From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 17 16:03:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A47416AD9A for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 16:03:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB7B543D67 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 16:03:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28981290C2B; Wed, 17 May 2006 13:03:09 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 40607-06; Wed, 17 May 2006 13:03:09 -0300 (ADT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-7-151-244.eastlink.ca [71.7.151.244]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEE0E290C25; Wed, 17 May 2006 13:03:08 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 305705FB67; Wed, 17 May 2006 13:03:06 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CDF55F5FD; Wed, 17 May 2006 13:03:06 -0300 (ADT) Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 13:03:06 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Stephen Bartlett In-Reply-To: <20060517085644.GB957@tux.localdomain.local> Message-ID: <20060517125151.E1145@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060517013653.C1279@ganymede.hub.org> <20060517085644.GB957@tux.localdomain.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Skype "phone" ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 16:03:21 -0000 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