At said in <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677199#c0>, the root cause of the bug is the GNOME Sound Recorder being unable to set up its choices of codecs with the used gstreamer version.
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #677199 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677199 ** Also affects: gnome-media via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677199 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** No longer affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-media in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1157654 Title: Sound recorder does not work Status in GNOME Media Utilities: Unknown Status in “gnome-media” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In Raring sound recorder does not work. * after I open the application it does not show any activity under "Level". * nothing happens after clicking record button, choosing record from the menu or after pressing Ctrl+R * recording is fine in audacity * input tab under sound settings shows activity on my input Description: Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch) Release: 13.04 Codename: raring gnome-media: Installed: 3.4.0-1ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-media/+bug/1157654/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp