On 08/01/12 04:43, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Hi Scott, > > Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On 07/01/12 07:28, Csanyi Pal wrote: > >> As I don't run WM, Gnome or SID what works for my might not be >> useful to you. >> >> I have found the first link below very useful, the second[*1] might >> be of interest to you also:- >> http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup > > I have these setup in my ~/.asoundrc pcm.pulse { type pulse } > > ctl.pulse { type pulse } > > pcm.!default { type pulse } > > ctl.!default { type pulse }
That "looks" right (I'm not on a box with audio at present). > >> As a general test:- aplay /usr/share/skype/sounds/SkypeLogout.wav >> (because I once spent hours discovering I didn't have the headset >> speaker plugged in) > > aplay /usr/share/skype/sounds/SkypeLogout.wav gives me the sound that > I can hear. Good. > > But when start Skype then this sound is so quiet that I can hear it > barely. Skype => Main Menu (that little blue icon, bottom-left) => Options => Sound devices Is the selected?" What are the settings displayed there? Try unselecting "Let Skype manage my mixer levels" and using the "make a test sound" while you modify your settings. > > So I increase the PulseAudio volume to heare it regularly then one > of the WMaker's application, the fookb-wmaker - An Xkb state > indicator -- WindowMaker version > > become so loud that it's unendurable; When I switch to another > keyboard layout it play a sound with: > > aplay /usr/share/fookb/beep_spring.au Playing Sparc Audio > '/usr/share/fookb/beep_spring.au' : Mu-Law, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono .au sound files paly fine with aplay. Not sure what the problem is there - I don't have any WMaker machines to test with. > > I have one more problem related to sound. When I play a sound with > the command: > > aplay /debian-adatok-1/Hangok/Szervusz/Szervusz.ogg Playing raw data > '/debian-adatok-1/Hangok/Szervusz/Szervusz.ogg' : Unsigned 8 bit, > Rate 8000 Hz, Mono :-) No worries - that's a feature, not a failing. It might be possible to play .ogg files with aplay - but I'd have to look up the proper settings. > > then I heare not the sound but a noise. But when I play the sound > with: > > aplay /debian-adatok-1/Hangok/Szervusz/Szervusz.wav Playing WAVE > '/debian-adatok-1/Hangok/Szervusz/Szervusz.wav' : Signed 16 bit > Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo > > then I can hear the sound properly. > > What are these problems and how can I solve those? Those "problems" - why does it make white noise from ogg, but play .wav is just an aplay thing, nothing broken. Cheers -- Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f08dffb.20...@gmail.com
