Xpra: Ticket #1219: microphone from client

I want to send client microphone to server so that program on server (called quisk) can use for microphone input.

Ubuntu 16.04 on both computers. one an Intel based system, other is Arm64

Both running xpra0.17.2

server start string xpra start :100 && DISPLAY=:100 pavucontrol && DISPLAY=:100 quiskR

client string xpra attach ssh:kc7noa@MyAddress:100 --microphone=on



Sat, 04 Jun 2016 05:44:48 GMT - kc7noa: attachment set

this is the xpra bug repot tool


Sat, 04 Jun 2016 05:49:43 GMT - kc7noa:

quiskR is an alias that i setup to run the quisk program

Iv tried using "--microphone=on" on both client and server string ... to get client microphone as a selectable source for quisk.

Quisk version is 4.05


Sat, 04 Jun 2016 05:52:15 GMT - Antoine Martin: owner changed

Please post the server log and client output when running with -d gstreamer, and the output from xpra _sound_query.


Sat, 04 Jun 2016 05:59:54 GMT - kc7noa: attachment set

quisk input device shown in black box


Sat, 04 Jun 2016 06:00:34 GMT - kc7noa: attachment set

server output device list


Sat, 04 Jun 2016 10:05:49 GMT - Antoine Martin: description changed

@kc7noa: this is not the information that was requested, see comment:2.

Also, why are you not launching pavucontrol using --start=pavucontrol? If you start child processed yourself, they will not inherit all the environment that is setup by the server. Best to start an xterm and start your application from there, at least for testing.


Sat, 04 Jun 2016 14:22:51 GMT - kc7noa:

Do you want -d gstreamer & xpra _sound_query from client or server ... ill do server first. will be done from a plain ssh with no x forwarding


Sat, 04 Jun 2016 14:28:30 GMT - kc7noa: attachment set

xpra _sound_query @server


Sat, 04 Jun 2016 14:40:05 GMT - kc7noa: attachment set

client connect with microphone=on -d gestreamer


Sat, 04 Jun 2016 14:42:02 GMT - kc7noa: attachment set

Client xpra sound query


Sat, 04 Jun 2016 14:57:01 GMT - kc7noa:

starting server with -d gstreamer gives no output


Sat, 04 Jun 2016 17:36:56 GMT - kc7noa:

Ill also add .. that using the --microphone=on on client shows up in clients pavucontrol but not server side.


Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:52:22 GMT - Antoine Martin: milestone changed

Milestone renamed


Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:09:45 GMT - Antoine Martin: milestone changed

Another Ubuntu-only issue? I don't have time for this... re-scheduling.

See also #1141, #1266.


Mon, 22 Jan 2018 05:54:06 GMT - Antoine Martin: milestone changed

Is this still a problem?


Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:20:17 GMT - Antoine Martin: status changed; resolution set

Closing as per email response: kc7noa cannot test.


Sat, 23 Jan 2021 05:18:14 GMT - migration script:

this ticket has been moved to: https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/issues/1219