voice call using skype audio/microphone problem at my end

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 13:35 +0300, Ioannis Vranos wrote: 
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Tapas Mishra <mightydreams at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > list there is a small problem.I use Ubuntu 10.04 64 ,and Skype
> >
> > lspci output for the audio card is
> > 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD
> > Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
> >        Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02cf]
> >        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
> >        Memory at f6afc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> >        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
> >        Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+
> > Queue=0/0 Enable-
> >        Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
> >        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
> >        Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link <?>
> >        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
> >        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
> >
> >
> > I can play youtube videos easily and hear the voice as well.
> > Here is the problem when I want to talk using skype on Ubuntu then I
> > can hear the other persons
> >  voice but my voice does not goes to the other side.To make sure I
> > tried 3 different microphones and I
> > was able to hear the other persons voice but they were not able to hear mine.
> >
> > Hence as a test I rebooted to Windows and person on other end was able
> > to hear my voice (on same machine where I report this problem)
> > So the problems seems only with some kind of drivers or some
> > thing(which I do not know at this point) in Ubuntu 10.04 (64 bit).
> >
> > Can any one suggest me any steps that I should follow or try?
> 
> 
> In menu System->Preferences->Sound , check if the microphone is muted,
> ad check if there is any other microphone available there, and try it.
> In my systems, 2 microphones appear as available.

The newer versions of Skype are pulseaudio aware. If he cranks up
pavucontrol, starts the Skype session and checks the pavucontrol window
for input, he can select the mike he wants to use, set it's volume, and
pulse will remember that setting the next time he uses it. I agree,
check with alsamixer first, as pulse sits on top of alsa, but use pulse
after to maintain the settings he wants, per application. That is what I
had to do. Works like a charm. :) Ric

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