I had a similar audio problem with my new Dell machine running Windows
XP.
Precision Workstation 670 Minitower, 3.00 GHz, Dual Xeon
Processor
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
RAT would work fine for a small number of minutes but not more than 5
minute. Then it would not transmit the audio both receiving and
transmitting. Oddly, rat was still running (but no audio).
I then uninstalled the driver, and the machine tried to install the
driver back, but it could not since there was a missing directory from
the previous factory-install. So I had to get the CD and do a complete
install. That missing directory had just 1 file, but it was important
enough to get RAT to work properly.
This has fixed my problem (somewhat). Now RAT would work normally for
about 8 - 10 hours. Then it would stop transmit audio again. This is
good enough for running a meeting or a class, which does not last more
than 8 hours anyway.
So, try to install the driver or get update/a new one. It might help
you.
Good luck.
Supreeya Miller
System Administrator, Scientific Visualization Researcher, and Access
Grid Coordinator
The Center of Higher Learning
Building 1103 Room 102
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Phone: 228-688-2190
Fax: 228-688-7454
E-mail: supreeya.mil...@usm.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov] On
Behalf Of Gavin W. Burris aka 86
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 6:04 AM
To: Locatis, Craig (NIH/NLM/LHC)
Cc: 'John Hodrien'; ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov
Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Re: your mail
I just had the same problem here! We tried all the sound, mixer, and
rat options to no end. The funny thing is that this system was fine a
week ago.
I tried blowing away the Access Grid settings under Application Data, no
go. Does anyone know where RAT stores its settings in the registry?
Locatis, Craig (NIH/NLM/LHC) wrote:
> We've experienced the same problem here at NLM on our XP
> machine..............
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hodrien [mailto:jo...@comp.leeds.ac.uk]
> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 7:27 AM
> To: ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: [AG-TECH] Re: your mail
>
> On Mon, 8 Aug 2005, Peter DeSantis wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>has anyone come across an issue with the AG 2.3 software where you
find
>
> that
>
>>you can not receive (hear) audio from any other participants unless
your
>>local "talk" option is enabled. Also i would have expected full
duplex
>>audio operation to allow one to speak and receive audio
simultaneously,
>
> but
>
>>it also appears that when you speak locally and start to transmit
audio it
>>cuts of the incoming audio. Is this normal ?
>
>
> Definitely not normal. Have you got the dodgy software based echo
> cancellation turned on in rat or something?
>
>
>>Ive come across this on two XP based machines now. It dont appear to
be a
>>networking issue in that once talk is enable others can be heard fine.
In
>>both cases the machines had different audio cards, and one is single
Pc
>
> the
>
>>other a 3 pc system.
>
>
> Doesn't happen with any of our 2000 or linux based machines.
>
> jh
>
--
Gavin W. Burris aka 86
Senior Systems Programmer
Penn State Visualization Group
http://viz.aset.psu.edu/ga5in
