Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] GMail calling has an echo in Linux, but not Windows

2011-12-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de wrote: On 12/18/2011 09:21 PM, Jason Weisberger wrote:   Can you hear yourself through the speakers when talking into the microphone?  If yes, that means you need to disable the loopback in alsamixer. I cannot hear myself,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] GMail calling has an echo in Linux, but not Windows

2011-12-18 Thread Jason Weisberger
Still looks like loopback is active. Try to find a slider called Capture in alsamixer and mute it. There might also be a setting called input which can be set to i2c, i2s, mix, etc. Play with these. I had the same problem with a Soundblaster Live 24-bit, and the problem was that it was set

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] GMail calling has an echo in Linux, but not Windows

2011-12-18 Thread Jason Weisberger
Still looks like loopback is active.  Try to find a slider called Capture in alsamixer and mute it.  There might also be a setting called input which can be set to i2c, i2s, mix, etc.  Play with these.  I had the same problem with a Soundblaster Live 24-bit, and the problem was that it was

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] GMail calling has an echo in Linux, but not Windows

2011-12-18 Thread Michael Mol
Mic is USB? Set the mic on something like a rubber pad. Also, try wearing headphones, see if that helps. It sounds like you're dealing with normal feedback issues, and Windows' echo cancellation may simply be better than what you've got set up. ZZ On Dec 18, 2011 5:05 PM, Jason Weisberger