On Tue, 02.06.09 13:35, Toby Collett (tcollett+li...@plan9.net.nz) wrote:
Now I am new to pulse audio so I could be misunderstanding how things are
configured a lot. Is there anyone on the list that is able to provide some
guidance about how I can apply a filter to an input stream, or
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Toby Collett
tcollett+li...@plan9.net.nz wrote:
I am trying to use the internal microphone in my laptop to make VOIP calls
(actually skype mostly). The quality of the sound is not good at all with
large amounts of background noise when I have the levels up high
Hi Maarten,
There seem to be three levels that affect the mic, the 'Front Mic Boost'
which is 0,33,66 or 100%, the capture input level and a mysterious input
labeled digital. I have played with many combinations of the levels and
cannot find any where my voice is audible but has an acceptable
Your microphone should have the same capability under ALSA that it
does under Windows. It's the same hardware, it's just a little harder
to configure. While it's possible that it has special only make good
sound under Windows drivers, you could still give Linux a shot.
With my laptop mic, I
Unfortunately with all the playing I have done in the past with mixer levels
(several hours at different times) I have been unable to get an acceptable
quality. Hence I have been considering the brute force filter approach.
Toby
P.S. my main laptop is a toshiba dynabook RX1/T7E (portege r500),