Built in Mic and Cam not working in Oracle VM 4

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czvp
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Built in Mic and Cam not working in Oracle VM 4

Post by czvp »

i have a linux host with oracle vm 4 running windows 7.
skype doesnt recognize my built in mic or webcam in the VM.
i have sony vaio notebook that isnt over 6 months old so everything is up to date.
does anyone have a solution for my problem?
its bugging me like crazy :(
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Re: Built in Mic and Cam not working in Oracle VM 4

Post by Perryg »

Did you also install the Extension Pack? How to install Extension Pack
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Re: Built in Mic and Cam not working in Oracle VM 4

Post by czvp »

Perryg wrote:Did you also install the Extension Pack? How to install Extension Pack

yes sir i have
maybe im not doing the settings right for the usb options
i checked both of the options but do i need to add something
i notice it says add an usb filter, i didnt do that.
what does that mean???
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Re: Built in Mic and Cam not working in Oracle VM 4

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Perryg wrote:Did you also install the Extension Pack? How to install Extension Pack
I have built in cam working now on skype, but my built in microphone is still not detected, any other suggestions???
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Re: Built in Mic and Cam not working in Oracle VM 4

Post by czvp »

Well ill be i found out was wrong.
For the built in cam and built in mic i had to enable the USB settings in the virtual box before you boot the OS.
The cam started working automatically and the mic was showing in the audio settings but i couldnt get it to move when i said something, even when i turned everything thing up (inside the virtual box)
The problem was that the LINUX host i'm using had my microphone MUTED!!!!!!!! :((((((
All these months i've spent googling and messing with this thing when i knew it was there. \
I kept telling myself how is it listed and detected but not recording me.
I was messing up by only checking the settings on the VB in windows 7
This afternoon i finally checked the settings on linux after reading a reply from someone.
You should have seen my face when I noticed it was muted lol
Well i hope this information helps someone else.
Thanks for all the replies, Bye.
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Re: Built in Mic and Cam not working in Oracle VM 4

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