[pulseaudio-discuss] usb headset microphone will not work with pulseaudio

[John Frankish]

> > > > > > On Sat, 2012-10-20 at 09:44 +0000, John Frankish wrote:
> > > > > > I've been trying to get a Logitech usb headset to work on two
> > > > > > different machines both running the same software:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > pulseaudio-2.0, kernel-3.0.21, alsa-1.0.25
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Bus 002 Device 006: ID 046d:0a0b Logitech, Inc. ClearChat Pro
> > > > > > USB
> > > > > >
> > > > > > mac mini:
> > > > > > Things appear as normal, I can use pavucontrol to direct
> > > > > > output to the headset speakers, but there appears to be no way
> > > > > > to record sound from the headset microphone using
> > > > > > gnome-sound-recorder or skype-4.0.0.8, the headset microphone
> > > > > > appears in the "record" tab of pavucontrol,
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you mean the "Input Devices" tab?
> > > >
> > > > The usb headset microphone appears both in the "input devices" tab
> > > > and, when an application tries to use it, in the "recording tab" but nothing is recorded.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is even silence recorded? On the "Recording" tab of pavucontrol,
> > > > > do you see the gnome-sound-recorder or skype stream, and does
> > > > > the UI say that it's connected to the usb headset microphone?
> > > >
> > > > No silence recorded, the "ping" marking the start of the skype
> > > > playback is followed immediately by the "ping" marking the end of
> > > > the skype playback, even though there was an attempt to record
> > > > "testing, testing, 1, 2, 3". The skype stream shows the usb headset microphone.
> > >
> > > Ok, the headset microphone device isn't working properly then. I
> > > don't know what's wrong with it, maybe a pulseaudio log would have some information.
> >
> > It works fine on the same machine with osx (mac mini) or windows (dell e6220).
> > The pulseaudio log was attached to the first post.
> 
> As far as I can tell, you didn't post a log for mac, only for the dell machine
> where the headset kept disappearing and appearing. I understood that this
> "the headset is there, but can't record anything" problem concerns only the
> mac.

Log attached - attempting to record from the usb headset microphone using sox (rec -c1 test.wav)


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