sound with skype

Sat Jan 28 16:01:52 UTC 2012

On 01/28/2012 04:07 PM, O. Sinclair wrote:
> On 28/01/12 15:45, Nigel Ridley wrote:
>> On 12/19/2011 03:12 AM, Mark Greenwood wrote:
>>>
>>> OK there are two possibilities that spring to mind, let's try the easy
>>> one first
>>>
>>> First, start Skype and make sure the option 'Allow Skype to
>>> automatically adjust my mixer levels' is NOT checked. This is very
>>> important.
>>>
>>> Now, sometimes pulseaudio chooses the wrong input as the default input
>>>
>>> Open a terminal and type ''alsamixer'
>>> Hit F4 to see the recording inputs
>>> One of them will be chosen as the current capture input - it'll have
>>> the word 'CAPTURE' in red underneath it.
>>> In the mixer you use the left and right arrow keys to select a
>>> control, up and down to change the levels, and space to select which
>>> one is the current capture input.
>>> Try changing the inputs and messing around with the levels and see if
>>> you can get Skype or Audacity to record anything.
>>>
>>> If that fails, then you may need to go into Kmix, open the mixer, from
>>> the menu choose 'Settings->Audio Setup' and then the 'Audio Hardware
>>> Setup' Tab.
>>> This couldn't be more confusing if they tried but you have to:
>>> Choose the correct sound card (probably 'Internal Audio')
>>> Choose a profile (Analogue Stereo Duplex)
>>> Choose Sound Device: Recording-Internal Audio Analogue Stereo
>>> Then you may be able to select different inputs from 'Connector' -
>>> things like 'Internal Microphone' or 'Analogue Microphone'
>>> You'll get a level meter when you do this. If you can see it moving
>>> then try 'Apply'ing those settings and try Skype again
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18 Dec 2011, at 18:51, Errol Sapir wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Mark
>>>> Here is the lspci -k result. Hope it helps you to understand what is
>>>> going o.
>>>> Errol
>>>> 00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller
>>>> (rev a3)
>>>> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-K8N Ultra-9 Mainboard
>>>> 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
>>>> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-K8N Ultra-9 Mainboard
>>>> 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
>>>> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-K8N Ultra-9 Mainboard
>>>> Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
>>>> Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2
>>>> 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
>>>> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-K8N Ultra-9 Mainboard
>>>> Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
>>>> 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
>>>> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-K8N Ultra-9 Mainboard
>>>> Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
>>>> 00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2)
>>>> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-K8N Ultra-9 Mainboard
>>>> Kernel driver in use: pata_amd
>>>> Kernel modules: pata_amd
>>>> 00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
>>>> (rev f3)
>>>> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-K8N Ultra-9 Mainboard
>>>> Kernel driver in use: sata_nv
>>>> Kernel modules: sata_nv
>>>> 00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
>>>> (rev f3)
>>>> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-K8N Ultra-9 Mainboard
>>>> Kernel driver in use: sata_nv
>>>> Kernel modules: sata_nv
>>>> 00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
>>>> 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
>>>> Kernel driver in use: pcieport
>>>> Kernel modules: shpchp
>>>> 00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
>>>> Kernel driver in use: pcieport
>>>> Kernel modules: shpchp
>>>> 00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
>>>> Kernel driver in use: pcieport
>>>> Kernel modules: shpchp
>>>> 00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
>>>> Kernel driver in use: pcieport
>>>> Kernel modules: shpchp
>>>> 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
>>>> [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
>>>> 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
>>>> [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
>>>> 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
>>>> [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
>>>> 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
>>>> [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
>>>> Kernel driver in use: k8temp
>>>> Kernel modules: k8temp
>>>> 01:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169
>>>> Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
>>>> Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8169/8110 Family PCI
>>>> Gigabit Ethernet NIC
>>>> Kernel driver in use: r8169
>>>> Kernel modules: r8169
>>>> 01:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880B [AudioPCI] (rev 02)
>>>> Subsystem: Ensoniq Sound Blaster 16PCI 4.1ch
>>>> Kernel driver in use: ENS1371
>>>> Kernel modules: snd-ens1371
>>>> 01:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b
>>>> Link Layer Controller (rev 01)
>>>> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-K8N Ultra-9 Mainboard
>>>> Kernel modules: firewire-ohci
>>>> 05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV380 0x3e50
>>>> [Radeon X600]
>>>> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 2100
>>>> Kernel driver in use: radeon
>>>> Kernel modules: radeon, radeonfb
>>>> 05:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV380 [Radeon X600]
>>>> (Secondary)
>>>> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 2101
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/18/2011 12:09 PM, Mark Greenwood wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There are still possibilities… it could be the kernel driver for
>>>>> your sound card might need some tweaking, can you send the output of
>>>>>
>>>>> lspci -k
>>>>>
>>>>> and we'll see if there's anything we can find out.
>>>>>
>>>>> These things can be very frustrating and confusing when they don't
>>>>> work, especially when pulseaudio is introduced into the mess. But if
>>>>> we work from the bottom up we should be able to track down the problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 18 Dec 2011, at 04:15, Errol Sapir wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks to all who have tried to help me with my problem. The reason
>>>>>> I haven't replied sooner is that I was experimenting with all
>>>>>> possible ways to get the microphone to work.The bottom line is that
>>>>>> it still isn't working. It must have something to do with my
>>>>>> configuration (or lack of). I'll list what I have tried, as I said
>>>>>> without success, and not necessarily did I try things in the order
>>>>>> written.
>>>>>> I checked out my kmix configurations. There is mike 1 and mike 2 -
>>>>>> none worked.
>>>>>> I even changed my OB sound card to a creative ensoniq pci one.
>>>>>> I uninstalled pulseaudio and the played around with various
>>>>>> configurations.
>>>>>> With all of the above I tried using the mike with skype and audacity.
>>>>>> I guess it can't be the mike itself because it works in Windows.
>>>>>> So I remain confused and frustrated.
>>>>>> Errol
>>>>>
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>>
>> After reading this thread I got encouraged and installed skype on my
>> children's natty box.
>> I can get sound from skype but no recording. We have a usb logitech
>> webcam with built in mic; a usb headset and a regular 3.5 (?) jack plug
>> headset. None of them work with skype but do work with audacity.
>> I have tried all the settings I can find, those included in this thread
>> and others but can't get the recording working with skype.
>>
>
> My standard recommendation is to install Veromix widget to control Pulseaudio - it is WAY better
> than KMix. In my opinion. To get KDE to activate built-in mic instead of line-in can be strangely
> difficult.
>
> But check System Settings - Multimedia - Phonon and the different tabs there to make sure it is
> activated
>
>

I tried installing the Veromix widget but it failed to download (problem with connection to 
opendektop.org) so I manually downloaded it but it failed to install (is it really only 6.3kb?) 
But now when I try again from the 'Add new widgets' the 'install' button now says 'installing' 
and is grayed out. How do I get it to forget that I have already tried (and failed) to install it?

Nigel