Microphone Settings in Phonon

[Thiudans]

Greetings all!

Ity seems that every time I need to use my microphone--e.g. for a Skype call, I have to go into Multi Media>>Phonon>>Audio Hardware Setup>>Built In Audio and select "Microphone" under "Recording (Built-in Analog Sterio)

When I make the change the microphone works, but if I restart KDE, it defaults back to "Internal Microphone" and I cannot use the microphone until I set Phonon back to "Microphone."

I have an AMD video card with HDMI, but I have a feeling that is beside the point, as the speakers for the sound card work fine under all circumstances. I am using KDE 4.9.4 with kernel 3.2.0-34 on an AMD 64 HP DV6.

Is there a way to set Phonon to use the "Microphone" setting by default? Is there a way to set the applications to use the "Microphone"?

[james147]

Change the order of preference on the first tab.

[claydoh]

go into Device Preference in Phonon's setup and look in the Recording section. You can move your preferred device to a higher priority in the main section there, which will make that one the default.

[Thiudans]

I have only one choice under recording, and it is set to Built-In Analog Stereo. The issue seems to be with the second tab, where I have to manually select "Mcrophone" instead of "Built-In Microphone" under "Connector" to get my microphone working.

[Thiudans]

I solved it. The issue was when I the upgraded to 4.9.4 somehow KMix set the microphone to disabled! When I corrected it, I have my microphone after every reboot. I had to enable the microphone under "Capture Devices."

I am guessing that setting the Multimedia Applet to "Microphone" somehow enabled the microphone temporarily. Otherwise I have no explanation as to why the MM applet "fixed" the problem temporarily.