I'm unable to use any audio input devices on linux despite them being available

[JasoonS]

OS: popos 22.04 (an ubuntu flavour).
Whispering version: v4.8.0
Installed using .deb package.

When I start whispering and click record (or press shortcut) I get a message like this:

In the terminal I get the following:

❯ whispering

** (whispering:212598): WARNING **: 18:40:54.821: webkit_settings_set_enable_offline_web_application_cache is deprecated and does nothing.
Audio capture was requested but no device was found amongst 2 devices
IntConstraint 7, min -1, max -1, exact -1, ideal 16000
BooleanConstraint 9, exact -1, ideal 1

No devices show in the dropdown menu either:

Side note: I was unable to run this using the AppImage. I get a white screen and the following in the terminal:

❯ ./whispering_4.8.0_amd64.AppImage
GStreamer element appsink not found. Please install it
GStreamer element autoaudiosink not found. Please install it

(WebKitWebProcess:215396): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 18:45:23.006: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(WebKitWebProcess:215396): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 18:45:23.006: g_signal_connect_data: assertion 'G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

Thank you very much for your effort on this app, I'm eager to try it out and get it working 🫶

[JasoonS]

I tried to debug this by running the code locally and give Suitable permissions to the program. But I wasn't able to.

I tried two things.

Firstly I ran the script in both a normal browser and the inspect console of the app:

   navigator.mediaDevices.enumerateDevices().then(devices => {
     console.log(devices);
 }).catch(err => {
     console.error(err);
 });

I got no devices in whisperring, but multiple in firefox + chrome.

Secondly - I added my user to the 'audio' group. sudo usermod -aG audio $USER That didn't help either.

[Arche151]

@braden-w I was finally able to get Whispering to launch on Ubuntu 22.04, by installing the .deb of version 5.1.1, but I have the same issue described here, unfortunately. Also, the window for Whispering's settings can't be moved around.

But seems at least like we're getting closer to a working Linux version :D

[noboomu]

I've made some progress on this. Seems to be an Ubuntu issue where the permissions for the gstreamer plugins are messed up. The autoaudiosink plugin should be standard and available to all users but it looks like it's exclusive to the root user for some reason. I'll let you know if I make any breakthroughs.

[filiptrplan]

I've made some progress on this. Seems to be an Ubuntu issue where the permissions for the gstreamer plugins are messed up. The autoaudiosink plugin should be standard and available to all users but it looks like it's exclusive to the root user for some reason. I'll let you know if I make any breakthroughs.

Did you figure anything out?