Logitech Quickcam E 3500 no sound

[Nigel Ridley]

On 01/27/2012 01:34 PM, Mark Greenwood wrote:
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> On 27 Jan 2012, at 11:14, Nigel Ridley wrote:
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>> On 01/24/2012 07:26 PM, Nigel Ridley wrote:
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> I just bought a Logitech Quickcam E 3500 and installed cheese.
>>> The camera works fine but I can't get the included mic to work.
>>> I have tried Kmix>  Sound and Video configuration>  Video Recording>  Recording
>>> The webcam is there and I can click on the Test button and see a video but no sound.
>>> I played around with different options under the various tabs (under Sound Card the webcam is
>>> there but when I click on it still no sound).
>>>
>>> Aren't these USB devices meant to just simply work?
>>>
>>> Any help greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Nigel
>>>
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>> Since getting the webcam inbuilt microphone to work I now have another problem :-(
>> I have now removed the webcam (USB) but the KMix icon on the kicker bar doesn't adjust nor mute the speakers. I tried all the configuration option in all the places I could find but still no adjusting.
>> BUT, if I start a downloaded video using DragonPlayer I then get an extra option in the Kmix mixer under the Playback Streams named 'dragonplayer: Playback Stream' and I can then adjust the sound level and mute it.
>> If I play a YouTube video I then get, under the Playback Streams, one named 'ALSA plug-in [plugin-container]: Alsa Playback' and again I can adjust sound levels and mute it.
>>
>> Under System Settings>  Multimedia>  Phonon I have the laptops internal sound card selected for everything and the 'test' button works - there is sound.
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>> So how do I get the Kmix icon on the kicker bar to give me back my sound level control?
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> Right-click it, then 'Select Master Channel'.

Did that - no joy :-(
But logout/login did the trick...??!!

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> Mark
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>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Nigel
>>
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