Microphone not working in steam

JSTGamer · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 4:57 am Post subject: Microphone not working in steam

Hi,
I have a AOpen Cobra AW-840 sound card.
When in windows my mic works fine but it will not work in steam. When i go to the voice tab in DoD and test my mic it will not pick up sound. I have no idea to whether this is a .cfg problem or not but it is getting frustrating. Aopen's website says it also supports Full Duplex http://usa.aopen.com/products/sound/aw840.htm

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Bada Bing · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 6:46 am Post subject:

bind "key" "+voicerecord" in userconfig.cfg
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Stevo · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 11:07 am Post subject:

I think it should be muted in Windows for it to work in DoD. Then try it.
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Jfet Zener · Server Admin Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 3353

first, does steam show you as talking when you press the microphone key? (it shows your name on the right in a red or green box..just like when others talk)

if it does, open up volume controls, go options | properties. choose recording. hit ok. make sure that your microphone is selected. it shouldnt matter if your mic is muted or not (under the playback setting) thats jsut whether you hear your own voice through your speakers or not...i recommend muted so you dont get any feedback.

JSTGamer · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 1:09 pm Post subject:

It will not show my name when I push the key that i have binded for it.

Thanks for the responds.

Stevo · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 2:51 pm Post subject:

Wasn't he saying that it didn't pick up in Options? If so, it isn't a bind problem.
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Clay Pigeon · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 3:58 pm Post subject:

Soundcards have to be full duplex to allow for microphone usage in game.

JSTGamer · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:23 pm Post subject:

Aopen's website says that my sound card has Full Duplex, so I don't think it is my problem unless it is not working correctly. Would there be any way to enable\disable it? My sound card is also newer than the one on thier webisite because it had a newer driver included than what was on the site, it is half the size of the one in the picture, and it has a high bar-code #(I'm guessing it is newer from those things).

I tried to use it in CS as a mod to half-life (i didn't go through steam) and it still did not work. Would deleting all of it's driver and reinstalling them help? I am sick of typing to my team when they need info fast.

Thanks for the help so far, if you need any more info please ask.

JSTGamer · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2004 12:56 pm Post subject:

YA!

I got my mic to work in steam, it took a few resets of the bios, old drivers and it works. Thank you all for you help.