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#5941: Sound to have VU meter or visual indication to show mic in is working.
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Written by captainpugwash the 28 Mar 08 at 16:02.
Category: Multimedia.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
It drives me insane trying to diagnose if my sound card Microphone input is working correctly.
it would be great if I could have some kind of visual feed back like the old "VU" meters we used to have on old fashioned tape decks.
Getting skype to work or dealing with any "sound in" / "mic in" issues on Ubuntu has been a nightmare to trouble shoot. this would make it a bit easier.
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Eldmannen wrote on the 28 Mar 08 at 17:46
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Yeah, so Ubuntu will appeal for audio production.
Then rappers can use Ubuntu to make music, and talk about it in their songs.
Yo, this is how I sing,
I got da bling,
bought mah girlfriend a ring,
I am da king!
I've got Ubuntu,
Mah homie got Kubuntu,
Called mah cousin and he got Xubuntu!
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fluo wrote on the 28 Mar 08 at 19:42
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There is already a vu meter for alsa but it's hidden. You have to clic right on the gnome menu, go to edit menu, under Sound &Video, tick the "Recording Level Monitor", et voilà!
In hardy, you can also install the pakage "pavumeter" to monitor pulseaudio, or do the same stuff if you want to monitor alsa instead
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FrankQuist wrote on the 28 Mar 08 at 19:42
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I completely agree with this. The lack of visual feedback in either sound properties or GNOME's mixer annoys me. It's hard to debug sound in any way, and Mic is even harder. It's impossible to know whether just a program (Skype) is failing, or the mic in general. Add to that the confusing (to newbies) sliders in the sound mixer, troubleshooting is annoying as hell.
Making Gnome's sound recorder app give actual feedback on if it's recording would also help. This drove me insane when troubleshooting: if you click record, nothing happens, there isn't any feedback at all on whether it's recording, or failing to record, or if the application is working at all.
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fluo wrote on the 28 Mar 08 at 19:44
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I meant "right-clic", not "clic right on"...
Where the hell is the "edit" button here?!
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FrankQuist wrote on the 28 Mar 08 at 20:04
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Hmm, thanks for the tip! That would have helped more back then. However, it should not have been disabled or so hard to access. Enabling it by default or making it accessible from the volume monitor would help a lot.
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Eldmannen wrote on the 28 Mar 08 at 22:43
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"Sound Recorder" should come with a VU meter.
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Eldmannen wrote on the 29 Mar 08 at 00:03
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Like this idea?
Then check out idea 5971
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biehl wrote on the 30 Mar 08 at 10:12
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Amen to this. Debugging microphones is really hell. And an item where Ubuntu needlessly looses point from any new user.
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fluo wrote on the 30 Mar 08 at 16:07
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Do people read the comments or what?
There IS already a vu-meter!
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