Lubuntu 14.04 Humming sound in Skype

[Iaups Aromaz]

Hi.

There are some help webpages for *buntu in Skype website. Have you read
this one yet?

https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA10964/how-do-i-adjust-the-sound-settings-on-my-computer-and-in-skype-for-linux

It recommends to install PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol) which is
available in Lubuntu software center.

I suppose you use Skype 4.3, because Skype 4.2 does not require Pulse
Audio. Skype 4.3 works fine in my computer after installing pavucontrol and
changing some settings while I was doing a test call.


2014-06-25 22:41 GMT+02:00 John Niendorf <john at jfniendorf.org>:

>  Thanks Phill,
>
> I had already tried the webup8 suggestion before I mailed the list.
> The noobslab suggestion didn't work either.
>
> Right now, I don't have my headphones with me so I am trying to use the
> internal mike and speakers with Skype.
>
> I can see that Skype is running - the level indicator on the Pulse Audio
> applet shows movement.
> If I poke around I can get a hum to come out of the speakers, but nothing
> else.
>
> Other sound programs (cmus and YouTube viewed in Firefox are audible.
> This almost seems like there is some kind of problem due to the original
> Alsa components interfering with the PulseAudio stuff I installed.   The
> reason I installed Pulse Audio is that Skype said that my sound was
> controlled by Pulse Audio and the only thing I could find was the Pulse
> Audio demon that was running.
>
> Thank you,
>
> John
>
> On 06/25/2014 12:55 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>  have a read of
> http://www.webupd8.org/2013/10/get-sound-working-in-skype-with-ubuntu.html
>
>  However, I've just installed skype using as set of instructions based
> around
> http://www.noobslab.com/2014/01/skype-released-new-version-install-in.html
> (The Qt bit is important).
>
>  Regards,
>
>  Phill.
>
>
> On 25 June 2014 17:49, John Niendorf <john at jfniendorf.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I recently bought a ZaReason Strata 7440.  I like the machine except I am
>> having a lot of trouble with Skype.
>>
>> Initially there seemed to have been some Alsa utilities installed, but I
>> couldn't find anything for pulseaudio.
>>
>> The sound on everything except Skype works.  Skype says that the sound
>> devices are controlled by pulseaudio so I installed the Pulse Audio Device
>> Chooser and can now access some pulseaudio settings.
>>
>> The problem is that the most I can get out of Skype is a nasty
>> humming/hissing sound.
>>
>> The pulseaudio manager shows that Skype is on and the volume is up.
>>  Sound should be coming out of the speakers, but the most I can get is the
>> hissing sound and that usually requires some fiddling with options.
>> Does anyone have an idea of how I can fix this?
>>
>> Thank you.
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