Why can't Skype hear me?
Solved: I installed pavucontrol (as recommended here) and discovered that Skype was connected to the "Monitor of Internal Audio Analogue Stereo", instead of the "Internal Audio Analogue Stereo" itself.
The input was easily switched within that tool, and Skype works once more. Now I just hope the change is permanent.
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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ams over 1 year
Since I upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10, Skype can't seem to hear me any more. It's not that it transmits poor quality sound, it's just silence. I've tried the echo123 service many times, and there's nothing.
I've checked that my microphone settings are correct: Sound Recorder works fine, and Skype running in a VM [Virtualmachine] sort of works (it can hear me, but the sound stutters - probably a VM issue).
I've checked the Skype audio settings: all options are set to "Pulse Audio", as always, and I've tried with both auto-adjusting enabled and disabled, but no joy.
I've also tried using Alsa-mixer to ensure the microphone is not muted, but all seems well. When a Skype call is connected, the microphone volume appears in the audio menu in Unity, so I presume Skype is doing the right thing, whatever that is.
Skype has always worked for me, for years (since 8.10 maybe?). Any ideas why it might be unhappy now?
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Admin over 12 yearsNo, standard analogue microphone attached to the mic port on the docking station for my laptop. Sound recorder works fine.
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Admin over 12 yearsI've now tried the laptop's built-in mic, and the external mic plugged into the laptop directly. All work in sound settings. None work in Skype. :(
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Admin over 12 yearsRoland - careful, don't say that too loud - you'll hurt Skype's feelings! No wait, mine won't hear you even if you shout .... :(
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Admin almost 12 yearsSame problem on Ubuntu 12.04.
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Admin about 11 yearsSee also askubuntu.com/a/294923/19753 -- I've solved the issue with other people not hearing me and with sound recording broken by Skype by disabling pulseaudio.
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ams over 12 yearsYes, the sound settings are right. I can see the bar jump when I make a noise, and I can record things with sound recorder.
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ams over 12 yearsI've just tried uninstalling, updating, and reinstalling, as you suggested, but no joy. :(
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Filbuntu almost 12 yearsThis works for me as well (skype 4.0, Ubuntu 12.04 AMD64), but the change is not permanent (not sure what makes the sound settings return to the old pattern). Have you found a way to make it permanent?
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ams almost 12 yearsIt seems to be. I wiped my machine and installed 12.04 afresh (with new partition layout), and it still works. Same home directory though.
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Filbuntu almost 12 yearsNice for you. I have to set both (recording&playback) to "built-in Audio Analog Stereo" instead of "Monitor of built-in Audio Digital Stereo (HDMI)". But unfortunately after a while it returns to HDMI, even though I press the lock sign in pavucontrol ... I suspected it returns to HDMI when a system alert sound is played (e.g. incoming email). Other sounds (music, ...) still working. Any tip?