Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 13:03:06 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Stephen Bartlett <stephen@bartlettsoftware.biz> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Skype "phone" ... Message-ID: <20060517125151.E1145@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20060517085644.GB957@tux.localdomain.local> References: <20060517013653.C1279@ganymede.hub.org> <20060517085644.GB957@tux.localdomain.local>
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On Tue, 16 May 2006, Stephen Bartlett wrote: > Thus spake Marc G. Fournier on Wed, May 17, 2006 at 01:38:39AM -0300: >> >> Just curious, but what are ppl running on their FreeBSD boxes as far as a >> phone is concerned? I don't even have a webcam hooked up to my FreeBSD >> box yet, let alone a microphone ... I see reference to a 'USB Phone' on >> Skype's site ... something like that available that works well under >> FreeBSD? Or something else that is better? > > I elected not to fool around with anything so 'complex' as a USB device -- I went with just a headset that uses the mini microphone and speaker jacks: I chose the "Sennheiser PC110 Single Sided Headset with Microphone" > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000C109O/102-8978497-4975324?v=glance&n=172282 > > ...and it works great. $11 on eBay, new. 'k, next question, I guess, is how are you doing this? Do you put a second sound card into your machine for the 'phone', so that you don't disrupt other multimedia apps, or ... ? ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
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