USB microphone on Linux

Tyler Aviss tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Wed Sep 9 20:51:06 UTC 2009


On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 6:19 AM, Lennart
Sorensen<lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 10:27:53PM +0000, Antonio T. Sun wrote:
>> I'm trying to make my USB microphone works in my Debian Testing.
>>
>> In brief, I'm experiencing exactly the same symptom as the following
>> post:
>>
>> Can't record from USB Mic using ALSA
>> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=74879
>>
>> I.e., everything looks perfect, just record from USB Mic get dead
>> silence.
>>
>> I've consulted the following URLs, but the problem still remains. Is
>> anyone here lucky enough to get your USB Mic working?
>>
>> BTW, according to
>> http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2005/10/12/logitech-usb-
>> desktop-microphone-under-linux/
>> Daniel was able to make the AK5370 USB Microphone works under Linux,
>> which is exactly the same USB Mic that I have.
>>
>> Anyone can help?
>
> I have a USB headset, and to get recording I remember I had to specify
> some IECxxx format and pick just the right speed (I think it was 48000hz
> 16bit).  Pick anything else and it did nothing.  It has been a few months
> so I don't remember the setting for sure.
>
> I think ekiga just worked with the headset, but many other programs
> needed to have the right options selected.
>
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I also had similar issues with my USB sound adaptor, the MIC input
only worked when set to MONO and certain frequencies.
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