Yeah the dot is redundant however the results should be the same for arecord and sox.(force of habit sorry)

Still no capture.
You can hear yourself through the speakers.
It still seems like something is muted or something.
Is pcm muted?( most apps use this channel). Should still get values in sox however.



Im also thinking. Do you have a usb webcam attached with a builtin mic?

Could try alsaconf again.

skellz@skellz-laptop:~/Desktop$ aumix -q
vol 87, 87, P
pcm 74, 74
speaker 27, 27
line 35, 35, P
mic 71, 71, R
cd 0, 0, P
pcm2 100, 100
igain 100, 100
line1 23, 23, P
dig1 0, 0
phin 0, 0, P
phout 0, 0, P
video 0, 0, P

Huge list for amixer

skellz@skellz-laptop:~/Desktop$ amixer
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 55 [87%] [-12.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 55 [87%] [-12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Center',0
Capabilities: volume volume-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: 0 - 15
Mono: 2 [13%]
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Depth',0
Capabilities: volume volume-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: 0 - 15
Mono: 2 [13%]
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [0.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 11 [35%] [-18.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 11 [35%] [-18.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 22 [71%] [-1.50dB] [on]
Front Left: Capture [on]
Front Right: Capture [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2'
Item0: 'Mic1'
Simple mixer control 'Video',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Input',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Output',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 15
Mono: Playback 4 [27%] [-33.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 7 [23%] [-24.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 7 [23%] [-24.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mono Output Select',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Mix' 'Mic'
Item0: 'Mix'
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined penum
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [on]
Front Right: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mix',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'ADC',0
Capabilities: volume cswitch cswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 32767
Front Left: 32767 [100%] Capture [off]
Front Right: 32767 [100%] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'DAC',0
Capabilities: volume cswitch cswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 32767
Front Left: 32768 [100%] Capture [off]
Front Right: 32768 [100%] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]

Yeah I have one, Microsoft Lifecam Cinema

The mic settings seem right. The only thing I'm seeing that might need looking at is Mic Select.

$ alsamixer -c 0

(tab to get to capture settings)
(probably some word there with Select and Mic. change it, to what it's not currently on, see if that helps.)
(Should list "Mic" IMO (not Mic1 and Mic2), as that's the actual capture channel as listed in amixer.)

http://i46.tinypic.com/29yjq1k.png

That's what I see, the mic is red, but idk how to change it. I tried pressing "m" since that's usually what you're supposed to do, but nothing changes

cursor up and down should change a channels value. M turns it on and off, it's a toggle. Left and right move you left and right through items. F1 for help. ESC to exit. Various qwe hotkeys to adjust just left or right channels up with neighboring keys to adjust down. Basically cursor keys, "M", tab, and ESC are all you really need. In alsamixer.

None of those change it though, I've tried just about every key >.<

That looks normal.
The mic select is in playback F3 not capture(in your pic).
Also you could try rebooting with the usb cam unplugged (for troubleshooting).

Oh that's not what I'm using for the mic, I'm using a logitech headset, plugs in like headphones

Did you try switching the mic in alsamixer? It is just to the right of mic boost on my computer.

Also the unplugged usb idea is because on my computer I needed to edit /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf to load in the correct order.

I would get no sound except from my usb cam mic.

Also does this headset have 2 inputs. 1mic and 1headphone?
Or does it only have 1?

I only have 1 usb port on this laptop, and the usb hub that I use isn't recognized on my computer, or I would give the camera a shot.

Only reason I can't use the 1 port is because I have my network adapter plugged in -.-

Oh so the camera isnt plugged in at all?

Not at all, I haven't used it since I switched to linux

Oh how about the mic select in alsamixer

The headset has 1 mic and 1 headphone (sorry didn't see that)

There are two options for Mic Select: Mic 1 & Mic 2
Mic 1 is the one I can hear through the speakers, I can't hear Mic 2 through the speakers though