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AndyMM66
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January 23, 2014
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Bad microphone noise on chromebook until mic level adjusted

  • January 23, 2014
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If you use the microphone in flash on a chromebook (latest v32 chrome) the noise levels are very high. To fix this you have to go to settings and any change to the mic level will dramataically reduce that background noise level.

e.g goto http://www.onlinemictest.com/ on a chromebook and see high noise level - right-click flash - settings - adjust mic level - much better!

Seems like a bug.

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AndyMM66Author
Participating Frequently
January 24, 2014

It seems it may be fixed on Chrome Canary but not on dev channel.

Looks very similar to a mac bug with pepper flash player: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=157613

Without headphones plugged in the feedback noise is also terrible.

C_F_McBlob
C_F_McBlob
Inspiring
January 23, 2014

Don't have a Chromebook, but.... using Chrome 32 desktop I can't get PepperFlash to even recognize either of my mics.

Since ChromeBooks use Chrome OS, which is basically an expanded version of Chrome browser, which has PepperFlash embedded by Google... if it has a bug, it's a 50-50 chance it's something Google did to it.

In Firefox, I get no background noise, but then, one of my Mics is in a $80 webcam and the other in a $60 headset. That would lead me to believe it could be ahardware issue with the mic in your Chromebook.

The mic settings should remain where you set them once you do, so it shouldn't be a problem after you've adjusted it.

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