CSS messing with mic's

[[9]Kannabis]

well today after going into Teamspeak, i tried too talk but somehow i couldnt. my mic is fine,new, mic was on, plugged in and it was set too whisper yet no 'green light'

so i went into css and there was this bar named "voice transmit volume". it was set too 0 so i raised it up too 100%. i went bak too teamspeak and it was working agian....only for 5 minutes. my mic doesnt work now for some reason.

anyone else getting this problem

 

[OCybrManO]

Open your Volume Control menu (double-click on the speaker icon in the system tray or run "sndvol32.exe" if the speaker isn't showing up) and check the mic volume through there next time. If it isn't one of the sliders go to Options -> Properties and select Recording instead of Playback. I bet CSS is just changing the mic volume through Windows.

 

[TopDog]

My mic has been acting strange lately too.

it will be working fine one second, the next it wont work atall. it works my end (can hear myself blowing etc) but people via vent suddenly cant hear it anymore, green light just plays.

I thought it was windows being queer because it works after a reboot.

Its random when it just decides not to work all of a sudden.

Wierd

 

[Agret]

You might be lagging ^_^

 

[FragginNewby]

Actually, I think this is an update issue with Steam/CSS - I never had any problems with my microphone or Teamspeak prior to a STEAM/CSS update in mid-December or thereabouts. Suddenly, my mic is constantly muted in TS and Windows is telling me I can't record using the mic, "unsupported format" is the error message.

I have been to the Teamspeak forums and posted there as well, but I get the same ol' "check your mic settings" and all that kinda basic advise... which, obviously, is not working. I have moved my soundcard to another PCI slot, I have bought another soundcard, I changed headphones/mic and bought yet another set... NOTHING WORKS!

So, I reformat my system... reinstall Windows, chipset drivers, and all the updates. Then I reinstall Call of Duty (and United Offensive), then reinstall Teamspeak... everything works fine, no problems at all. I reboot, still no problems, I install a few other minor programs, still no problems... I reinstall STEAM and CSS, start CSS just to make sure it's working, then go to play CoD:UO with my friends, startup Teamspeak again and suddenly I'm right back to where I was before the reformat... my mic and recording system are borked yet again... GG

If anyone involved in the creation of this "software" or "game" reads these forums, you really should check into this... some people may be getting a little pissed off about wasting their money on a game that trashes their systems.

Specs:

XFX KT400-ANB mobo w/latest chipset drivers from XFX website
AMD XP3000+ cpu (stock speeds, no overclocking)
Creative 24-bit SoundBlaster (also tried Live 5.1 card)
NVIDIA XF5500 w/256 MB RAM
1GB DDR 333Mhz RAM
Windows 2000 Pro (SP4 and all updates)

I guess I have no choice but to reformat... wonder if these jokers will refund my money - or better yet, pay me for having to reformat my system because of their borked updates?

 

[Agret]

I have not had any of the problems you describe. Mine runs perfectly. Maybe you need to get the latest drivers for your cards or maybe you have voice_enable 0 inside CS.

 

[FragginNewby]

I have the latest drivers for everything on my system...

 

[karibu]

i have similar problems, but its the other way round. everyone in ts can hear me but their voices are all choppy. only happens with css - all other games work properly. cant figure out why...

 

[massivechicken]

Similar probs here too.

I set the recording device to MIC in windows (control panel), it all works fine. When i launch CS:S...the mic works for one map...then when the map changes, the mic stops working.

On exit I find that CS:S has muted the recording device, and also changed it to WAV instead of MIC.

To put it simply....CS:S actively resets the windows recording device.

I've got an Audigy 2 ZS pro and all the latest drivers and whatnot.

 

[FragginNewby]

Steam/CSS screwed up my entire system ... it's not just when I'm running Steam or playing CSS; I mean I installed Steam, installed CSS, loaded CSS ONE TIME and lost all recording abilities on my computer via microphone. Checked all the windows settings, reset defaults via Creative software, nothing fixes it once it got borked.

I've reinstalled everything (read previous post) and now have to reformat again to fix it (AGAIN). Thanks, Steam... I haven't had to reformat my computer in 2 years prior to buying this software, now it's going to be twice in as many weeks. GG

 

[Agret]

FragginNewby you shouldn't have to re-format your computer just re-install windows it should be alright. Steam is a POS. I dont know why you guys lose your recording it's very strange as it works fine for me and all my friends. I notice a few of you have Sound Blaster Live sound cards. Apparently they have a lot of incompatiblity.

 

[FragginNewby]

Agret, as strange as it sounds, I tried that before reformatting and that didn't work, either... it's frustrating as hell. I'm going to try it again this weekend because reformatting is such a pain in the ass, but I think after just reinstalling everything Saturday, I'll still end up reformatting sunday before watching the Patriots whoop my hometown Eagles :thumbs:

[edit]
You'd think that the most popular brand of soundcards on the market would have fewer problems, wouldn't you? ;(

 

[massivechicken]

The soundcards are fine - it's the fact that source is fiddling with the settings that is the problem.