Integrated mic not working in Skype on Acer aspire one

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MintSaucey

Integrated mic not working in Skype on Acer aspire one

Post by MintSaucey »

Hi there,

I'm using Skype Beta 2.1 on my Acer Aspire One and the integrate camera works just fine, but the integrated microphone doesn't! I can plug a mic into the mic port and that works fine, but its a bit of a hassle having to cart a mic around with me. I'm hoping that its just a lack of driver support or something simple, but I have no idea, can anyone help please??

Thanks,
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seeley

Re: Integrated mic not working in Skype on Acer aspire one

Post by seeley »

Hi!
Optimal help implies that we know some details: Mint 8, 9 ? Gnome, KDE,...?
Kernel:

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uname -a
You can try

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alsaconfig
and afterwards

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alsamixer
to see your sound-configuration.
seeley
Enna

Re: Integrated mic not working in Skype on Acer aspire one

Post by Enna »

Did you try this?

To solve microphone trouble, a very simple solution is:

1. Open PulseAudio volume control
2. Click Input tab
3.Click the middle one of the three buttons in the right hand corner
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4. Put one channel down to about 10% and the other to about 90% (most microphones only have one input channel, so with both channels up it's booting itself out).
5. Restart your computer and start a Skype test call!

Good luck!
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