Hi Gordon On 7 December 2011 17:06, Gordon Burgess-Parker <gbpli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I purchased a Logitech C270 HD Webcam which according to this site > http://www.ideasonboard.org/**uvc/#devices<http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/#devices>is > compatible with Linux. > I ran up a Live CD of Ubuntu 11.10 and connected the camera. > the camera works but the microphone does not work at all. (The mic works > in Windows). > Is there a way of getting the mic to work? (I couldn't get it to work in > either Sound Recorder or Skype...) > > -- > If its anything like the C250 I have, then it's just a matter of selecting it on the Input tab of Sound Preferences. I use my C250 for Skype regularly. I have had problems with it 'disconnecting'. I sometimes have to unplug it and plug it in again. Something my brother, who I speak to on Skype, has got used to. I invariably make sure it is selected as the sound input device before I start a Skype conversation. Tony
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