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  1. #1
    Phantom143 Guest

    Microphone problem on Vista

    I'm running Vista ultimate and I can't get my Logitech mic to work....worked
    fine on XP.

    Suggestions?

  2. #2
    Alias Guest

    Re: Microphone problem on Vista

    Phantom143 wrote:
    > I'm running Vista ultimate and I can't get my Logitech mic to work....worked
    > fine on XP.
    >
    > Suggestions?


    Check on the Logitech web site to see if there are Vista drivers for
    your mic.

    Alias

  3. #3
    John Barnett MVP Guest

    Re: Microphone problem on Vista

    Check the recording options in the sound window (control panel>sound>click
    recording tab) I had a similar problem and found that there were two
    microphone options, one for the AC97 audio control and one for the logitec.
    The AC97 one was enabled by default Make sure that the USB audio device has
    a green tick by it. If it doesn't then the AC97 microphone jacks are being
    used.

    --
    John Barnett MVP
    Associate Expert
    Windows - Shell/User

    Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
    Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org

    The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any
    kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
    reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for
    any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the
    use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this
    mail/post..

    "Phantom143" <Phantom143@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:042B0C57-5B57-4086-9C0E-1A2DE575E538@microsoft.com...
    > I'm running Vista ultimate and I can't get my Logitech mic to
    > work....worked
    > fine on XP.
    >
    > Suggestions?



  4. #4
    Daze N. Knights Guest

    Re: Microphone problem on Vista

    And if John's advice doesn't solve your problem, you might be one of a
    growing number of Vista users with a no/low-volume microphone problem
    issue that is variously blamed on Vista, sound drivers, and/or apps, but
    which still remains essentially unresolved. (I built myself a
    brand-new system on which I installed Skype, but I have a terrible
    problem with the microphone. If I run XP on the same system, my
    microphone with Skype is fine.) The largest gathering of posters I've
    found discussing this problem can be visited at:

    http://forums.creative.com/creativel...cending&page=1

    Or TinyURL: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2tslrt


    ------------------

    John Barnett MVP wrote:
    > Check the recording options in the sound window (control
    > panel>sound>click recording tab) I had a similar problem and found that
    > there were two microphone options, one for the AC97 audio control and
    > one for the logitec. The AC97 one was enabled by default Make sure that
    > the USB audio device has a green tick by it. If it doesn't then the AC97
    > microphone jacks are being used.
    >


  5. #5
    Andyistic Guest

    Re: Microphone problem on Vista

    Vista drviers for the microphone?
    Are you on something?

    -- Andy


    "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.cl> wrote in message
    news:O2kBMUIaHHA.4888@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
    > Phantom143 wrote:
    >> I'm running Vista ultimate and I can't get my Logitech mic to
    >> work....worked fine on XP.
    >>
    >> Suggestions?

    >
    > Check on the Logitech web site to see if there are Vista drivers for your
    > mic.
    >
    > Alias




  6. #6
    cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user) Guest

    Re: Microphone problem on Vista

    On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:05:17 -0700, "Daze N. Knights"

    >And if John's advice doesn't solve your problem, you might be one of a
    >growing number of Vista users with a no/low-volume microphone problem
    >issue that is variously blamed on Vista, sound drivers, and/or apps, but
    > which still remains essentially unresolved. (I built myself a
    >brand-new system on which I installed Skype, but I have a terrible
    >problem with the microphone. If I run XP on the same system, my
    >microphone with Skype is fine.)


    This is a known issue with Skype, and as Skype loads with Windows and
    stays resident, it can present as a generic microphone issue.

    Skype 3.0x introductes a new AGC (Automatic Gain Control) feature so
    that you don't have to set your mic level.

    But in Vista, this is buggy; it slams the mic level dowhn to zero, so
    that it seems as if the mic doesn't work.

    Skype 3.1x is said to fix this for Vista, but this is still in beta.

    The fix is to edit a pair of Skype's XML files, in order to disable
    the new AGC "feature". Then it works fine in Vista.

    The trouble is, the XML files you need to edit don't exist when Skype
    is installed, until the user creates (or re-uses an existing) Skype
    user account - so it can't be pre-fixed before shipping the PC.

    Google( Skype Vista AGC )... e.g.:

    http://forum.skype.com/lofiversion/i...hp/t78536.html

    Other references...

    http://forum.skype.com/index.php?act=announce&f=2&id=25

    The fix:

    http://cconnor.com/?p=43

    <editpaste>

    Close Skype if its open.

    Open C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\
    Skype\YOURSKYPEACCOUNT\Config.xml, with your text editor

    Find and edit the existing AGC element and change the 1 to a 0.

    Add a new AGC element as a child to the Call element; again it
    should have a value of 0.

    Save and close Config.xml

    Open C:\Documents and Settings%USERNAME%\Application
    Data\Skype\Shared.xml, and add another AGC element as a
    child to VoiceEng element; again ensure that it has a value of 0.

    Restart Skype, and test using the echo123 service.

    </editpaste>

    Those instructions are XP-specific; in Viista, all the paths have
    changed, so the same XML files will be somewhere down the C:\Users\...
    yellow brick road - possibly in the "Roaming" sub of AppData.




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  7. #7
    Daze N. Knights Guest

    Re: Microphone problem on Vista

    cquirke:

    I had tried the Skype 3.1x beta, but still had microphone volume level
    problems even worse that with 3.0x, so I returned to 3.0x.

    Having read your post regarding the "known issue with Skype," I made the
    suggested changes to the two XML files. At first, the results appeared
    excellent, but quickly deteriorated after rebooting and repeated
    testing. Using the echo123 testing service, the playback volume of my
    voice was initially excellent. After rebooting, it was barely audible,
    even though the microphone volume level sliders remained firmly set at
    maximum. With further tests, the volume level sliders began
    automatically adjusting themselves to zero, as they had before making
    the changes to the XML files.

    I am wondering, though, if I made the XML file changes correctly. Where
    the config.xml file originally read

    <General>
    <AEC>1</AEC>
    <AGC>1</AGC>

    I changed it to

    <General>
    <AEC>1</AEC>
    <AGC>0</AGC>0

    And where the shared.xml file originally read

    <VoiceEng>
    <AGC>0</AGC>


    I changed it to

    <VoiceEng>
    <AGC>0</AGC>0

    After testing, I rechecked these files and found that the "0" that I had
    added after the second AGC> in each file had disappeared. Perhaps I am
    misunderstanding what Chris (at http://cconnor.com/?p=43 ) means when he
    says to "Add a new AGC element as a child to the Call element; again it
    should have a value of 0" in each of the two XML files? Can you help me
    with this, perhaps?

    Daze

    ====================

    cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user) wrote:
    > On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:05:17 -0700, "Daze N. Knights"
    >
    >> And if John's advice doesn't solve your problem, you might be one of a
    >> growing number of Vista users with a no/low-volume microphone problem
    >> issue that is variously blamed on Vista, sound drivers, and/or apps, but
    >> which still remains essentially unresolved. (I built myself a
    >> brand-new system on which I installed Skype, but I have a terrible
    >> problem with the microphone. If I run XP on the same system, my
    >> microphone with Skype is fine.)

    >
    > This is a known issue with Skype, and as Skype loads with Windows and
    > stays resident, it can present as a generic microphone issue.
    >
    > Skype 3.0x introductes a new AGC (Automatic Gain Control) feature so
    > that you don't have to set your mic level.
    >
    > But in Vista, this is buggy; it slams the mic level dowhn to zero, so
    > that it seems as if the mic doesn't work.
    >
    > Skype 3.1x is said to fix this for Vista, but this is still in beta.
    >
    > The fix is to edit a pair of Skype's XML files, in order to disable
    > the new AGC "feature". Then it works fine in Vista.
    >
    > The trouble is, the XML files you need to edit don't exist when Skype
    > is installed, until the user creates (or re-uses an existing) Skype
    > user account - so it can't be pre-fixed before shipping the PC.
    >
    > Google( Skype Vista AGC )... e.g.:
    >
    > http://forum.skype.com/lofiversion/i...hp/t78536.html
    >
    > Other references...
    >
    > http://forum.skype.com/index.php?act=announce&f=2&id=25
    >
    > The fix:
    >
    > http://cconnor.com/?p=43
    >
    > <editpaste>
    >
    > Close Skype if its open.
    >
    > Open C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\
    > Skype\YOURSKYPEACCOUNT\Config.xml, with your text editor
    >
    > Find and edit the existing AGC element and change the 1 to a 0.
    >
    > Add a new AGC element as a child to the Call element; again it
    > should have a value of 0.
    >
    > Save and close Config.xml
    >
    > Open C:\Documents and Settings%USERNAME%\Application
    > Data\Skype\Shared.xml, and add another AGC element as a
    > child to VoiceEng element; again ensure that it has a value of 0.
    >
    > Restart Skype, and test using the echo123 service.
    >
    > </editpaste>
    >
    > Those instructions are XP-specific; in Viista, all the paths have
    > changed, so the same XML files will be somewhere down the C:\Users\...
    > yellow brick road - possibly in the "Roaming" sub of AppData.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >> --------------- ---- --- -- - - - -

    > Saws are too hard to use.
    > Be easier to use!
    >> --------------- ---- --- -- - - - -


  8. #8
    Daze N. Knights Guest

    Re: Microphone problem on Vista

    Opps. Now I see that in the config.xml file, one is supposed to "add a
    new AGC element as a child to the *Call* element," and I had failed to
    notice the mention of "Call." There are, however, at least a couple of
    "Call"s, and I can't figure out just where the called-for changes should
    be made. So apparently I haven't managed to do this correctly and I
    still don't know if it would work for me if I understood exactly what
    changes to make and where to make them . . .

    -------------

    Daze N. Knights wrote:
    > cquirke:
    >
    > I had tried the Skype 3.1x beta, but still had microphone volume level
    > problems even worse that with 3.0x, so I returned to 3.0x.
    >
    > Having read your post regarding the "known issue with Skype," I made the
    > suggested changes to the two XML files. At first, the results appeared
    > excellent, but quickly deteriorated after rebooting and repeated
    > testing. Using the echo123 testing service, the playback volume of my
    > voice was initially excellent. After rebooting, it was barely audible,
    > even though the microphone volume level sliders remained firmly set at
    > maximum. With further tests, the volume level sliders began
    > automatically adjusting themselves to zero, as they had before making
    > the changes to the XML files.
    >
    > I am wondering, though, if I made the XML file changes correctly. Where
    > the config.xml file originally read
    >
    > <General>
    > <AEC>1</AEC>
    > <AGC>1</AGC>
    >
    > I changed it to
    >
    > <General>
    > <AEC>1</AEC>
    > <AGC>0</AGC>0
    >
    > And where the shared.xml file originally read
    >
    > <VoiceEng>
    > <AGC>0</AGC>
    >
    >
    > I changed it to
    >
    > <VoiceEng>
    > <AGC>0</AGC>0
    >
    > After testing, I rechecked these files and found that the "0" that I had
    > added after the second AGC> in each file had disappeared. Perhaps I am
    > misunderstanding what Chris (at http://cconnor.com/?p=43 ) means when he
    > says to "Add a new AGC element as a child to the Call element; again it
    > should have a value of 0" in each of the two XML files? Can you help me
    > with this, perhaps?
    >
    > Daze
    >
    > ====================
    >
    > cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user) wrote:
    >> On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:05:17 -0700, "Daze N. Knights"
    >>> And if John's advice doesn't solve your problem, you might be one of
    >>> a growing number of Vista users with a no/low-volume microphone
    >>> problem issue that is variously blamed on Vista, sound drivers,
    >>> and/or apps, but which still remains essentially unresolved. (I
    >>> built myself a brand-new system on which I installed Skype, but I
    >>> have a terrible problem with the microphone. If I run XP on the same
    >>> system, my microphone with Skype is fine.)

    >>
    >> This is a known issue with Skype, and as Skype loads with Windows and
    >> stays resident, it can present as a generic microphone issue.
    >>
    >> Skype 3.0x introductes a new AGC (Automatic Gain Control) feature so
    >> that you don't have to set your mic level.
    >>
    >> But in Vista, this is buggy; it slams the mic level dowhn to zero, so
    >> that it seems as if the mic doesn't work.
    >>
    >> Skype 3.1x is said to fix this for Vista, but this is still in beta.
    >>
    >> The fix is to edit a pair of Skype's XML files, in order to disable
    >> the new AGC "feature". Then it works fine in Vista.
    >>
    >> The trouble is, the XML files you need to edit don't exist when Skype
    >> is installed, until the user creates (or re-uses an existing) Skype
    >> user account - so it can't be pre-fixed before shipping the PC.
    >>
    >> Google( Skype Vista AGC )... e.g.:
    >>
    >> http://forum.skype.com/lofiversion/i...hp/t78536.html
    >>
    >> Other references...
    >>
    >> http://forum.skype.com/index.php?act=announce&f=2&id=25
    >>
    >> The fix:
    >>
    >> http://cconnor.com/?p=43
    >>
    >> <editpaste>
    >>
    >> Close Skype if its open.
    >> Open C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\
    >> Skype\YOURSKYPEACCOUNT\Config.xml, with your text editor
    >> Find and edit the existing AGC element and change the 1 to a 0.
    >> Add a new AGC element as a child to the Call element; again it should
    >> have a value of 0.
    >> Save and close Config.xml
    >>
    >> Open C:\Documents and Settings%USERNAME%\Application
    >> Data\Skype\Shared.xml, and add another AGC element as a child to
    >> VoiceEng element; again ensure that it has a value of 0.
    >> Restart Skype, and test using the echo123 service.
    >> </editpaste>
    >>
    >> Those instructions are XP-specific; in Viista, all the paths have
    >> changed, so the same XML files will be somewhere down the C:\Users\...
    >> yellow brick road - possibly in the "Roaming" sub of AppData.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>> --------------- ---- --- -- - - - -

    >> Saws are too hard to use. Be easier to use!
    >>> --------------- ---- --- -- - - - -


  9. #9
    Daze N. Knights Guest

    Re: Microphone problem on Vista

    Personally, although I'd like to discover that this no/low-volume
    microphone issue is strictly due to bugs in Skype, I don't believe that
    to be the case. If it was, I fail to understand why (with Skype
    completely shut down), I have exactly the same no/low-volume microphone
    problem when using the Sound Recorder found in Vista's Accessories
    folder. When I attempt to create a sound file using the Sound Recorder,
    I can't hear my voice due to the no/low-volume microphone level problem
    that I also experience with Skype. Are *you* able to create audible
    sound files of your voice using Vista's Sound Recorder?

    Daze

    ---------------------------------

    Daze N. Knights wrote:
    > Opps. Now I see that in the config.xml file, one is supposed to "add a
    > new AGC element as a child to the *Call* element," and I had failed to
    > notice the mention of "Call." There are, however, at least a couple of
    > "Call"s, and I can't figure out just where the called-for changes should
    > be made. So apparently I haven't managed to do this correctly and I
    > still don't know if it would work for me if I understood exactly what
    > changes to make and where to make them . . .
    >
    > -------------
    >
    > Daze N. Knights wrote:
    >> cquirke:
    >>
    >> I had tried the Skype 3.1x beta, but still had microphone volume level
    >> problems even worse that with 3.0x, so I returned to 3.0x.
    >>
    >> Having read your post regarding the "known issue with Skype," I made
    >> the suggested changes to the two XML files. At first, the results
    >> appeared excellent, but quickly deteriorated after rebooting and
    >> repeated testing. Using the echo123 testing service, the playback
    >> volume of my voice was initially excellent. After rebooting, it was
    >> barely audible, even though the microphone volume level sliders
    >> remained firmly set at maximum. With further tests, the volume level
    >> sliders began automatically adjusting themselves to zero, as they had
    >> before making the changes to the XML files.
    >>
    >> I am wondering, though, if I made the XML file changes correctly.
    >> Where the config.xml file originally read
    >>
    >> <General>
    >> <AEC>1</AEC>
    >> <AGC>1</AGC>
    >>
    >> I changed it to
    >>
    >> <General>
    >> <AEC>1</AEC>
    >> <AGC>0</AGC>0
    >>
    >> And where the shared.xml file originally read
    >>
    >> <VoiceEng>
    >> <AGC>0</AGC>
    >>
    >>
    >> I changed it to
    >>
    >> <VoiceEng>
    >> <AGC>0</AGC>0
    >>
    >> After testing, I rechecked these files and found that the "0" that I
    >> had added after the second AGC> in each file had disappeared. Perhaps
    >> I am misunderstanding what Chris (at http://cconnor.com/?p=43 ) means
    >> when he says to "Add a new AGC element as a child to the Call element;
    >> again it should have a value of 0" in each of the two XML files? Can
    >> you help me with this, perhaps?
    >>
    >> Daze
    >>
    >> ====================
    >>
    >> cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user) wrote:
    >>> On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:05:17 -0700, "Daze N. Knights"
    >>>> And if John's advice doesn't solve your problem, you might be one of
    >>>> a growing number of Vista users with a no/low-volume microphone
    >>>> problem issue that is variously blamed on Vista, sound drivers,
    >>>> and/or apps, but which still remains essentially unresolved. (I
    >>>> built myself a brand-new system on which I installed Skype, but I
    >>>> have a terrible problem with the microphone. If I run XP on the same
    >>>> system, my microphone with Skype is fine.)
    >>>
    >>> This is a known issue with Skype, and as Skype loads with Windows and
    >>> stays resident, it can present as a generic microphone issue.
    >>>
    >>> Skype 3.0x introductes a new AGC (Automatic Gain Control) feature so
    >>> that you don't have to set your mic level.
    >>>
    >>> But in Vista, this is buggy; it slams the mic level dowhn to zero, so
    >>> that it seems as if the mic doesn't work.
    >>>
    >>> Skype 3.1x is said to fix this for Vista, but this is still in beta.
    >>>
    >>> The fix is to edit a pair of Skype's XML files, in order to disable
    >>> the new AGC "feature". Then it works fine in Vista.
    >>>
    >>> The trouble is, the XML files you need to edit don't exist when Skype
    >>> is installed, until the user creates (or re-uses an existing) Skype
    >>> user account - so it can't be pre-fixed before shipping the PC.
    >>>
    >>> Google( Skype Vista AGC )... e.g.:
    >>>
    >>> http://forum.skype.com/lofiversion/i...hp/t78536.html
    >>>
    >>> Other references...
    >>>
    >>> http://forum.skype.com/index.php?act=announce&f=2&id=25
    >>>
    >>> The fix:
    >>>
    >>> http://cconnor.com/?p=43
    >>>
    >>> <editpaste>
    >>>
    >>> Close Skype if its open.
    >>> Open C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\
    >>> Skype\YOURSKYPEACCOUNT\Config.xml, with your text editor
    >>> Find and edit the existing AGC element and change the 1 to a 0.
    >>> Add a new AGC element as a child to the Call element; again it should
    >>> have a value of 0.
    >>> Save and close Config.xml
    >>>
    >>> Open C:\Documents and Settings%USERNAME%\Application
    >>> Data\Skype\Shared.xml, and add another AGC element as a child to
    >>> VoiceEng element; again ensure that it has a value of 0.
    >>> Restart Skype, and test using the echo123 service.
    >>> </editpaste>
    >>>
    >>> Those instructions are XP-specific; in Viista, all the paths have
    >>> changed, so the same XML files will be somewhere down the C:\Users\...
    >>> yellow brick road - possibly in the "Roaming" sub of AppData.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>> --------------- ---- --- -- - - - -
    >>> Saws are too hard to use. Be easier to use!
    >>>> --------------- ---- --- -- - - - -


  10. #10
    cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user) Guest

    Re: Microphone problem on Vista

    On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:02:22 -0700, "Daze N. Knights"
    >cquirke:


    Hi!

    >I had tried the Skype 3.1x beta, but still had microphone volume level
    >problems even worse that with 3.0x, so I returned to 3.0x.


    Ah thanks; I was too scared to try the beta right now ;-)

    >Having read your post regarding the "known issue with Skype," I made the
    >suggested changes to the two XML files. At first, the results appeared
    >excellent, but quickly deteriorated after rebooting and repeated
    >testing. Using the echo123 testing service, the playback volume of my
    >voice was initially excellent. After rebooting, it was barely audible,
    >even though the microphone volume level sliders remained firmly set at
    >maximum. With further tests, the volume level sliders began
    >automatically adjusting themselves to zero, as they had before making
    >the changes to the XML files.


    Eww...

    >I am wondering, though, if I made the XML file changes correctly. Where
    >the config.xml file originally read
    >
    ><General>
    > <AEC>1</AEC>
    > <AGC>1</AGC>
    >
    >I changed it to
    >
    ><General>
    > <AEC>1</AEC>
    > <AGC>0</AGC>0


    Is there really a 0 after the trailling > at the end of that line?
    There shouldn't be...

    >And where the shared.xml file originally read
    >
    ><VoiceEng>
    > <AGC>0</AGC>
    >
    >
    >I changed it to
    >
    ><VoiceEng>
    > <AGC>0</AGC>0


    Ah no; that can stay as <AGC>0</AGC>

    XML syntax is like HTML, in that it uses the <sometag>blah
    blah</sometag> syntax. It does not like ; comments as you'd use in
    (say) an .INI or an .INF file; XML comments are so ugly, you'd
    generally prefer not to use them.

    Usually, there's the <AGC>1</AGC> to change to 0 in the first file you
    discussed, but no <AGC></AGC> in the second, so you'd have to add one
    (and thus smell where it has to be added).

    Try again with the trailing 0's removed?

    >After testing, I rechecked these files and found that the "0" that I had
    >added after the second AGC> in each file had disappeared. Perhaps I am
    >misunderstanding what Chris (at http://cconnor.com/?p=43 ) means when he
    >says to "Add a new AGC element as a child to the Call element; again it
    >should have a value of 0" in each of the two XML files? Can you help me
    >with this, perhaps?


    Syntactically, the value goes between the opening <tag> and the
    closing </tag>; it's not like Label = Value .INI or .INF syntax in
    that respect, and it does take some getting used to.

    So what in an .INI file would be...

    AGC = 0

    ....would in an .XML file, be:

    <AGC>0</AGC>



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  11. #11
    cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user) Guest

    Re: Microphone problem on Vista

    On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:59:17 -0700, "Daze N. Knights"

    >Personally, although I'd like to discover that this no/low-volume
    >microphone issue is strictly due to bugs in Skype, I don't believe that
    >to be the case. If it was, I fail to understand why (with Skype
    >completely shut down), I have exactly the same no/low-volume microphone
    >problem when using the Sound Recorder found in Vista's Accessories
    >folder. When I attempt to create a sound file using the Sound Recorder,
    >I can't hear my voice due to the no/low-volume microphone level problem
    >that I also experience with Skype. Are *you* able to create audible
    >sound files of your voice using Vista's Sound Recorder?


    Hmm... there's no "one problem per customer" rule here ;-)

    Generally, I often find microphones problematic in several ways.

    Firstly, it's good practice to have them muted or disabled by default,
    both because they add noise (and even feedback) if unexpectedly left
    active, and they could be used to "bug" you in our modern world of
    WiFi and RATs. So often you have to un-mute or enable them.

    Then there's the question of competing sockets, e.g. where plugging in
    unused front panel sockets can cancel out the rear ones.

    Then you get some mics that don't work well with some cards etc.,
    either because they're wired as mono, or impedence is wrong, etc.

    In XP, I usually find the mic doesn't work in Skype until I've gone
    Settings, Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, Voice tab, Voice
    Recording section, Test Hardware button and ensuing ritual.

    In Vista, I can't find an equivalent to this Control Panel item. I
    did find hardware-specific settings (on-board audio on Intel i965G
    motherboard) that let me fiddle with boost and level, but they didn't
    seem to affect Skype. I didn't test mic outside Skype.

    In Skype 3.0.x, I found the mic worked OK after applying the two .XML
    settings, but I still had to pop up the mic control and pull up the
    slider when starting each Skype call. It's a real PITA, still.



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  12. #12
    soundie Guest

    microphone problem with VISTA

    Same problems encountered.

    Used to work but for unclear reasons it does not now.

    Nobody hears us in Skype..

    Hitting the built-in microphone on an ACER aspire evokes only the weakest response... built-in sound card - Acer do not disclose much about it.

    Microphone boost no help,

    Newest BIOS on the system, all the latest drivers...

    Skype 3.1, msn7.5 ( acrobat 8, AVGfree 7.5, spybots&d 1.4 plus 1.5 beta for vista.

    live messenger 8/8.1 do not work)

    Also problems with Acer integrated (BISON orbicam) camera software (the driver works)

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    http://www.eggheadcafe.com

  13. #13
    soundie Guest

    microphone problem with VISTA

    Same problems encountered.

    Used to work but for unclear reasons it does not now.

    Nobody hears us in Skype..

    Hitting the built-in microphone on an ACER aspire evokes only the weakest response... built-in sound card - Acer do not disclose much about it.

    Microphone boost no help,

    other people complaining too
    http://www.vista64.net/forums/vista-...t-working.html

    Newest BIOS on the system, all the latest drivers...

    Skype 3.1, msn7.5 ( acrobat 8, AVGfree 7.5, spybots&d 1.4 plus 1.5 beta for vista.

    live messenger 8/8.1 do not work)

    Also problems with Acer integrated (BISON orbicam) camera software (the driver works)

    EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
    http://www.eggheadcafe.com

  14. #14
    Matt M Guest

    Re: Microphone problem on Vista

    I am encountering the same problem. When I first plugged in my headphone jack
    into the appropriate socket on my Inspiron Laptop, it gave me a menu on what
    I wanted to do with the microphone. The menu was quite annoying so I opted to
    have it NOT show up every time I plugged in my Logitech microphone headset.
    After that, it hasn't worked since. Anybody know how to bring the menu back
    up?


    BTW, everyone, the thread starter didn't have a Skype problem ;)

  15. #15
    Daze N. Knights Guest

    Re: Microphone problem on Vista

    Sounds like you, maybe, have Sigmatel audio drivers? If so, try clicking
    on the Sigmatel tray icon, or if not there, go to Control Panel > Sigma
    Tel Audio > Advanced, tic the box "Allow configuration popups" and reboot.

    Matt M wrote:
    > I am encountering the same problem. When I first plugged in my headphone jack
    > into the appropriate socket on my Inspiron Laptop, it gave me a menu on what
    > I wanted to do with the microphone. The menu was quite annoying so I opted to
    > have it NOT show up every time I plugged in my Logitech microphone headset.
    > After that, it hasn't worked since. Anybody know how to bring the menu back
    > up?
    >
    >
    > BTW, everyone, the thread starter didn't have a Skype problem ;)


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