From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 23 18:45:54 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 4CFB716A4F0 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:45:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@yelloworb.com) Received: from mail.yelloworb.com (user12.85-195-15.netatonce.net [85.195.15.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 210EB43D8D for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:45:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@yelloworb.com) Received: (qmail 8358 invoked by uid 1010); 23 Oct 2006 18:45:12 -0000 Received: from gammaverse.priv.yelloworb.com (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (karl-petter@yelloworb.com@192.168.132.11) by mail.yelloworb.com with SMTP; 23 Oct 2006 18:45:12 -0000 Message-ID: <453D0DAC.2030505@yelloworb.com> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:45:00 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Karl-Petter_=C5kesson?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Al Muckart References: <200610231229.43061.silver@where.else.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <200610231229.43061.silver@where.else.net.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Skype mucking with igain on Audigy 2 value 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: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:45:54 -0000 Hi, do not know if this will help you or not but its worth a try. I have not used Skype on any *nix machine but I have struggled a bit with it on windows. The default windows installation comes with some settings which is set so Skype acts "smart". One of these is the adaptive mic gain. Skype will adjust your mic level dynamically to a level what Skype believes is good. To minimize feedback from speakers and record your voice at a good level. Your description of the problem sounds like this is happening to you, though Skype fails to be smart due to some reason. Have you tried to uncheck "Let skype adjust my sound device settings"? Its under Sound Devices. Do not know if this exists in the *nix version or not but it could be worth looking for. /Kalle Al Muckart wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm having a hellishly frustrating time trying to get a soundcard in my box > that works with skype. I'm about ready to throw my whole box out the window > and go buy a mac or something that Just Works. > > I have an Asus A8N VM CSM, with an onboard Intel HDA soundcard which is sadly > unusable, even with Ariff's drivers. The main problem being that I can't > record anything with it. > > I have disabled the onboard soundcard in BIOS and installed a Creative Audigy > 2 value. I'm driving that using the emu10kx-20051021 driver from ports. It > works fine for playback and recording, but for some reason whenever skype is > playing sound the igain mixer control drops until it is at the point where > sounds recorded in the mic are inaudible. No other app does this so it looks > like a skype issue. > > I've tried skype-devel out of ports, but I can't make any kind of call with > that at all. > > Can anyone offer suggestions as to what I can do to fix this? > > Thanks. >