<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Douglas S. Saylor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:absdoug@gmail.com">absdoug@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
In the past I've been able to do this with a 3.5 plug wire plugged into<br>
the mic input & speaker output. I how do I do it the civilized way,<br>
virtually <grin> through Skype?<br><br>
<font color="#888888"></font></blockquote></div><br><div>I don't know Skype but if it uses standard PulseAudio connections you can install the PulseAudio Volume Control. I have also heard the GNOME PulseAudio Volume Control provides similar features.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Once you install the volume control you can manage each audio stream and you can connect various inputs and outputs together. For example, this is the best way to connect an Internet radio audio stream to Audacity to record the audio to disk.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The audio applications have to be up and running before they will appear in the PulseAudio controls.</div><div><br></div><div>I am not running Ubuntu 11.04 on this netbook but I believe the audio source and connection options do NOT appear in any of the default volume controls, but you can replace it with your preferred PulseAudio Control.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If Skype does NOT use PulseAudio you might be able to set up something but I will have to defer to others.</div>