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Jannes

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[Solved] Skype | No voice

Hi,

I installed Arch Linux on my main computer. When I test my microphone in Skype I don't hear my voice, but when I activate the mic playback in the xfce mixer I can hear it but not via Skype. So the mic works. Here a few screenshots:

Xfce mixer:

Translations (Yeah, I'm german ):

Wiedergabe = Playback
Aufnahme = Capture
Hauptregler = Master
Line-Eingang = Line input

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Skype:

Translations:

Mikrofon = microphone
Lautsprecher = speakers

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Thanks in anticipation.

Last edited by Jannes (2010-07-14 22:13:24)

karol

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Re: [Solved] Skype | No voice

The connection has timed out
The server at www.picpanda.com is taking too long to respond.

Jannes

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Re: [Solved] Skype | No voice

The connection has timed out
The server at www.picpanda.com is taking too long to respond.

I fixed it. Now there are two sources.

Last edited by Jannes (2010-07-14 21:04:55)

karol

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Re: [Solved] Skype | No voice

http://image-now.goettern.net/images/6041279140860.png
Isn't you microphone muted or disabled? Or does that red thing means it's recording?

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Jannes

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Re: [Solved] Skype | No voice

http://image-now.goettern.net/images/6041279140860.png
Isn't you microphone muted or disabled? Or does that red thing means it's recording?

No, when I activate it I can hear myself in the headset.

karol

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Re: [Solved] Skype | No voice

Tower: Have you got enough fuel or not?
Pilot: Yes.
Tower: Yes what??
Pilot: Yes, SIR

So ... no what? Is it working?

Jannes

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Re: [Solved] Skype | No voice

Tower: Have you got enough fuel or not?
Pilot: Yes.
Tower: Yes what??
Pilot: Yes, SIR

So ... no what? Is it working?

The mic is working but not in Skype. The button with the white X and the red color around it activates and deactivates the mic playback. I hope you know what mic playback is. I'm gonna explain it anyway. Mic playback is the option that enables you to hear everything what your mic at the moment records (in real time).

Sorry for my bad English, it's not my mother tongue.

karol

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Re: [Solved] Skype | No voice

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=572886 (it's a year old, so thing could change)
Set mixer settings to oss and defaults in gstreamer-properties to alsa to get skype working.

You're using ALSA at the moment.

Or try this http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 62#p533862

Last edited by karol (2010-07-14 21:36:34)

Jannes

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Re: [Solved] Skype | No voice

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=572886 (it's a year old, so thing could change)
Set mixer settings to oss and defaults in gstreamer-properties to alsa to get skype working.

You're using ALSA at the moment.

Or try this http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 62#p533862

Thanks. I finally hear my voice via Skype. The problem is that my voice is blurred so it sounds very deep and 'robotic'.

karol

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Re: [Solved] Skype | No voice

> The problem is that my voice is blurred so it sounds very deep and 'robotic'.
I suggest you lay out the booze ;-) Honestly, I don''t know. Last time I used Skype was on WinXp 4-5 years ago.

And open another thread / change the title of this one to reflect the current problems.

Jannes

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Re: [Solved] Skype | No voice

> The problem is that my voice is blurred so it sounds very deep and 'robotic'.
I suggest you lay out the booze ;-) Honestly, I don''t know. Last time I used Skype was on WinXp 4-5 years ago.

And open another thread / change the title of this one to reflect the current problems.

I will open a new thread later. Thanks for your help.

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Re: [Solved] Skype | No voice

The problem is that my voice is blurred so it sounds very deep and 'robotic'.

See this thread http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=90943

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Jannes

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Re: [Solved] Skype | No voice

The problem is that my voice is blurred so it sounds very deep and 'robotic'.

See this thread http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=90943

Thanks, I'm gonna give it a try.

karol

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Re: [Solved] Skype | No voice

@ Jannes
It's a good idea to search the wiki and the forums before posting. I've solved dozens of problems I had no idea about just by googling / searching the forums. Use the name of your card, phrases like "skype voice", any error message you might get etc.

Jannes

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Re: [Solved] Skype | No voice

@ Jannes
It's a good idea to search the wiki and the forums before posting. I've solved dozens of problems I had no idea about just by googling / searching the forums. Use the name of your card, phrases like "skype voice", any error message you might get etc.

I searched and found nothing. Maybe it wasn't long enough or I used the wrong words.