1425481 | 2016-09-09 09:50:00 | Running LinuxMint 17, Mate desktop here. I have my webcam unplugged normally, so here is what I do to get it appearing in Skype, and to use its mic. This is what I do B.M. In the Linux menu, go to Sound and video - Sound. You will get a window called Sound Preferences, and in that go to the Input tab. Now plug in the webcam, and immediately in the Choose a Device for Sound Input box, the webcam will appear as another item. Select it with the radio button. If you now speak into the mic on the webcam, the audio level indicator will respond, and the level can be adjusted if need be. Close the Sound Prefs window. The webcam audio should work in Skype now. |
rumpty (2863) | ||
| 1425482 | 2016-09-09 22:15:00 | Simple :dont want/like Win10, then downgrade to Win7 . All the programs you want will run on it, and you wont have to learn a new OS :-) annoyed about MS's "collection of data" , then why arnt you worried about every other entities collecting data ? ISP's, google, email host's(by law they have to) , TV(yes some TV's) , sky , android (your ph) , many websiites, banks, govt depts, ....the list never ends. The data MS collect is nothing compared to all the above . So true, if anything I consider MS to be quite a bit less "evil" :devil (but not entirely so), than the others. |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 1425483 | 2016-09-10 00:10:00 | Ok guys, another update. Last night I got a little pop-up advising I had Updates waiting so I figured I’d best install them. Well, an hour later they were still going and watching them load, most, but not all, seemed to refer to AMD64 which is the CPU. Anyway, the upshot of all this was I now have the Camera working but not the Microphone. Unfortunately, firefox keeps loosing the server whilst browsing now. On this site if I change between pages it sits there with the little spinning wheel and eventually pops up the message “Cant Find Server” - “Try Again”. Unfortunately trying again just repeats the whole sequence. If it ain’t one thing it’s another. :rolleyes: Anyway, to answer the outstanding questions: @ Rod, Yep get "PulseAudio server (local)" & do have sound from other programmes. @ driftwood, Plugged in random flash drive and all files were visible, even played a little mp4 clip. Good picture and sound. @ Rod & Rumpty, Found the Sound setup but no matter which setting I chose there was nothing on the red level line no matter how loud I sang. I’ll try and attach a screenshot. 7414 Looks to me like a driver problem for this particular webcam???? Anyway, I’ll struggle on and see what else doesn’t work. All input very much appreciated. :thumbs: P.S. When Firefox looses the server I have to reboot the computer not just restart Firefox. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1425484 | 2016-09-10 01:53:00 | Regarding the updates the AMD64 is referring to the architecture of the Mint install. I guess you have a 64bit CPU (Intel or AMD) both are seen as AMD64. Unless you had a huge number of updates (unlikely for a freshly installed recent version of Mint) I'm guessing the internet isn't working 100% especially considering the other Firefox problem. How are you connected to the internet? Maybe a driver issue with the webcam. Most of the drivers in Linux are included in the Linux kernel but it is possible to install other Linux drivers from hardware manufacturers (if they are kind enough to have some Linux support) if necessary. Maybe do a Google search for Linux Mint and your webcam make/model to see if there are problems/solutions with that particular webcam. So, I guess you tried all those audio inputs and none of them worked with the webcam microphone? Do any of them identify with the webcam you have? In the Applications tab did you see Skype there? |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 1425485 | 2016-09-10 04:24:00 | You have a lot of input choices and again the GUI does no justice for me, they really did dumb it down extremely. All I can assume is you have a tv tuner card with audio input, a front and rear mic input and a line in. So your cam/mic is the iLuv iCM10, you need to tinker with that mic, probably unmute it. |
Kame (312) | ||
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