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Issue with mic input on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS since upgrading to Zoom 5.10.4 (2845)

  • May 20, 2022
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Hello,

 

I've hit an issue since upgrading to Zoom 5.10.4 (or it appears) that rebooting nor removing and re-installing Zoom fixed.

 

Historically, I could set my System Audio out to my "Headphones - Built-in Audio" and my Mic to "Headset Microphone - Built-in Audio" and leave Zoom at "System Settings" for both and it would just work.
After a recent upgrade, the "Headset Microphone - Build-in Audio" doesn't work or will work briefly if I set Zoom to use another Mic input setting and flip back to "System Setting". The weird thing is I can see the volume bar for what's being picked up by my headset Mic move as I talk in the Setting -> Sound in Ubuntu, but in the "Test Audio in Zoom it will quit and the input volume bar will show absolutely nothing. Switching to another device and back tends to resolve this for about 5 seconds.

I also noticed under the Zoom audio settings, my "Headset Microphone - Build-in Audio" no long appears in the "Select Mic" option dropdown, nor does the "Headphones - Built-in Audio" appear in the Speaker selection drop down although *both* appear in the Ubuntu audio selections list. If I plug in my USB Webcam I can see that show up in both my Ubuntu sound settings and Zoom as a mic input, and the same holds true for my USB Speakers.

I can't figure out where this issue is coming from so I can't resolve it, and it's extremely annoying not being able to use my headset to chat in Zoom sessions, anyone have any ideas/solutions?

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    rrossman2Author
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    May 20, 2022

    I forgot to mention, it also appears the "Blur" option for the video background doesn't appear to work either. If I select it, my camera image just goes gray and stays there or freezes up, but if I go back to "None" the camera works fine. This worked fine in the prior version I was running.

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    rrossman2Author
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    May 25, 2022

    Even after having upgraded to the newest release just the other day, the issue persists.

    I did notice, however, if I leave the "Zoom Settings" screen open (I left it open with the "Audio settings" selected), I could mute, unmute, and talk fine. However, if I closed the settings, then if I unmuted and attempted to talk, no one could hear me and going back into the Audio Settings would show my Mic Input level was "stuck" and didn't move as I talked. If I flipped to a different audio input source and then back to "Same as system", my audio worked again and stayed working as long as I left the Zoom Settings screen open.

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      jordan-enev
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      July 11, 2022

      Exactly the same issue.

      Today I've upgraded to the latest version (5.11.1 (3595)) and will check if the problem still persist.

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      Arandor
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      August 2, 2022

      Same problem here: Zoom 5.11.1 (3595) + POP! OS - 22.04 LTS

       


      Same issue. Zoom 5.11.1 + Arch Linux - 5.18.9-arch1-1.

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      mpeterson
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      September 28, 2022

      Same issue as all the other reporters and I've rechecked on at least 4 different upgrades - most recently 5.12.0 (4682).

       

      Someone from Zoom needs to reply to this issue and at least let us know if it's known and being addressed. It's nice you have a new logo and all, but, come on, as a remote worker in 2022, Zoom is an integral part of my job. It's not really a satisfactory solution for linux users to just use the browser interface forever.

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        mpeterson
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        October 12, 2022

        Same issue in 5.12.2 (4816)

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          mpeterson
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          November 7, 2022

          Miracle of miracles, this appears, so far, to be fixed in 5.12.6 (173) (at least on ubuntu 22.04)

           

          The release notes include "Resolved an issue regarding the mic input level getting stuck" but not sure if they're referring to this issue

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            rrossman2Author
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            November 7, 2022

            Oh man, I've gotten so use to just leaving my "Settings" open and minimized so I can mute/unmute and maintain working audio I haven't been remembering to check if it's been fixed.
            I'll give this a go as well Wednesday morning and report back as well.

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