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Description of problem: I was trying to configure Google+ hangouts (video conferencing) on my HP Mini 311c but the application said there was no microphone hardware detected. After some digging I found a setting in the control center that needed changing to enable the microphone. This wasn't intuitive enough. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): control-center-3.2.2-1.fc16.i686 How reproducible: 100% for me Steps to Reproduce: 1. with defaults as installed 2. try to use video conf apps 3. no microphone detected even though there is an integrated microphone Actual results: the microphone was 'not detected' by the application software because it was disabled in control center Expected results: the microphone should not have been disabled Additional info: To enable the microphone: top right -> System Settings -> Sound -> Hardware tab -> (right at the bottom) Settings for the selected device -> Profile -> Change the profile setting to Analog Stereo Duplex. Mine was previously Analog Stereo Output This seems a ridiculously complex way to enable a microphone! Right for a sound engineer maybe but not for a typical user. The available profiles include HDMI ones even though the cable was not connected... I would have been happier with something along the lines of: [x] use integrated speakers [.] use integrated mic [x] use HDMI when connected [x] mute speakers when HDMI connected ...
That's nice, but there's no configuration stored or saved in the control-center. Reassigning to pulseaudio.
(In reply to comment #1) > That's nice, but there's no configuration stored or saved in the > control-center. Reassigning to pulseaudio. Is control-center merely exposing the pulseaudio API or is there scope for improving the UX here? I suggest it could be improved such that the user doesn't have to fiddle at the bottom of the hardware tab before the microphone is even detected...
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