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ichbinesderelch

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Registered: 2008-01-17

Posts: 203

microphon problem

hey there.. trying to get my microphon working, i have a sony vaio, and i think its some sigmatel grap.. my amixer output:

Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 127
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 97 [76%] [-22.50dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 97 [76%] [-22.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono: Capture [off]
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Jack',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Mono
  Mono: Capture [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 15
  Front Left: Capture 4 [27%] [6.00dB] [off]
  Front Right: Capture 4 [27%] [6.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Digital',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 120
  Front Left: Capture 60 [50%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 60 [50%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Internal Mic',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Mono
  Mono: Capture [off]

when i launch alsa mixer i can only adjust master and pcm.. but amixer seems like my mic is kinda recognized? HELP

violagirl23

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Registered: 2008-01-24

Posts: 184

Re: microphon problem

For alsamixer, did you press the 'm' key when over the microphone option to unmute it to see if it makes noise?  You'd still be changing to volume without this 'm' option, but with it, it amplifies your voice so you can easily tell if it's working (for tests).  That's how I tested mine when I was having problems with it.
Does the microphone option show UP in alsamixer but just have like no volume bar or something?

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ichbinesderelch

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Registered: 2008-01-17

Posts: 203

Re: microphon problem

in alsamixer i have the "Mic Jack" kategory but i have no bar to turn it louder or quieter.. maybe there is some missing module or stuff? or just some driver problem with alsa? i find some things on the internet but nothing from the seemed to work for me, the mic worked without problems on ubuntu.. thanks for your help! :)

ichbinesderelch

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Registered: 2008-01-17

Posts: 203

Re: microphon problem

uhm no one anyidea? i found out that i have a volume bar over "capture" but i cant mute/unmute it.. anyone any idea?

noalwin

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From: Spain

Registered: 2007-06-08

Posts: 115

Re: microphon problem

In alsamixer, press F4 to display the capture devices, then move to the apropiate and press Space so select it.

It it don't work, try some graphical app (like kmix) that will probably more intuitive.

ichbinesderelch

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Registered: 2008-01-17

Posts: 203

Re: microphon problem

already tried that.. strange thing is that its just not working.. everything seems okay though.. oO