mic broken, will buying an external mic be okay?

shizwhizz · shizwhizz #1 (**permalink**)

10-24-2010, 11:29 AM

Yeah what it says on the tin really. My mic is broken, the sound isn't showing up if I record videos in photobooth or if I talk to people on skype.

I think it happened because I dropped my macbook, and the charger port was damaged, so I put it in for repair and when i got it back ....no sound. I don't think it happened during the fall because I had sound at the time. I think it happened when they were fixing it.

The thing is, I was planning on buying a new webcam anyway, I skype a lot and I was wanting something that was better quality than i-sight.

So if I buy a webcam with a built in mic, will this work even if my internal mic is broken?
I will take it in for repairs again anyway but cannot at the moment as dont have too much money at the moment, it is not in warrenty anymore, and i need to have sound as soon as possible.

thanks for the help guys.

EggrollShop · EggrollShop #2 (**permalink**)

10-24-2010, 12:31 PM

In theory yes as long as the webcam has mac compatible software. You could also just buy an external mic and plug it in to the mic/audio in port but since you didn't mention what mac you have I'll have to assume you have that port

I unfortunately am not sure which webcams would work however maybe someone can shed some light?

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shizwhizz #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 20, 2010 Posts: 5	10-24-2010, 11:29 AM Yeah what it says on the tin really. My mic is broken, the sound isn't showing up if I record videos in photobooth or if I talk to people on skype. I think it happened because I dropped my macbook, and the charger port was damaged, so I put it in for repair and when i got it back ....no sound. I don't think it happened during the fall because I had sound at the time. I think it happened when they were fixing it. The thing is, I was planning on buying a new webcam anyway, I skype a lot and I was wanting something that was better quality than i-sight. So if I buy a webcam with a built in mic, will this work even if my internal mic is broken? I will take it in for repairs again anyway but cannot at the moment as dont have too much money at the moment, it is not in warrenty anymore, and i need to have sound as soon as possible. thanks for the help guys.
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EggrollShop #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 14, 2008 Location: New New Posts: 56 Mac Specs: Macbook Pro 17" (Late 2008) C2D 2.6Ghz, 4Gb DDR2, Nvidia 8600m GT 512 \| Iphone 4 32GB \| Ipad 2 WiFi	10-24-2010, 12:31 PM In theory yes as long as the webcam has mac compatible software. You could also just buy an external mic and plug it in to the mic/audio in port but since you didn't mention what mac you have I'll have to assume you have that port I unfortunately am not sure which webcams would work however maybe someone can shed some light?
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