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On 03/03/12 19:25, Gordon Henderson wrote: >> >> Well. I have installed Skype and the video seems fine, but still no >> sound. There must be something wrong with my sound set up somewhere. I >> cannot pick up any sound via the webcam in guvcview, cheese or Skype. >> They can't all be wrong so it must be the set up somewhere. >> >> Using alsamixer I try F6 to see a list of the sound cards. One of them >> is 'USB Device' which I assume is the webcam. When I choose that I get >> the message 'This sound device does not have any playback controls'. Is >> this relevant? > > Who knows... I don't have alsamizer on my laptop (the one with the > built-in webcam) lsusb just shows the webcam, so I guess the audio > hardware isn't on my USB. > > My wifes PC just shows the webcam too: > > Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:0825 Logitech, Inc. Webcam C270 > Mine show similarly, except it doesn't say 'Webcam C310'. > but it has a built-in microphone which we know works... > > What does Skype give in the pull-down list of microphones? I don't know how to get that list. And no, I don't have Windows anywhere. However I do have a laptop running Mint Xfce so perhaps I could try that to see if it is a KDE issue. Thanks Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq