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Re: [LUG] Audio with Logitech C310 in Mint 15

 

On 29/10/13 19:17, Kevin Lucas wrote:
On Tue, 2013-10-29 at 16:39 +0000, Julian Hall wrote:
Hi All,

This may seem like deja vu, especially to Neil Winchurst, Kevin and
Gordon as I've been Googling the problem and found a thread Neil in the
LUG a while back that Kevin and Gordon contributed to - among others -
discussing the issue.  Was a resolution ever found?

Going by the advice and queries from the last time, at the moment I have:

a) Installed Skype and set C310 as video device which works perfectly.
b) Made a test call on Skype, no sound.
c) Checked Skype audio device options. All that is listed is PulseAudio
Server (local).
d) Installed PulseAudio Volume Control - only the server listed as a device.
e) Installed Cheese - but that only appears to do video so didn't help
diagnose the problem.
f) Installed GUCView but that won't run - all I get is a busy icon which
then disappears - unsure if that would help diagnose the problem anyway?
g) Output from lsusb below, as you can see the C310 is there, but should
it be there twice, once for the video component and also the camera?

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:081b Logitech, Inc. Webcam C310
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 05a4:9881 Ortek Technology, Inc.
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c03d Logitech, Inc. M-BT96a Pilot Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

The camera is connected to my desktop and works perfectly in Windows on
the same box which dual boots so I am ruling out a hardware fault.

Kind regards,

Julian

what do you get when you right click on the Sound icon (top rh near the
clock)? Use Sound Settings from this menu and on the output tab you
should be able to see Applications currently using sound. So open skype
and make a test call .... Skype will be listed in the apps playing and
recording. set the levels and or un mute.
Hi Kevin,

Interesting! When I bring up the sound settings I do see the C310's microphone listed as a device, /and/ as I type the volume level is going up and down so it's picking up the input.

So, as you suggested I opened Skype at the same time and made a test call, and it worked!

I hate when that happens because a) I feel stupid now as it worked without me changing anything, and b) I won't know how to fix it if it happens again.

Anyway, thanks for the help!

Julian

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