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Amsel

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Registered: 2024-01-29

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Difficulty using microphone with PipeWire

Whenever I record my microphone, it instead records whatever audio is currently playing. Using wpctl to adjust @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SOURCE@ adjusts the audio output.

I've tested with the built in mic, an external mic, and with headphones that have a mic. Only thing that changes is the audio output, which goes to the headphones. Adjusting the volume with wpctl using @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ adjusts the audio output going to the headphones while they're attached.

The Microphone indicator on F4 is always on, indicating the mic is off. Waybar shows it at 100%. I've checked the UEFI/BIOS settings, the microphone is enabled. I've booted into Mint's installer, both the internal and external mics work in there.

lspci | grep Audio   outputs: 00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21)

Any idea why it behaves this way? Is there any way to fix it?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,231

Re: Difficulty using microphone with PipeWire

Did you actually look at the available sources? @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SOURCE@ will generally pick what's explicitly configured. Chances here are that you might need an adjusted module definition for the HDA codec. Which kernel was mint using? Post, in  code tags

aplay -lL
amixer -c0 #or correct card index
pactl list cards
pactl list sources
#During a recording
pactl list source-outputs