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Microphone not working in sandboxed Electron app (Webcord)

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#1,119 opened on Aug 17, 2021

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Discussed in https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/discussions/1118 and https://github.com/SpacingBat3/WebCord/discussions/68

Originally posted by @Hackelhack - August 17, 2021 Webcord (https://github.com/SpacingBat3/WebCord) An exceptional more private alternative to the Discord app has odd microphone issues. I'm personally aware of the bugs that electron has with microphone access - but none of the workarounds seem to fix it.

While sandboxed, the electron app Webcord fails to get access to the microphone. You cannot unmute in the discord GUI. Oddly, in settings when testing the microphone, you can still hear the feed just fine. Just only when testing in the settings.

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Investigate how Sandboxie handles audio device access. Look at the code paths for microphone access when an Electron app is sandboxed. Compare the working test in settings with the failing actual usage. Check if there is a missing permission or restriction in the sandbox policy for audio capture.
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