[plug] Micorphone problem on Pi 4

[M S R Wood]

Thanks for all the suggestions.
Pulse Audio was showing the USB microphone selected with a volume of
around 60. However when I ran alsamixer, the microphone volume was set
to 0. I adjusted thjis and all seems well now

Margaret

On 20/09/2021, Chris McCormick <chris at mccormick.cx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Another problem is sometimes the wrong sound source is selected. If you
> go to "Sound settings" under the xfce sound icon and choose
> "Configuration" then you should be able to change the "Profile" to the
> USB sound card instead of the built-in RPi one.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris.
>
>
> On 19/9/21 12:32 pm, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
>> Often, sound is muted after install ... install a mixer and check it's
>> enabled. If you are using pulseaudio installed after the OS, look into
>> setting it up, the defaults may either be muted, or your device is only
>> partially set up.
>>
>> BillK
>>
>> On 19 September 2021 10:03:52 am AWST, M S R Wood <msrwood at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     I have a headset attached to a USB sound card dongle. When this is
>>     connected to my Pi 3B it works perfectly. However on my Pi 4 the
>>     microphone does not work. It is detected  by an assortment of
>> websites
>>     but sound is not passed through.
>>
>>     The Pi 3B uses the default Pi operating system.
>>     The Pi 4 uses the Lite version to which I have added Xfce and various
>>     applications. I'm wondering if I need to install some specific
>>     software to make the microphone work properly.
>>
>>     Any suggestions?
>>
>>     Margaret
>>
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