On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:52:34 +1200 Phill Coxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 19:22 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: > > On Thursday 14 September 2006 6:12 pm, Robert Fisher wrote: > > > Could somebody please help me set up my mic to work (with skype.) > > > > > Well I started my computer again and Skype worked but when I tried to make > > a > > second call it would not and my sound was gone again - all without changing > > any settings. > > > > The guy I spoke with (on Skype) said that Skype does not play well with > > Linux > > yet but he has heard that there is a new version out in the last week or so > > which is better. > > Older versions of Skype for linux were OSS only and so it would prevent > other sound apps running by hogging the sound device. > > Running XMMS with skype, for example, was a nightmare. > > There was also a major bug that meant if you tried to use skype > immediately after finishing a call, skype would lock up / crash / claim > the sound device was in use etc. > > The new version of skype released a couple of weeks ago is now using > ALSA and so plays a lot better with other sound applications. > > Saying that, it's far from perfect. I still have problems running it > with XMMS - often having to quit MMS, stop the artsd sound server and > then starting skype to avoid choppy sound, the other person not hearing > me, or error messages re: the sound device being unaccessible. arts is a pig. I am surprised you bother with it at all. it will not be in kde4 from what I understand. alsa has had the ability to play sounds from multiple inputs simultaneously for quite a while now - google for dmix. Yes there are still issues with oss-only software, but its still better than arts. > > I suspect that some of my other sound settings may be part of the > problem (I messed around with .arsound files etc tryign to get the old > version to work), but I'm not sure. > > All in all, with the new version Skype is getting much better - I still > use it every day. Hopefully the new versions for linux will continue. > > >
