mic and audio not working with discord on linux mint 22 when switched to pipewire. | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 3:20 AM

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cant get discord to receive mic sounds.

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it also seems that audio is picked up in sound settings but not being sent out to apps like discord and firefox

flint rune Dec 30, 2024, 4:07 AM

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for Firefox (or other browsers) check their own access settings. you may have denied mic/cam access in the past, and ticked the "remember this" box on the popup

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u can clear any rules and set anew

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when Discord attempts to enter a voice room (or its own a/v settings) the browser should pop a permissions box up asking which device to use as mic and if it can

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:27 AM

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flint rune when Discord attempts to enter a voice room (or its own a/v settings) the browse...

yea it has premmisions and everything, it wont detect audio when mic is selcted

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audacity works with mic great

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:28 AM

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were you able to thus fix the permission issue?

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Notably were you running discord the desktop app or discord the website inside a browser?

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:29 AM

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both

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discord on web had audio but no mic, flatpack discord has no audio at all

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:30 AM

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did you check the permissions on the website and ensure discord had permission to access the mic?

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:30 AM

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yea i triped checked all the basic stuff

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i tried a mic tester website

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its got to be something with how the audio is routed

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:31 AM

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Did it work on the mic test site?

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eg for example https://mictests.com/

Mic Test

Test your microphone online to check if it is working properly and find out useful details about it

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:32 AM

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i can select the mic, give it promissions, it just says nothing was picked up my the microphone

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:32 AM

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You said you could detect and record from the mic in audacity?

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:32 AM

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yea but is says its useing alsa

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:33 AM

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Ok so in audicity you can audibly record your mic input, in discord and mictests.com you can't hear your input?

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:34 AM

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yeah

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this map shows nothing for discord

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:34 AM

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what is drawing that map precisely?

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:35 AM

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helvum

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it maps out the audio pipes and configurations

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:36 AM

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are you doing anything creative with pipewire eg rerouting stuff?

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have you ensured that the mute button is toggled off on your headset?

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Are you using easyeffects

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:37 AM

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i had easyeffects then unistalled it

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when i updated linux mint it now had piepwire, i messed with the configes to get it to work and to change sample rate so idk if that messed with anything

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:37 AM

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so while you are testing this are you leaving audacity running all the whole time?

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:38 AM

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i had it on for a bit

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:38 AM

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if audacity is grabbing exclusive access to the device nothing else will work

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before you bother to test anything you should close it

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:38 AM

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ok

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still dont work but im going to try a live environment to isolate the problem

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when i find my flash drive

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:40 AM

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is it bluetooth or a usb dongle

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:40 AM

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my mic is a usb external mic

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:40 AM

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ah I had figured it for a headset sorry

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:41 AM

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no problem thanks for the help

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im going to burn a new install to a flash drive to test to see if it works

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:41 AM

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presumably if you can hear yourself on audacity it certainly will

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what changes did you make to the default config?

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:42 AM

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sample rate becuse i got new audio equipment and i wanted to here higher fedelity music.

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:42 AM

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default is to have only pipewire and connect to pulseaudio compatible things with pipewire-pulse

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I would be personally shocked if you could hear the difference

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:43 AM

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i might have installed or screawed with something weird

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:43 AM

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what does inxi -A say?

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also systemctl status pipewire-pulse

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:43 AM

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oh pipewire pulse could not be found

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i thought it was installed

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:44 AM

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actually it says its running on the inxi output above

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:45 AM

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but why does it say could not be found

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:45 AM

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do wonder why jack is runnign

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:45 AM

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i thought i needed that on so i turned it on but is says its off i think

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:45 AM

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my understanding was that pipewire could stand in for pulse and jack and jack was no longer needed

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:47 AM

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tried a diffrent command

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:47 AM

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pgrep pipewire-pulse

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:47 AM

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says 1506

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:47 AM

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yep its running

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before you changed anything did your mic work out of the box

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:48 AM

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i dont remember becuse i dont use often, when i first upgraded with piepwire nothing worked and im not sure what i did but audio started to work but no mic

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i started a few services and audio started working

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then i forgot about it until i started to use discord

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:49 AM

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I think your inclination to test with the live environment is the correct one

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:49 AM

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yeah its a slow flash drive all let you know if it works

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:50 AM

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by the by your browser isn't also a flatpak is it?

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:50 AM

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no default firefox

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i think

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yeah firefox is not on flatseal

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:51 AM

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so your mic has not a button but a "tap to mute function" and you are sure its not muted

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:51 AM

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yeah becuse i can see that right now and i heard my voice in adacity and the level meter in pavcontrol

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:51 AM

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if I read this correctly this will set the indicator light to indidate mute status

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and you are sure you gave it permission to see the mic?

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:52 AM

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in firefox?

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:52 AM

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yes

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 4:52 AM

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im sure

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it said it was selected i click yes

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im going to try to boot in live envierment now

tranquil cobalt Dec 30, 2024, 4:53 AM

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very odd

cyan sleet Dec 30, 2024, 5:08 AM

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tranquil cobalt very odd

so the live envierment showed that it worked flawlessly with no issues, miced worked, audio worked, discord and firefox got mic working

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i notice only piepwire was running nothing else

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idk if i should risk uninstalling everything else but pipewire

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YO I FIXED IT

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i uninstalled everything related to pipewire, then linux replaced the server with pulse, rebooted, reinstalled pipewire, turned off and masked pulse and activated pipewire. i know glides arnt recommended but i used this one: https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-configure-pipewire-linux/

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Thank you @tranquil cobalt for your help!

#mic and audio not working with discord on linux mint 22 when switched to pipewire.