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=Skype= = Skype =

== Problems ==

=== Your own voice sounds distorted/slow to others ===

Thats because Skype fails to init the microphone properly. A workaround is to define a capture device with correct values.

'
pcm.skypedsnoop {
   type dsnoop
   ipc_key 1133
   slave {
      # "Magic" buffer values to get skype audio to work
      # If these are not set, opening /dev/dsp succeeds but no sound
      # will be heard. According to the ALSA developers this is due
      # to skype abusing the OSS API.
      pcm "hw:0,0"
      period_size 256
      periods 16
      buffer_size 16384
   }
   bindings {
      0 0
   }
}


'

= Skype =

Problems

Your own voice sounds distorted/slow to others

Thats because Skype fails to init the microphone properly. A workaround is to define a capture device with correct values.

' pcm.skypedsnoop {

  • type dsnoop ipc_key 1133 slave {
    • # "Magic" buffer values to get skype audio to work # If these are not set, opening /dev/dsp succeeds but no sound # will be heard. According to the ALSA developers this is due # to skype abusing the OSS API. pcm "hw:0,0" period_size 256 periods 16 buffer_size 16384
    } bindings {
    • 0 0
    }

}

'

Describe Workstations/Linux/Applications/Skype here.

Workstations/Linux/Applications/Skype (last edited 2023-10-16 13:45:11 by alders)