On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:03:54 +0200 EmIScA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried with skype 1.3beta with alsa support? > > Sergei Steshenko ha scritto: > > On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 22:32:41 +0200 > > Santiago Garcia Mantinan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi! > >> > >> After upgrading to 2.6.17 skype on my Creative SB AWE64 PnP started to > >> sound > >> with really metallic voices, the speed and the tone seems similar to real > >> but the voice is really metallic. I have tracked that down a bit, but don't > >> really know what the problem is. > >> > >> I'm only able to find this problem with skype not with kiax or other > >> similar > >> software, the problem happens with the stable skype or with the latest beta > >> they have in oss mode (they are adding alsa but that looks also broken for > >> my card). > >> > >> I've tracked that down to the changes from alsa version 1.0.11-rc2 to rc3, > >> in fact I compiled those two versions for 2.4.33-rc2 and got the very same > >> problems with 1.0.11-rc3 and later versions while 1.0.11-rc2 worked ok. > >> Also, PCI cards seem to work ok with skype and modern versions of alsa, so > >> I guess this bug could be related to awe cards, maybe all sb16 based stuff. > >> > >> After looking at the changes in my configurations for rc2 and rc3 or later > >> versions (I even tested version 1.0.12-rc1) I saw that rc2 didn't yet have > >> the new oss-plugins, so I said, ok we'll remove the oss-plugins from -rc3 > >> or > >> later with --without-pcm-oss-plugins on configure and that'll do it. > >> > >> Wrong, after removing the oss plugins the voice I get when calling the > >> skype > >> test is ok but I get silences in the middle of it which makes it last > >> longer > >> than it should and continue after the "ding", also when I hear back what > >> has > >> been recorded the tone of my voice is really much higher than it should, > >> even though the speed of it seems similar than it should. > >> > >> Well, like I said... I have only managed to find this kind of problems with > >> skype (I'd sugest you use the stable version if you want to test it) and > >> they are implementing alsa support, so if the bug only happens with skype > >> maybe it's not worth the effort, but it looks to me that this is a problem > >> that other programs may also have, and that is why I'm reporting it. > >> > >> Machines used for my tests were Pentium III and AMD K6-3, using Debian sid > >> and testing (they have alsa libs 1.0.11). > >> > >> Well, if you need more info or tests just ask for what you need. Thanks for > >> making ALSA so good. > >> > >> Regards... > >> > > > > If you have a powerful enough machine you might consider using QEMU in > > which you'll run older versions of kernel + ALSA + Skype. > > > > It does work, though my machine (Athlon XP1900+) is not powerful enough, > > rather, I didn't try to do all the possible tweaks, so out of the box > > it is not powerful enough. > > > > The suggestion, of course, is a workaround, not a real solution. > > > > By the way, QEMU emulates different audio HW (ES1371), so maybe even > > modern kernel + ALSA + Skype will work. > > > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > > easier > > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > > _______________________________________________ > > Alsa-user mailing list > > Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > > > > No, I have Skype version 1.2.0.21_API.
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