Sound problem with Webcam Photobooth

[chrisell]

When I use sound prompts and the shutter noise files with Webcam photobooth by Breeze, I'm encountering a strange problem.

Files in question would be ready.wav, 1.wav, taking.wav and the rest.

The prompts are garbled - dragged out to much longer times and they sound like somebody is strangling a cat (theoretical knowledge only, I have actually never strangled a cat).

I eventually figured out that it's because the computer is trying to take in the audio from the Logitech M310 webcam. Last weekend I was able to disable all microphones and sound was restored to normal. This weekend we are back to the strangled cat and I'm not sure how to make a permanent "off position" for the microphones.

Because microphones are built into the same USB connection as the camera I can't just unplug them.

There is also a built-in microphone in the laptop computer's built-in components.

I don't see a provision within the Breeze software for disabling the sound. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Computer is a Samsung small laptop with i3 Core processor, 4 GB RAM, running Windows 7.

[Chris Breeze]

You could try selecting "Devices and Printers" in the Windows Control Panel and then right click on the webcam and select "Sound settings". Next click on the "Recording" tab, select the microphone and click on properties to disable it.
Don't panic if the webcam disappears from the list - you can display it by right clicking and selecting the "Show Disabled Devices" option.

[chrisell]

You could try selecting "Devices and Printers" in the Windows Control Panel and then right click on the webcam and select "Sound settings". Next click on the "Recording" tab, select the microphone and click on properties to disable it.
Don't panic if the webcam disappears from the list - you can display it by right clicking and selecting the "Show Disabled Devices" option.

That solved it! Thanks.