Windows 10: windows and apps detect external mic, but no apps can 'hear' it

Hi, I'm running Windows 10 on a PC desktop. Windows detects and records sound from my webcam fine. Window detects my other external microphone plugged into the back of the computer, and seems to register sound when I test this ext. mic. And all of my apps can detect and select this ext. mic. But none of the apps register or record any sound coming through this ext. mic. I have authorized all of these apps to access the ext. mic. The mic itself is fine. Any idea what's going on? Why can Windows and the apps detect the ext. mic as the default mic, and yet not register or record any sound from it

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Windows Phone Camera App: Recording Video with headset microphone instead of internal mic

Hello,

The phone only uses the built-in mic when recording videos on the Camera app. If you want to use an external mic when recording videos, it is best that you send this suggestion through Feedback Hub so our developers can work on it. To send a feedback on
your phone, you can follow the steps below:

1. Go to All apps, search for the Feedback
   Hub app.
2. Open the Menu icon at the top left side.
3. Select Feedback, then tap the Add button
   (+) at the top right side.
4. Select Suggestion and provide the details needed in the box.
   
5. Select the right category and then submit.

Let us know if you have any concerns.

 

TechPowerUp App with Windows 8.1 Phone?

Hear, hear!! I second the motion!! I've often wondered why no app for windowsphone, since there is such an emphasis on Windows throughout the site.

 

Apple Claims Steam Link App Violates App Store Guidelines

Here's what Valve is contending with:
App Store Review Guidelines - Apple Developer

The ones that stand out that may have caught Steam Link:

So yeah, there's a lot of reasons why Steam Link would get rejected.

App submissions and approvals is a thing between developer and Apple. Valve intentionally let this information leak probably because Apple's restrictive guidlines will never allow Steam Link to be on the store. Valve is hoping the Steam user base makes a lot of noise so Apple grants Valve and exemption. I doubt it will work. Apple loves control and Steam Link is a portal into the Linux/Windows ecosystem. Even if Steam Link were exclusive to Mac OS, Apple would likely demand Valve use Mac OS's remote desktop features rather than Steam Link.

I'd be shocked if Apple allows it.