Can you please try the following: 1) Install pavucontrol, e g in synaptic package manager
2) start it from the command line or from the menu 3) Start audacity and then start recording 4) Go to the "recording" tab and see if the correct sound card (i e your webcam) is selected for Audacity. ** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- Microphone on USB webcam not recognised by Sound Recorder https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/612245 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs