[pulseaudio-discuss] Mic volume goes automaticly down

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Sascha Manns at 13/08/12 07:48 did gyre and gimble:
> Hello Listmates,
> 
> i'm using Pulseaudio with ALSA on openSUSE 12.2 RC2. The issue i had already 
> on earlier versions of openSUSE.
> The output of alsa-info.sh is published there:
> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=2216a57a427b1498313a8bada6d323fd1ea72780
> 
> I'm not sure if this is a pulseaudio-issue or not. The problem is the 
> following.
> In ALSA my Microphone is set with vol 100%. Also i've set 100% in the 
> pulseaudio volumesettings.
> But if i make a call (with skype echo) the input volume goes automaticly down 
> to 0%.
> The inputstream itself works if i manually hold the input stream by 100%. 
> Otherwise i can hear me in the echo call, but very silent.
> 
> I'm searching a solution which allows me to set the volume just one and then 
> he leaves it.
> 
> Maybe anyone has an idea how to fix it?

Yup, as Luke said untick the option inside Skype that says "Allow Skype
to automatically [ruin] my mixer levels". (slightly paraphrasing :p)

Col


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