XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 12/7/2025 8:29 PM, micky wrote:   
   > The submect line says it all!   
   >   
   > whatsapp "could not find a connected microphone"   
   >   
   > Whatsapp for win11, fully updated including 25H2. Since I'm asking you   
   > to speculate, I'm sending this to win10 too.  They speculate as well as   
   > 11 people do!   
   >   
   > I've checked my permissions and of course the microphone is permitted or   
   > audio calls would not work. I've uninstalled and reinstalled. After   
   > reinstalling, when I tried to make a video call it gave me the same   
   > message, "whatsapp could not find a connected microphone" and when I   
   > tried an audio call it said it needed permission to use the microphone,   
   > and provided a button to grant itself permission. I did that, but then   
   > the video call *still* said it was not connected to the microphone. How   
   > can that be? At least how can it be for me and not everyone? Isn't being   
   > connected a sort of base-line status that's established when a program   
   > is loaded and before one tries to make a call?   
   >   
   > I'm not sure I've ever made a video call. I have received one and the   
   > audio worked fine then. That was several weeks ago. I can ask someone to   
   > video call me again if you want to know what happens.   
      
   Is this using the laptop webcam ? Does it have a microphone ? Does it even   
   work ???   
   (My laptop has a Prince Of Darkness webcam.)   
      
   How is the Whatsapp implemented ?   
   Is it a Metro.App ?   
   Is it a web page you visit and you're using WebRTC in the browser to make the   
   call ?   
      
   We still do need a little more of your fabulous color   
   commentary to figure out whatsbroke.app . Some of these   
   services have multiple "solutions" to using them, and   
   they can have the usual matrix of brokenness.   
      
   Not even attempting to record your webcam, might be sufficient proof of   
   working.   
      
   Some conference applications, there are selectors for video choice   
   kept separate from audio source.   
      
   *******   
      
      Scroll to 1:57 here, and go full screen, for a selection pic   
      
        (  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6To3Cnhu04  )   
      
   Even when you select a source, the gain control has to be set high enough   
   for the job. Notice there is a test recording button on that screen, too.   
      
      Paul   
      
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