[L4D2] Mic doesn't work

[pizzadude]

Mic works in Steam, TF2, etc, but not L4D2. Testing mic in L4D2 doesn't work either. Everything else works as expected.

Processor Information:
Vendor:  GenuineIntel
Speed: 3201 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading:  Unsupported
FCMOV:  Supported
SSE2:  Supported
SSE3:  Supported
SSSE3:  Supported
SSE4a:  Unsupported
SSE41:  Supported
SSE42:  Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:  

Operating System Version:
Linux Mint 13 Maya (32 bit)
Kernel Name:  Linux
Kernel Version:  3.2.0-41-generic-pae
X Server Vendor:  The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release:  11103000
X Window Manager:  Muffin
Steam Runtime Version:  steam-runtime-release-i386_2013-04-16

Video Card:
Driver:  NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 660/PCIe/SSE2

Driver Version:  4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID:  0x10de
DeviceID:  0x11c0
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 20.04" x 11.26"  (22.95" diag)
                                        50.9cm x 28.6cm  (58.3cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 2048 MB
Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x 

Sound card:
Audio device: VIA VT1708S

Memory:
RAM:  8015 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language:  English
LANG:  en_CA.UTF-8
Microphone:  Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available:  930900 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block:  711187 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:

[Belarrius]

I love you

2013/10/3 davidw-valve notifications@github.com

Thank you for your patience with this issue. I'm looking into it now and a fix should be available soon.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/2390#issuecomment-25583412 .

[sephsplace]

fix this, and i can finally play, playing with no comms is a no from me

[verdegr]

I have the same problem too. Fix it please. (Ubuntu 12.04)

[tnbp]

Oh my god, they fixed it.

[retrry]

My USB mic still doesn't work. I'm guessing that primary mic detection code differs from other games?

[emg81]

I can confirm aforementioned reply about USB mic. I have Plantronix Gamecom 780 headset and have all current updates installed. Mic still doesn't work here also in L4D2 (but works fine in Steam-client). Gentoo ~amd64

[verdegr]

My usb webcam's mic DOES work now.

[doogie544]

If you try to test the mic while not in a game(i.e. while in the game selection menu) it will not show as working, but if you test it in the game it will, at least that is the way mine is working. I have talked to other players so I know for sure that it is working for me. I also use a USB mic (logitech digital).

Not sure if you guys have tried using or test it in game or just in the "start menu" so I thought I would post this, I have no idea why yours might not be working, this was just an attempt to give you some info I noticed about the quirks in the mic support. I seem to recall that Windows users have stated that the mic testing does not work as well, I don't remember where I saw it, it was somewhere in the L4D2 forums when searching about my mic just after installing the game....

[sephsplace]

my Logitech G930 USB mic is still not working in game, where as it works in other titles

[jsgoller1]

Bumping. Having this issue for DoD: Source on Lubuntu

$uname -a Linux Cl0penComputer 3.11.0-12-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 9 16:20:46 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[suore]

I have problem same... but mic is very quete

[egelmex]

mic works in lobby but not in game dod:s on arch using pulse audio.

[grahammitchell]

Same problem. USB Logitech c920 webcam mic doesn't work in Left4Dead2 in-game (or in the lobby). It is detected and works in Steam generally. Doesn't matter whether I use push-to-talk or open mic, it never plays. Speech bubble appears over my head when I push-to-talk, but no sound. I can hear Windows teammates, and they can hear each other.

$ uname -a Linux [redacted] 3.16.0-29-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 15 22:27:29 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Left 4 Dead 2 Build ID: 450951

[tnbp]

Everybody who has problems with a second mic (i.e. that is not connected to their main sound card, like a webcam mic or a USB headset) and is running pulseaudio should check if L4D2 is actually getting its input from that device - or if it is instead using the sound card. Run pavucontrol (if you don't have it: it's probably in a package called pulseaudio-tools or something), go to the "Recording" tab (with L4D2 running in the background, of course!) and set it to capture from your desired input device. If that fixes it, it is not a problem with L4D2. Hope this helps.

[grahammitchell]

In my case, Steam is configured to capture audio from the USB webcam microphone, and that microphone tests correctly in Steam. If Left 4 Dead 2 ignores the Steam setting for audio input, that is a problem with L4D2.

[tnbp]

L4D2 and Steam are different clients to PulseAudio.

[grahammitchell]

It's still a L4D2 bug. It's a Steam game. L4D2 run in Steam should respect the audio source as configured in Steam settings.

But just for the record, the PulseAudio workaround worked for me. Thanks for the suggestion!

[g105b]

+1 this affects most steam games for me

[Finesse]

I have the same problem on OS X 10.11.2. I've found what the reason but I don't know how to solve it. Here what I've found:

• When you enter the game the system microphone input volume is set to zero (see screenshot).
• If you set it to normal level, quit the game and start it again the level will be set to zero again.