Microphone is always set on the Built-in Audio Analog Stereo and it won't recognize the external mic

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When I connect my external microphone, it only changes the output device from speakers to headphones, and it has no effects on the microphone option; I think it should bring up another option for selecting the input source for my connected external microphone, but it won’t.

I have 5.10.34-1-MANJARO with KDE desktop
This is the output of pacmd list-sources:

3 source(s) available.
    index: 1
        name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
        state: SUSPENDED
        suspend cause: IDLE
        priority: 1030
        volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
        volume steps: 65537
        muted: no
        current latency: 0.00 ms
        max rewind: 0 KiB
        sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
        channel map: front-left,front-right
                     Stereo
        used by: 0
        linked by: 0
        configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 2000.00 ms
        monitor_of: 1
        card: 1 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3>
        module: 7
        properties:
                device.description = "Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
                device.class = "monitor"
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xef628000 irq 139"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                device.product.id = "a171"
                device.product.name = "CM238 HD Audio Controller"
                device.form_factor = "internal"
                device.string = "0"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
  * index: 2
        name: <alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
        state: SUSPENDED
        suspend cause: IDLE
        priority: 9039
        volume: front-left: 16385 /  25% / -36.12 dB,   front-right: 16385 /  25% / -36.12 dB
                balance 0.00
        base volume: 6554 /  10% / -60.00 dB
        volume steps: 65537
        muted: no
        current latency: 0.00 ms
        max rewind: 0 KiB
        sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
        channel map: front-left,front-right
                     Stereo
        used by: 0
        linked by: 0
        configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 2000.00 ms
        card: 1 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3>
        module: 7
        properties:
                alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.class = "sound"
                alsa.class = "generic"
                alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
                alsa.name = "ALC255 Analog"
                alsa.id = "ALC255 Analog"
                alsa.subdevice = "0"
                alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
                alsa.device = "0"
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xef628000 irq 139"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                device.product.id = "a171"
                device.product.name = "CM238 HD Audio Controller"
                device.form_factor = "internal"
                device.string = "front:0"
                device.buffering.buffer_size = "352800"
                device.buffering.fragment_size = "176400"
                device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
                device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
                device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
                device.description = "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        ports:
                analog-input-mic: Microphone (priority 8700, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
        active port: <analog-input-mic>
    index: 3
        name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
        state: SUSPENDED
        suspend cause: IDLE
        priority: 1030
        volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
        volume steps: 65537
        muted: no
        current latency: 0.00 ms
        max rewind: 0 KiB
        sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
        channel map: front-left,front-right
                     Stereo
        used by: 0
        linked by: 0
        configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 1999.82 ms
        monitor_of: 2
        card: 0 <alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1>
        module: 6
        properties:
                device.description = "Monitor of GP104 High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)"
                device.class = "monitor"
                alsa.card = "1"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xef080000 irq 17"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:01:00.1"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "10de"
                device.vendor.name = "NVIDIA Corporation"
                device.product.id = "10f0"
                device.product.name = "GP104 High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.string = "1"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
2

What connection does your external microphone use? 3.5mm or USB?

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It is 3.5mm and I am using a Laptop with a single 3.5mm combined headphone jack
when I use my microphone in another OS (e.g. windows or ubuntu) it totally works fine.

4

OK, so it should be connected to the internal sound card. Please take a screenshot of System Settings->Audio->Configure…, just to make sure that the profile you choose does allow input as well as output.

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I appreciate that you answer my question, but my problem is not this one; I have already checked this part of the settings, but the problem is manjaro recognizes my external microphone as a headphone in output source, not an input!
So every time I plug my microphone into my computer, it will not add another input option, and I have already allowed both input and output.

but as you request, here is the screenshot of my settings:

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as you can see in this picture, there are no other input sources as I connect my external microphone
and on the other port it shows me this :

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You missed one level. Press that Configure... button on the bottom right. What I need to see is whether the profile selected is correct or not. Depending on your microphone type, it can be both output and input as well. Both of my Samson Q2U and C01U Pro has output channel for 0 latency monitoring. However, this can be disabled or even the other way around, only the monitoring port works while the input functionality is disabled. It depends on the profile selected.

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Here you are :

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I actually found the solution : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture#Correctly_detect_microphone_plugged_in_a_4-pin_3.5mm_(TRRS)_jack

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