From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 23 20:49:03 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 6D43416A417 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:49:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from silver@where.else.net.nz) Received: from paradise.gen.nz (tombstone.paradise.gen.nz [202.49.254.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EC7B43D53 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:49:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from silver@where.else.net.nz) Received: (qmail 32064 invoked by uid 1057); 23 Oct 2006 20:49:01 -0000 Received: from 203.79.86.137 by tombstone (envelope-from , uid 71) with qmail-scanner-1.24 (clamdscan: 0.80/599. spamassassin: 3.0.1. Clear:RC:1(203.79.86.137):. Processed in 0.042562 secs); 23 Oct 2006 20:49:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.4?) (silver@203.79.86.137) by tombstone.paradise.gen.nz with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 23 Oct 2006 20:49:01 -0000 From: Al Muckart To: Karl-Petter =?iso-8859-1?q?=C5kesson?= Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:48:59 +1300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <200610231229.43061.silver@where.else.net.nz> <453D0DAC.2030505@yelloworb.com> In-Reply-To: <453D0DAC.2030505@yelloworb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200610240948.59810.silver@where.else.net.nz> 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 20:49:03 -0000 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