Noise sensor to use USB microphone

Installation Home Assistant OS
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Hi,

Anybody can help me on how to setup USB attached microphone with noise sensor component?

I can see device when SSH to hassio and use hassio he audio command … But I have no idea how to point noise sensor configuration to use it.

Before I used audio stream from camera but it started to mess with my Shinobi CCTV.

Any help or ideas much appreciated

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Hey MrUkleja,

I spent some time researching the same problem and finally managed to configure it. I have the Logitech C310 webcam with built-in MIC.

First install the arecord via CLI and check your hardware ID for your MIC using arecord -l command.
In my case it was Card: 0 and Subdevice #0

Then create a binary sensor and use the command shown at the bottom of this topic using your hardware ID as YOUR_INPUT

In my case it looks like this:

- platform: ffmpeg_noise
  initial_state: true
  name: Noise Sensor
  input: -f alsa -ac 1 -i hw:0,0 -vn -filter:a silencedetect=n=-30dB:d=1 -f null -
  peak: -100
  duration: 1
  reset: 5

Good luck!

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Hi vitaalz,

I am trying to follow your instructions but I just realised CLI cannot be used in hassio to install arecord or any other application, do you know if there is any add-on or other alternative to get this working in hassio?

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Hi heisenberg,

arecord is included in alsa-utils package. Install it this way:

apk add alsa-utils

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Hi All,

my solution that I went with was ESPHome on ESP8266 with additional LM393 sound sensor.
Works perfectly :slight_smile:

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Thank you vitaalz, that worked, but after that I executed the command “arecord -l” and it returns “arecord: device_list:272: no soundcards found…”, and that’s strange because I am using a usb microphone that works in another raspberry pi I have with raspbian.

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Hmm,
It is just a guess, but maybe try to restart your ssh terminal with “Protection mode” disabled and then try again.

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Is that “Protection mode” one setting of the terminal I am using to connect to Home Assistant (putty in this case)? because if that is the case I am not sure how one option of the terminal can affect the execution of the commands in the raspberry pi, or am I missing something?

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Hi there! How would the command go if the webcam was running from another pi and what would the noise sensor input look like in home assistant? Cheers!

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Also, are you using RTP?

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Hi. Can you please share the details for the setup?