Webcam in-built microphone problem

[Matthias Apitz]

El día Tuesday, January 28, 2014 a las 11:01:00AM +0000, James Griffin escribió:

> I have installed the Skype package really just to test my webcam and the
> in-built microphone. Sadly the microphone doesn't appear to work. 
> 
> I've followed the instructions found on the various FreeBSD-specific
> info sites but am now stuck. The webcam is a Logitech C310, using
> FreeBSD 10 stable. 
> 
> I don't care about skype, like I said I just wanted to test things out.
> But I would like to see if I can get the microphone working. 
> 
> Below, is the dmesg output for this particular device, should it help:
> 
> 
> uaudio0: <vendor 0x046d product 0x081b, class 239/2, rev 2.00/0.10, addr
> 3> on usbus3
> uaudio0: No playback.
> uaudio0: Record: 48000 Hz, 1 ch, 16-bit S-LE PCM format, 2x8ms buffer.
> uaudio0: Record: 32000 Hz, 1 ch, 16-bit S-LE PCM format, 2x8ms buffer.
> uaudio0: Record: 24000 Hz, 1 ch, 16-bit S-LE PCM format, 2x8ms buffer.
> uaudio0: Record: 16000 Hz, 1 ch, 16-bit S-LE PCM format, 2x8ms buffer.
> uaudio0: No MIDI sequencer.
> pcm2: <USB audio> on uaudio0
> uaudio0: No HID volume keys found.
> 
> Is there anything I can try, any ideas? 

What does show 'mixer' about?

Btw: you can test recording with for example:

# dd if=/dev/dsp of=/tmp/mastersVoice

and play it back the same way switching if= and of=

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