At 3:58a -0400 on 09 Aug 2007, arnuld wrote: >> Given recent mention that I'm using an out of date version of Ekiga >> (2.0.3) because it's what Ubuntu currently has in it's repositories, >> what are my options in terms of sound and quality? No matter which >> codec I put at the top of the list in Preferences, I seem to get very >> choppy sound. When I dial the [EMAIL PROTECTED] address, it connects, but >> both the woman's voice and my own are very muddled and hard to hear. It >> clears up for a few seconds after about 5 seconds, but then returns to >> choppy, low quality. (Juxtaposed with the Skype client that I just >> tried which gets very good quality of sound, so I'm certain it's not my >> hardware/driver.) >> >> Is there something not written in the docs that I'm missing? > > same happened with me as i have only 256 kbps bandwidth connection. go > to "Edit > Preferences" and do these 2: > > 1.) choose right audio-codecs (according to your bandwidth). > 2.) if you do not have any need for a web-cam, disable the video support > there.
Neither of those had any effect. :-( Comparing just our bandwidth (I have a 384 Kbps connection) you'd think that'd at least do /something/. Hmm. Thanks, though. Any other ideas? > both will do the job. i have disabled the web-cam as i donot find any > need for it. i think voice-chat clients are better with Audio support > only :) Heh, since I have no camera, I agree! ;-) Kevin _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
