On Tue, 2020-11-10 at 15:09 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 11/10/20 9:49 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> I occasionally participate in Zoom calls using my Android tablet, and
> everything Just Works(tm). I'd like to do the same on my desktop with
> Fedora, but despite testing three different cheap webcams the big issue
> is always with the sound. I can hear the other people perfectly, and
> the video is fine, but the audio from my side is muddy and nearly
> impossible to understand. I've tried with and without headphones in
> case it's a feedback issue (though not using the headphone mic). It
> doesn't make any difference. Surely not all the webcam mics can be so
> bad? How would anyone ever use them?
I've use Zoom and Teams on my Fedora laptop. Using the builtin webcam
and laptop microphone, I haven't had any complaints about the audio.
More recently, I've been using a headset and that's been fine too. I
would definitely recommend a headset over the webcam mic. I didn't
realize that external webcams generally even had microphones.
A good test would be to use audacity to record some audio and then you
can see for yourself what it sounds like.
Already did that (using Cheese and Zoom).
poc