Re: [Alsa-user] Creating a "software speakerphone" in ALSA

2008-12-07 Thread Sergei Steshenko
On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 22:14:32 +0100 Jan-Benedict Glaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-12-07 22:31:26 +0200, Sergei Steshenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 20:57:09 +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > On Sun, 2008-12-07 12:23:53 +, Jim Higs

Re: [Alsa-user] Creating a "software speakerphone" in ALSA

2008-12-07 Thread Jan-Benedict Glaw
On Sun, 2008-12-07 22:31:26 +0200, Sergei Steshenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 20:57:09 +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-12-07 12:23:53 +, Jim Higson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't have a landline so I talk a lot on Skype usi

Re: [Alsa-user] Creating a "software speakerphone" in ALSA

2008-12-07 Thread Sergei Steshenko
On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 20:57:09 +0100 Jan-Benedict Glaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-12-07 12:23:53 +, Jim Higson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't have a landline so I talk a lot on Skype using my USB headset. This > > is great, but sometimes I want to put it on speaker, like w

Re: [Alsa-user] Creating a "software speakerphone" in ALSA

2008-12-07 Thread Jan-Benedict Glaw
On Sun, 2008-12-07 12:23:53 +, Jim Higson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't have a landline so I talk a lot on Skype using my USB headset. This > is great, but sometimes I want to put it on speaker, like when I'm on hold > at my bank for a long time. So the basic point is that you'd like

Re: [Alsa-user] Creating a "software speakerphone" in ALSA

2008-12-07 Thread Jim Higson
On Sunday 07 December 2008, you wrote: > > For info, my speakers are fed by a normal PCI soundcard (an Audigy) > > through a hifi amplifier. The headset is a fairly generic USB model. > > I'm on Ubuntu Hardy. > > Not sure what your system is. YOu do not tell us. Many soundcards have > only one out

Re: [Alsa-user] Creating a "software speakerphone" in ALSA

2008-12-07 Thread Sergei Steshenko
On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 10:14:46 -0800 (PST) Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not sure what your system is. YOu do not tell us. Many soundcards have only > one output-- the line out. Thus you can uplub the headphoens and pub in > speakers. But if that is not your situation, you might want to

Re: [Alsa-user] Creating a "software speakerphone" in ALSA

2008-12-07 Thread Bill Unruh
On Sun, 7 Dec 2008, Jim Higson wrote: > > Hi, > > I don't have a landline so I talk a lot on Skype using my USB headset. This > is great, but sometimes I want to put it on speaker, like when I'm on hold > at my bank for a long time. > > I don't need to switch the mic, just the speakers. Then I can

Re: [Alsa-user] Creating a "software speakerphone" in ALSA

2008-12-07 Thread Jim Higson
On Sunday 07 December 2008, Julien Claassen wrote: > Hi! >Here's an idea. Does your headset use ALSA as well? I've never worked > with one, so I don't know. It does. AFAIK, alsa just sees it as a usb audio device. I have a plug set up in .asoundrc so that Skype plays nicely with the headset w

Re: [Alsa-user] Creating a "software speakerphone" in ALSA

2008-12-07 Thread Julien Claassen
Make it easy. Just turn up the volume of your speakers for these occasions. Or just switch them off, when you don't need them. Kindest regards Julien Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles) FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: http://ltsb.sourceforg

Re: [Alsa-user] Creating a "software speakerphone" in ALSA

2008-12-07 Thread Sergei Steshenko
On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 14:48:15 +0100 (CET) Julien Claassen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! >Here's an idea. Does your headset use ALSA as well? I've never worked with > one, so I don't know. >If so, why not use your .asoundrc or asound.conf to create a device, that > talks to both your spe

Re: [Alsa-user] Creating a "software speakerphone" in ALSA

2008-12-07 Thread Julien Claassen
Hi! Here's an idea. Does your headset use ALSA as well? I've never worked with one, so I don't know. If so, why not use your .asoundrc or asound.conf to create a device, that talks to both your speakers and your headset? Of course it will always use both resources then, but it's still wort

[Alsa-user] Creating a "software speakerphone" in ALSA

2008-12-07 Thread Jim Higson
Hi, I don't have a landline so I talk a lot on Skype using my USB headset. This is great, but sometimes I want to put it on speaker, like when I'm on hold at my bank for a long time. I don't need to switch the mic, just the speakers. Then I can put my headset down for a while and get on with