Is your "Record as" list empty as my, and 'gnome-audio-profiles- properties' show something in list? I look is my Bug #1411973 is same as your or no.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-media in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335504 Title: Sound Recorder completely non-functional Status in gnome-media package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The "Sound Recorder" application does not appear to function as a way to record sound. The application appears to do nothing usefull at all. Ubuntu 14.04 $ apt-cache policy gnome-media gnome-media: Installed: 3.4.0-1ubuntu2 Candidate: 3.4.0-1ubuntu2 Version table: *** 3.4.0-1ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-media/+bug/1335504/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp