hushboard: Fails to mute microphone (when there are multiple mics)

$ snap info hushboard
name:      hushboard
summary:   Mute your microphone while you’re typing
publisher: Stuart Langridge (sil)
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/hushboard
contact:   https://kryogenix.org/
license:   unset
description: |
  Never listen to the thundering sounds of someone typing on a video call
  ever again!
  
  Well, nobody who talks to _you_ will have to listen to it. If you don’t
  want to listen to it either, encourage your friends and colleagues to
  install Hushboard. While you’re typing, your mic is muted. When you stop,
  it unmutes again. That’s it.
commands:
  - hushboard
snap-id:      FutbZuCUuNqaZgM0opJeyicf9ghfpMwM
tracking:     latest/edge
refresh-date: today at 11:18 ACDT
channels:
  latest/stable:    0+git.fe18d39 2021-01-07  (6) 184kB -
  latest/candidate: ↑                                   
  latest/beta:      ↑                                   
  latest/edge:      0+git.e195307 2021-01-07 (13) 184kB -
installed:          0+git.e195307            (13) 184kB -

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 20.10
Release:	20.10
Codename:	groovy

$ snap connections hushboard
Interface                 Plug                       Slot                             Notes
audio-playback            hushboard:audio-playback   :audio-playback                  -
content[gnome-3-34-1804]  hushboard:gnome-3-34-1804  gnome-3-34-1804:gnome-3-34-1804  -
content[gtk-3-themes]     hushboard:gtk-3-themes     gtk-common-themes:gtk-3-themes   -
content[icon-themes]      hushboard:icon-themes      gtk-common-themes:icon-themes    -
content[sound-themes]     hushboard:sound-themes     gtk-common-themes:sound-themes   -
desktop                   hushboard:desktop          :desktop                         -
desktop-legacy            hushboard:desktop-legacy   :desktop-legacy                  -
gsettings                 hushboard:gsettings        :gsettings                       -
opengl                    hushboard:opengl           :opengl                          -
wayland                   hushboard:wayland          :wayland                         -
x11                       hushboard:x11              :x11                             -

See the attached video - let me know if I can help debug further…

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/56540/103961132-c0237380-51a3-11eb-8a6c-b1aecb0cdb4f.mp4

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 3 years ago
Comments: 17 (9 by maintainers)

Commits related to this issue

Multiple active mics Seems that people do have more than one active mic at once. So, mute them all, as per bug #6, rather than taking the cowardly approach of throwing up one's hands and refusing to d... — committed to stuartlangridge/hushboard by stuartlangridge 3 years ago

Most upvoted comments

Ok no worries - I sent a PR just in case you still want to go down that route - thanks again for this excellent tool - it is very neat.

alexmurray on Jan 8, 2021

I don’t want to make it configurable; hushboard is deliberately and intentionally simple, because it’s meant to do one thing. If people have to fiddle with configuration then it’s a Terrible Linux Tool 😃

I will make it mute all the active microphones and we’ll see if anyone dislikes that 😃 New build coming shortly…

stuartlangridge on Jan 8, 2021