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To be more specific, I want to use the mic attached to my headset as the default mic. I've been screencapping and the audio is a bit touchy. I can have it record the mic, but all I get is the internal mic on my computer. It picks up every mouse click, key-stroke, and the extremely loud humming of the heatsink. I recorded a video where I messed with almost every sound setting changer installed to my system and I got nothing. All I was able to do was decrease the gain on the internal mic and mute that. My conclusion is that my usb headset simple doesn't work right now. The ports going out from the headset are a usb, which controls the mic, and an audio jack, which works automatically. I can hear everything from the headphones that would come through my speaker fine, but my usb mic portion of the headset doesn't seem to be working. I ran
dmesg usband got a long post, but at the end was:
[11268.880120] usb 5-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[13183.280108] usb 5-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
[13188.260087] usb 5-1: new full-speed USB device number 3 using uhci_hcdso I unplugged and replugged my usb headset and ran the code again and got:
[11268.880120] usb 5-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[13183.280108] usb 5-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
[13188.260087] usb 5-1: new full-speed USB device number 3 using uhci_hcd
[21595.780234] usb 5-1: USB disconnect, device number 3
[21599.950091] usb 5-1: new full-speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcdSo from this, I can see that the usb headset is being recognized, but I don't think the mic portion is being seen and configured.
I'll aid in whatever troubleshooting you might need and try to answer questions to the best of my ability. I'm not shy around the terminal and actually prefer it for certain tasks if my memory could remember all the options for every command I use, but alas, recording your screen with ffmpeg is a screen spanning string of code. I'll even post the video I recorded when I changed my settings around while testing audio, though it's trail and error and thus not a good method of testing. I used simplescreenrecorder to record the video in question and also recordMyDesktop and ffmpeg to record videos with lossless quality to the same, audio, result. I thank you ahead of time for you assistance in this matter and trust you all as you've helped me in the past.
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Did you see this recent thread? Do you use pulseaudio? Have you specified the mic from the headset as input in alsa sound recording applications/ffmpeg/whatever you use? Have you looked at amixer/alsamixer for the headset? Is the capture enabled and at reasonable levels?
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Did you see this recent thread?
I just read. If I had a dollar for every time restarting the computer fixed my problem, I would have a much better desktop and laptop right now, I can tell you that.
Do you use pulseaudio?
Yes
Have you specified the mic from the headset as input in alsa sound recording applications/ffmpeg/whatever you use?
I did after I restarted and could see the mic in the mixer. Before the restart, I couldn't even see the usb mic, let alone select it.
Have you looked at amixer/alsamixer for the headset?
I did. I had to use pavcontrol to switch my main mic input to the usb instead of the internal mic.
Is the capture enabled and at reasonable levels?
Yes, I set it and configured it while using it to make sure.
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