On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Jason Haar <[email protected]> wrote: > yannick wrote: >> >> Those codecs match different needs (bandwidth, error recovering, >> latency, quality, etc.). >> >> > > This isn't a codec issue. I have already tried disabling all but one, > testing that, doing the same for a different one, etc. It makes no > difference. Even the codecs classified as 16bit instead of 8bit (ie > speex) didn't change the quality. > > I assume this isn't a problem you see yourself (the staticy voice)? I'm > wondering if it "sort of" is a hardware issue. Maybe the default > ALSA/pulseaudio settings for Intel 82801G soundcards (which my laptop > and workstation both have) is crappy, but "pushing" something into the > driver (like skype and "asound -f cd" do) enhances it? Maybe other > soundcards defaults are better, and so this issue isn't seen? I can't > fiddle with the hardware here, so I can't test that myself > > Thanks! > > -- > Cheers > > Jason Haar > Information Security Manager, Trimble Navigation Ltd. > Phone: +64 3 9635 377 Fax: +64 3 9635 417 > PGP Fingerprint: 7A2E 0407 C9A6 CAF6 2B9F 8422 C063 5EBB FE1D 66D1
Have you tried a USB mic? My old Inspiron 700M used to have horrible static on the mic and a USB mic resolved the issue. _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
