No audio using skype

[jd1008]

On 07/07/2015 05:37 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 07/07/2015 02:06 PM, jd1008 wrote:
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>> On 07/07/2015 01:13 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
>>> On 07/07/2015 10:47 AM, jd1008 wrote:
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>>>> On 07/07/2015 11:09 AM, Rick Stevens wrote:
>>>>> On 07/06/2015 06:48 PM, jd1008 wrote:
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>>>>>> On 07/06/2015 06:23 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
>>>>>>> On 07/06/2015 03:40 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>>>>>>>> skype-4.3.0.37
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tried several test calls.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No audio!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Looked at options-> Audio device.
>>>>>>>> It only shows virtual device, and no drop down menu for any other
>>>>>>>> device.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Make sure Skype is using PulseAudio server (local) for all three of
>>>>>>> options (mic, speakers, ringing). Click on the "Open PulseAudio
>>>>>>> Volume
>>>>>>> Control".
>>>>>> There is no such clickable button.
>>>>>> For all 3 mic speakers and ring, it simply shows Virtual Audio.
>>>>>> For each, the drop-down menu shows no alternatives.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> While that's open, click "Make a test sound" on Skype and while
>>>>>>> the VU
>>>>>>> meter associated with Skype's sounds displays in the PulseAudio
>>>>>>> window,
>>>>>>> select the correct output sink device. You have to be quick 
>>>>>>> (it's one
>>>>>>> thing I hate about Pulse--chasing transient sounds like this).
>>>>>> There is no such tab or button.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you sue you are referring to version skype-4.3.0.37 ??
>>>>>
>>>>> [rick at prophead ~]$ skype --version
>>>>> Skype 4.3.0.37
>>>>> © 2014 Skype and/or Microsoft
>>>>>
>>>>> So, yes. I am using the Xfce desktop on F21, more or less fully
>>>>> updated.
>>>>> I also have this Pulse stuff installed:
>>>>>
>>>>> [root at prophead ~]# rpm -qa | grep pulse
>>>>> pulseaudio-6.0-4.fc21.x86_64
>>>>> pulseaudio-libs-6.0-4.fc21.i686
>>>>> pulseaudio-libs-devel-6.0-4.fc21.x86_64
>>>>> pulseaudio-libs-glib2-6.0-4.fc21.x86_64
>>>>> pulseaudio-libs-6.0-4.fc21.x86_64
>>>>> alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.28-3.fc21.x86_64
>>>>> pulseaudio-utils-6.0-4.fc21.x86_64
>>>>> pulseaudio-module-x11-6.0-4.fc21.x86_64
>>>>> pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-6.0-4.fc21.x86_64
>>>>> alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.28-3.fc21.i686
>>>>>
>>>>> You may need the alsa-plugins-pulseaudio for 32-bit installed 
>>>>> (Skype is
>>>>> a 32-bit app).
>>>> Installed alsa-plugins-pulseaudio and it works now.
>>>>
>>>> Thanx!
>>>
>>> You're quite welcome! Glad you got it sorted out.
>> I just wish that installing it should have also installed the dependency
>> on alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.
>
> Well, it is listed as a dependency in the Skype RPM:
>
>     [root at prophead ~]# rpm -qa --requires skype | grep alsa
>     alsa-plugins-pulseaudio(x86-32)
>
> The size looks odd (normally, 32-bit stuff have nothing at the end,
> 64-bit requirements are denoted by "(64bit)") so maybe that throws
> it off (it is an F16 RPM after all), but I'd expect dnf or yum or rpm to
> complain that alsa-plugins-pulseaudio wasn't installed and ask you if
> you wanted to install it. The source RPM for Skype isn't available (of
> course), so it's hard to see what their spec file's "Requires:"
> sections look like.
>
> I think the alsa-plugins-pulseaudio stuff is only needed if you're
> running Pulse. If you're running a pure ALSA platform then you don't
> need it. That'd be rare, I agree, but it's possible and that may explain
> why it wasn't installed.
Everything I have read about pulseaudio, and about Alsa, tells me
that pulseaudio is a mistake and it should be thrown out.

But I do not claim to be an audio expert. Just the views I have
read about the technical things about both implementations.