Ubuntu – Microphone not working at all in Skype

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I have been able to get the built-in microphone (it's an Acer laptop) to not only work, but work perfectly in Ubuntu's own Sound Recorder, but when starting up Skype, there's no sign of my microphone at all.

I've reinstalled Skype, checked ALSAmixer and tried various settings.

Best Answer

I've had weird problems where the mic was muted and I had to use pavucontrol to unmute it. You can install the additional pulseaudio utilities:

sudo apt-get install paman padevchooser paprefs pavucontrol pavumeter

Check the input tab in pavucontrol and make sure its not muting your mic. You can also play with the configuration tab in case that is wrong, but note your initial setting first.

Keep in mind what arochester and Joao are saying, make sure pulseaudio is selected in the skype audio options.

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