Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:48:59 +1300 From: Al Muckart <silver@where.else.net.nz> To: Karl-Petter =?iso-8859-1?q?=C5kesson?= <freebsd@yelloworb.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Skype mucking with igain on Audigy 2 value Message-ID: <200610240948.59810.silver@where.else.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <453D0DAC.2030505@yelloworb.com> References: <200610231229.43061.silver@where.else.net.nz> <453D0DAC.2030505@yelloworb.com>
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On Tuesday 24 October 2006 07:45, Karl-Petter =C5kesson wrote: Hi there, > 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. Thanks for the suggestion. That's the standard fix for these symptoms offer= ed=20 on all the sykpe forums, but those settings don't appear on the *nix versio= n=20 at all, neither the "current" 1.2 version or the beta 1.3 version, which is= =20 why I resorted to posting here to see if anyone who knew stuff about the=20 sound system had any ideas. Thanks. =2D-=20 Al. http://where.else.net.nz
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