> > > I recently switched laptops and although the new one is faster, > > > the sound is much worse. lspci reports the sound card this way: > > > > > > ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02) > > > > > > The problem is I need to use a sip phone (sjphone) and I can > > > barely make out what the other person is saying. Is there any > > > way I can try to improve the sound quality/performance? I am > > > using the in-kernel alsa drivers. Is it worth a try to emerge > > > the ones in portage instead or is that unlikely to help? > > > > > > - Grant > > Have you RTC support in the kernel for accurate sound timings? > > I switched to the ~x86 alsa-driver package from the in-kernel version > and enabled all rtc stuff in the kernel and it might be a little > better. > > It does sound like something of a timing issue. There are lots of > clicks in the sound when on the phone. Hard to describe. > > - Grant Did you build your own kernel?
I did. Are there certain options I need to make sure I have enabled? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
