I have an issue with Skype .
Although am able to hear sounds ( in a call i can hear the caller ) the caller can´t hear me . System wide i have sounds.
The version of Skype am using is :
skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586
Now the odd thing is that if i go to PulseAudio Volume Control under Multimedia under the Recording devices i can "see" the microphone and the system can hear me speaking since the volume increases and decreases accordingly . Theoretically at least that should mean that the microphone is actually being detected and the proper modules have been loaded. One last thing that might be relevant is that i don´t actually own a seperate microphone but it´s build in my Logitech Web Camera. The thing is that Skype actually knows about the Web Camera since if i test it under the video controls i can see my face . If i make the sound tests i can hear the sound if i make the test call i can hear the test person speaking but i can´t hear my voice . I have looked in the net but i don´t want to mess anything else , since everywhere else the sound is working ( admitted it´s the playback sound and not the recording thing that am hearing ) . I would be glad to try even any other application that speaks the Skype protocol if that thing would make things easier without messing up anything .
Kostas Sfakiotakis ha scritto / said the following il giorno/on 30/01/2011 16:36:
I have an issue with Skype .
Although am able to hear sounds ( in a call i can hear the caller ) the caller can´t hear me . System wide i have sounds.
The version of Skype am using is :
skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586
Now the odd thing is that if i go to PulseAudio Volume Control under Multimedia under the Recording devices i can "see" the microphone and the system can hear me speaking since the volume increases and decreases accordingly . Theoretically at least that should mean that the microphone is actually being detected and the proper modules have been loaded. One last thing that might be relevant is that i don´t actually own a seperate microphone but it´s build in my Logitech Web Camera. The thing is that Skype actually knows about the Web Camera since if i test it under the video controls i can see my face . If i make the sound tests i can hear the sound if i make the test call i can hear the test person speaking but i can´t hear my voice . I have looked in the net but i don´t want to mess anything else , since everywhere else the sound is working ( admitted it´s the playback sound and not the recording thing that am hearing ) . I would be glad to try even any other application that speaks the Skype protocol if that thing would make things easier without messing up anything .
I had to add these lines in /etc/modprobe.d/local.conf in order to have mike working
alias snd-card-2 snd-usb-audio options snd-usb-audio index=2 options snd-card-2 index=2
On Sunday 30 January 2011 15:36:15 Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
Although am able to hear sounds ( in a call i can hear the caller ) the caller can´t hear me . System wide i have sounds.
Now the odd thing is that if i go to PulseAudio Volume Control under Multimedia under the Recording devices i can "see" the microphone and the system can hear me speaking since the volume increases and decreases accordingly . Theoretically at least that should mean that the microphone is actually being detected and the proper modules have been loaded. One last thing that might be relevant is that i don´t actually own a seperate microphone but it´s build in my Logitech Web Camera.
What devices are selected, and what are available for the microphone, speakers and ringing options?
Also, try to use some audio editing app like audacity to record your voice. This just checks whether the problem lies with skype or with your system.
The thing is that Skype actually knows about the Web Camera since if i test it under the video controls i can see my face . If i make the sound tests i can hear the sound if i make the test call i can hear the test person speaking but i can´t hear my voice .
From what you are saying, everything appears to be in order, except for microphone. Some other things to verify:
- is that the only microphone you have? - is that the one selected as a default recording device in pavucontrol? - is it muted? - did you try to logout/login into skype (sometimes it helps)? - did you try to turn on/off skype's option "allow skype to automatically adjust my mixer levels"?
I would be glad to try even any other application that speaks the Skype protocol if that thing would make things easier without messing up anything .
There is no other app that speaks the skype protocol, because the protocol design is considered a business secret by Skype. They have gone to unprecedented great lengths to keep it a secret, even from reverse engineering attempts. You may read up on the subject on, say,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_Protocol
HTH, :-) Marko
On 30/01/2011 07:52 μμ, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
What devices are selected, and what are available for the microphone, speakers and ringing options?
Well after thinking of it , i think that here is the problem . Skype only gives me the option of PulseAudio server , so i have it for microphone , speakers and ringing options ..
Also, try to use some audio editing app like audacity to record your voice. This just checks whether the problem lies with skype or with your system.
Using audacity for example . At first i could here no sound . But then when i went to preferences and chose the usb camera , things worked correctly . So i guess we can assume that the system itself is aware of the microphone on the camera .
From what you are saying, everything appears to be in order, except for > microphone. Some other things to verify:
- is that the only microphone you have?
The only microphone connected . There is a microphone input on my built-in sound card but there is nothing connected to it.
- is that the one selected as a default recording device in pavucontrol? -
Pavucontrol ?
Am not sure about what u mean with pavucontrol , so i would have to improvise . The closest thing to that would be the PulseAudio Volume Control . Am unaware on how u select the default recording device but i have muted everything else , so i guess that will make it pretty much the default device .
is it muted?
Nope , it´s not muted . It was never so . I just muted everything else .
- did you try to logout/login into skype (sometimes it helps)?
Yes many . The problem is persistent . It survives even a machine reboot.
- did you try to turn on/off skype's option "allow skype to
automatically adjust my
mixer levels"?
Yes without luck either .
On 01/30/11 11:16, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
On 30/01/2011 07:52 μμ, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
What devices are selected, and what are available for the microphone, speakers and ringing options?
Well after thinking of it , i think that here is the problem . Skype only gives me the option of PulseAudio server , so i have it for microphone , speakers and ringing options ..
Also, try to use some audio editing app like audacity to record your voice. This just checks whether the problem lies with skype or with your system.
Using audacity for example . At first i could here no sound . But then when i went to preferences and chose the usb camera , things worked correctly . So i guess we can assume that the system itself is aware of the microphone on the camera .
From what you are saying, everything appears to be in order, except for> microphone. Some other things to verify:
- is that the only microphone you have?
The only microphone connected . There is a microphone input on my built-in sound card but there is nothing connected to it.
- is that the one selected as a default recording device in pavucontrol? -
Pavucontrol ?
Am not sure about what u mean with pavucontrol , so i would have to improvise . The closest thing to that would be the PulseAudio Volume Control . Am unaware on how u select the default recording device but i have muted everything else , so i guess that will make it pretty much the default device .
is it muted?
Nope , it´s not muted . It was never so . I just muted everything else .
- did you try to logout/login into skype (sometimes it helps)?
Yes many . The problem is persistent . It survives even a machine reboot.
- did you try to turn on/off skype's option "allow skype to
automatically adjust my
mixer levels"?
Yes without luck either .
I had a similar problem with skype. In my case when I went into System->Preferences->Sound (I'm using Gnome) it showed there were 2 microphone devices. When I changed the microphone device from the current setting to the other microphone device then skype worked.
Paolo
On Sun, 2011-01-30 at 20:16 +0200, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
Using audacity for example . At first i could here no sound . But then when i went to preferences and chose the usb camera , things worked correctly . So i guess we can assume that the system itself is aware of the microphone on the camera .
What kind of computer is this? The models I'm aware of that have an integrated camera-microphone device are new Dell laptops. These need an option passed to the sound device's kernel module. My Latitude E6410 needs /etc/modprobe.d/snd_hda_intel.conf containing
options snd_hda_intel model=dell-s14
Other models need other model= values. See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616197.
2011/1/30 Matthew Saltzman mjs@clemson.edu:
On Sun, 2011-01-30 at 20:16 +0200, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
Using audacity for example . At first i could here no sound . But then when i went to preferences and chose the usb camera , things worked correctly . So i guess we can assume that the system itself is aware of the microphone on the camera .
What kind of computer is this? The models I'm aware of that have an integrated camera-microphone device are new Dell laptops. These need an option passed to the sound device's kernel module. My Latitude E6410 needs /etc/modprobe.d/snd_hda_intel.conf containing
options snd_hda_intel model=dell-s14
Other models need other model= values. See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616197.
-- Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
my ALC883 on acer aspire needed
options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 enable=yes
The microphone was ok after this.
On 30/01/2011 07:52 μμ, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
Well at first all i managed to do is mess up everything . I couldn´t even hear anything system wide .Then after trying to revert changes didn´t brought the sound back i did a nice reboot which fixed up everything . So now i have playback sound and i can hear myself through that Test Call stuff within skype ( I can´t actually hear the ringing but that´s not a real issue ) . Anyway thanks for the assistance.
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