sound with skype

[Gil Gibbons]

Hi Errol,

I use Skype with a Logitech 9000 usb web cam and under Multimedia 
setting Phonon audio recording,
Recording, I changed the audio recording preference from Internal audio 
to QuickCam Pro 9000
and Audio is working.
Gil




On 12/14/2011 11:15 PM, Errol Sapir wrote:
> Thanks Mark. I opened the kmix and am now starting to play with 
> various combinations of hardware and setting possibilities. Meanwhile 
> to no avail. The sound can be heard but no microphone. Will continue 
> to experiment and report but my feeling is that the whole 
> configuration is wrong. Maybe "pulseaudio server (local)" which is the 
> only option I have in skype for sound isn't correct. I don't know.
> Errol
>
> On 12/14/2011 11:07 AM, Mark Greenwood wrote:
>>
>> The icon bounces because KMix is already running - it's the icon in 
>> the panel. If you click that icon you'll get a volume control. At the 
>> bottom should be a button you can click to open the mixer. From there 
>> you should be able to select which input to use for recording.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> On 14 Dec 2011, at 00:31, Errol Sapir wrote:
>>
>>> mmmm. Getting no recording on audacity.
>>> When I try to open kmix the icon bounces for a few seconds and then 
>>> closes. I cannot open kmix. Tried re-installing & rebooting but no 
>>> change. Looks like my problem is there.
>>> I can control the speaker volume from the icon on the panel, but no 
>>> kmix.
>>> Now what?
>>> Errol
>>>
>>> On 12/13/2011 08:11 PM, Mark Greenwood wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 13 Dec 2011, at 14:58, Errol Sapir wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mark I don't know if it's just skype. The only program I need a 
>>>>> microphone for is Skype. To answer your hardware question. I have 
>>>>> a Gigabit GA K8NF motherboard with everything OB except the 
>>>>> monitor card which is a NVidia.I have a AMD 3500 CPU and 2 giga 
>>>>> ram. Hope that info is useful.
>>>>
>>>> The most useful information would be to try recording with 
>>>> something else, like audacity. This will tell you if it's a Skype 
>>>> problem or if you just need to select an appropriate input in KMix.
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Errol
>>>>> On 12/13/2011 02:47 PM, Mark Greenwood wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it just Skype? Can you record into another application (e.g. 
>>>>>> audacity)?. If not then you probably need to mess with the mixer 
>>>>>> (alsamixer) or KMix to select the correct audio input. Depending 
>>>>>> on your sound card there might be some alsa module options that 
>>>>>> need to be set. What computer is it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 13 Dec 2011, at 12:15, Errol Sapir wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have had a microphone/sound problem with Kubuntu while trying 
>>>>>>> to use Skype since version Nattty. I thought that by upgrading 
>>>>>>> to Oneiric the problem would be solved but that wasn't what 
>>>>>>> happened. I cannot use the microphone in Skype. The loudspeakers 
>>>>>>> work, i.e. I hear but cannot speak to anyone, not even does the 
>>>>>>> test microphone work. On the same computer my dual-booted 
>>>>>>> Windows 7 works flawlessly.
>>>>>>> I have (in the past) removed pulse-sound, tried working without 
>>>>>>> it, added it again and tried many workarounds to no avail. Any 
>>>>>>> solution will be appreciated.
>>>>>>> TIA
>>>>>>> Errol
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