You could check if Skype is using pulseaudio. If so, you could try alsa.
Regards, Vivek. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ethan Rosenberg, PhD" <[email protected]> To: "Debian Users List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 10:49:24 AM Subject: Sound on Skype (sid) Dear List - The sound on Skype (sid) is impossible!! It is so chopped up that it is impossible to make a call. The sound recorder and audio streams [YouTube, video on Wall Street Journal] work perfectly. Any suggestions? TIA Ethan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/31674477.121.1373875491524.JavaMail.vivek@kaddappa

