I recently put together three video conferencing stations using Polycom hardware and software. Even though their hardware requires me to use the "Line In" port on my sound card, their software changes it to "Microphone" every time the application is run. The really stupid thing is that there is no setting in the options menu to change this behavior. It is hard coded into the program.
I've been talking back and forth with Polycom for a couple weeks now and cannot get a straight answer as to why their software is programmed to do this. And when I submitted a "Feature Request" form, they responded back that they have no plans to change this behavior. And nobody I've spoken to seems able to put me in touch with the programmers to be able to ask them why they set the software to do this. :|
As it stands now, a person would have to start the Polycom software, go into the Volume Properties, go to Options, then Recording, then click Ok, then change the selected input to Line In and finally exit the Recording Properties window. To me, this is simply annoying. To some of the non-computer literate people in my office, this would be relatively impossible.
So now I am forced to find a solution on my own. One idea I had is that a small script could be set to execute automatically after the Polycom software is run. This script would wait approximately 5 seconds after the polycom executable is run and then it would change the soundcard's input to "Line In".
As I said, I am not a programmer so I thought I would ask in here if this would feasible and, if so, would it be relatively simple? If someone here has knowledge of how to do this and would be willing to assist me with it, I would be extremely grateful. Perhaps some bit of hardware or a small Paypal donation? I'm creating these on my own and won't be compensated for any hardware or money I put into creating them (I've already donated the three S.B. Live cards that are in them). But I am willing to put some of my own $ towards creating them if it means our employees might be able to save themselves an 800 mile roundtrip drive for a 1 hour meeting. 😛
(and yes, it has happened on multiple occasions)
Thank you.
Creig
I've been talking back and forth with Polycom for a couple weeks now and cannot get a straight answer as to why their software is programmed to do this. And when I submitted a "Feature Request" form, they responded back that they have no plans to change this behavior. And nobody I've spoken to seems able to put me in touch with the programmers to be able to ask them why they set the software to do this. :|
As it stands now, a person would have to start the Polycom software, go into the Volume Properties, go to Options, then Recording, then click Ok, then change the selected input to Line In and finally exit the Recording Properties window. To me, this is simply annoying. To some of the non-computer literate people in my office, this would be relatively impossible.
So now I am forced to find a solution on my own. One idea I had is that a small script could be set to execute automatically after the Polycom software is run. This script would wait approximately 5 seconds after the polycom executable is run and then it would change the soundcard's input to "Line In".
As I said, I am not a programmer so I thought I would ask in here if this would feasible and, if so, would it be relatively simple? If someone here has knowledge of how to do this and would be willing to assist me with it, I would be extremely grateful. Perhaps some bit of hardware or a small Paypal donation? I'm creating these on my own and won't be compensated for any hardware or money I put into creating them (I've already donated the three S.B. Live cards that are in them). But I am willing to put some of my own $ towards creating them if it means our employees might be able to save themselves an 800 mile roundtrip drive for a 1 hour meeting. 😛
(and yes, it has happened on multiple occasions)
Thank you.
Creig
