Most videoconferencing interfaces allow you to select the source, but
selecting the right interface in the zoom web interface doesn't help.
Somehow the audio stream that for example pavucontrol sees doesn't
seem to reach the browser.

    Julf

On 18/04/2025 17:37, Ludovic Bellière via Dng wrote:
> I'm pretty sure the issue stems from the browser not being exposed to the right
> device at the right time. When I have a mic plugged in, the device isn't exposed
> until it is requested. Even so, running kwave, there's a bunch of different
> devices I can chose from, from which 2 are input and one is for the backpanel
> while the other is the frontpanel.
>
> When I did the test with discord, switching profiles in pavucontrol, a bunch of
> different devices got listed in the apps. The default device being "Monitor of
> XXX". I suspect firefox is listening to the backpanel port (as default), and me
> wiggling the profiles around exposed the active frontpanel device.
>
> As you pointed out, there seems to be a greater involvment from the DE than
> pipewire itself. Pipewire only does the audio, it doesn't really handle where
> the pipe goes. As in, it just does what the software using audio is telling it
> to do.
>
> So the effective difference between your laptop and desktop experience would be
> the amount of port available and how your DE handle them.
>

> Cheers,
>                   Ludovic

>
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2025, Johan Helsingius wrote:
>
>> Stranger and stranger - I don't have this problem on my laptop that is
>> also running Daedalus with pipewire. All pipewire libraries and programs
>> seem to be the same version on both the laptop and the desktop. Only
>> major difference is the deskytop manager / environment. Xfce on
>> the desktop, lightdm on the laptop.
>>

>>     Julf

>>
>> On 17/04/2025 09:54, Ludovic Bellière via Dng wrote:
>>> Hello Julf,
>>>
>>> Please install qpwgraph and make sure the capture is linked to the browser.
>>>
>>> Other than that, make sure your system can record sound. Open kwave or OBS and
>>> do a sound check. Avoid audacity, seems to be temperous and will fuck with your
>>> pipewire, forcing you to restart.
>>>

>>> Cheers,
>>>               Ludovic

>>>
>>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2025, Johan Helsingius via Dng wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am running Daedalus with pipewire.
>>>> Suddenly, for some reason, all my video conferencing has
>>>> lost ability to sens audio. Pavucontrol shows audio
>>>> coming in from mic, but using web browser with any
>>>> teleconferencing app such as zoom fails, with my
>>>> voice not being heard.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions for what could be wrong?
>>>>

>>>>     Julf

>>>>
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