preventing microphone output to speakers
 

Hello all,

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this question or not, but I'm trying to figure out how to keep the microphone in my laptop from directing output through my speakers whenever I am using it to record. It seems that this is the default behavior in linux, and I'd like to change it so that it doesn't do this. I have an AC97 chip in the laptop and I'm using alsa to control it.

Thank you

Re-read the post, please disregard...

My mic doesn't do that. Check your mixer settings.

Yeah, I know how to do that, but I was wondering if there was a way to keep the microphone output from going to the speakers when I am using it? I find it annoying and unnecessary.

But again, the way to do that is to check your mixer settings. Use alsamixer for example, and mute the mic playback volume.

Ok, now I get it. I get mike input so long as capture is on, and the microphone outputs to the speaker when it is unmuted. I should have spent more time playing with it. My mistake.

Thank you