OK, now I am properly confused and scratching my head. Tried a third
browser (librewolf) and with it, the mic actually works in zoom - but
now qpwgraph only shows 2 midi through devices, and nothing else!
Still doesn't work in firefox or brave. Pavucontrol shows all
audio interfaces OK.

    Julf

On 18/04/2025 17:41, Johan Helsingius via Dng wrote:
> 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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