IChat AV 4 sound loss?

hello,
has any one else had the issue of ichat's sound just totaly stopping? permissions are fine, everything else has sound, and just restarting my machine will fix the problem but it seems pretty random
started about 2 months or maybe a little more after upgrade to 10.5
-matt

I would check the System Preferences > Sound > Input tab and makes sure the Input device is correctly selected.
Change it and change it back to what it should be to make sure (give a swift kick so to speak).
Also check in iChat > Preferences > Video Section > Microphone Drop Down.
In iChat's View Menu make sure Show Audio Status is ticked/selected.
In the Video Menu make sure Microphone Enabled is ticked.
It may pay to click on all these settings to make sure they are set.
8:10 PM Sunday; January 20, 2008

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