OS X :: Skype Auto Adjusts Microphone Volume By Itself?
Nov 7, 2007
In the Windows version of Skype there is an option to disable Skype's auto-adjusting of the microphone volume.
But in the Mac OS X version it seems it takes over and will adjust your microphone volume, without even asking, and there is no option to turn this off.
...Or is there? My audio volume keeps lowering itself while in a game, and the only way to put it back is to go into System Preferences and raise it up. However I watch the volume slider go back down by itself because of Skype.
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Apr 26, 2012
I have a hard time with skype conversation and rosetta stone speech recognition. Since I started using Rosetta Stone 3.4.5, People i'm talking with on skype complains that they don't hear me well, everything was fine untill I installed this software. The microphone doesn't emit as much volume as it should be and I believe rosetta stone is responsible for the differences in output volume.
I tested the microphone in garage band and I don't hear my voice normaly unless I start shouting out loud.
Or maybe the built-in microphone is too old and it's not working as good as it was before ?
My macbook is running on MAC OSX 10.6.8
Processor: 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 duo
Memory: 4 go 1067 MHz DDR 3
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Skype, Rosetta Stone
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The Optura, with a wide-angle lens attached, gives us a wider field of view than our external iSight, making it more useful for showing off our newborn, from the comfort of our living room (without having to huddle around the MBP), to friends and family currently far afield. (Plus, since the Mini in question is our media server, we can Skype via our HDTV.)
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