Hi, I’ve just wasted 2 days trying to configure the damned microphone. It used to work fine last time I used it ( about 3mo ago ) now I get nothing.
I have just updated to Fedora 36 since 35 is EOL and I hoped newer versions may fix the issue. No luck there.
I’m running Fedora on a desktop PC. I have audio lineout connected to an audio amp and that seems fine. I have sound on firefox and audacity can play a WAV file.
My problem is input. I have a headset mike connected to input socket on the build-in sound card. If I try to record in audacity , I get silence. If I’m playing video in Ffx, it records the output audio !
If I use wpctl status to see the set , i see this:
└─ Streams:
117. speech-dispatcher-dummy
114. output_FL > ALC1150 Analog:playback_FL [init]
128. output_FR > ALC1150 Analog:playback_FR [init]
118. audacity
112. input_FL < ALC1150 Analog:monitor_FL [active]
119. input_FR < ALC1150 Analog:monitor_FR [active]
122. monitor_FL
130. monitor_FR
that seems consistent with what I am seeing, at least. But WHY.
I thought wireplumber was supposed to handle new devices automatically. I’ve been trawling forum posts and it is all incredibly complex and not a pile of system developer stuff I need to get into.
I do not want to be project dev, I just want the damned mike to work when I plug it in.
Maybe this is a lot simpler than it seems and searches are just returning low level stuff instead of the simple answer. I’m sure wireplumber is very flexible and capable but I just need a mike.
Can anyone point me to what I need to do get a simple voice recording in audacity ?
TIA.