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orschiro

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[Skype 4.2.0.13-4] Cracking sound issues [solved]

Hi there,

With Spke 4.2.0.13-4 + puiseaudio I experience cracking sounds of incoming calls, combined with sometimes having no sound at all.

Can someone reproduce this?

Downgrading to x.13-3 temporarily solves the issues.

The input recoding still works without problems.

Thanks

Last edited by orschiro (2014-05-29 12:05:15)

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Sudowoodo

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Registered: 2014-04-27

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Re: [Skype 4.2.0.13-4] Cracking sound issues [solved]

Hello, I noticed a similar problem with skype, where I would call echo123 and get an error message about audio devices.
I did not try calling other users, but I solved my problem by going to Options>Sound Devices and setting the microphone and speakers from there.
The echo works fine now.
Skype is known to be mysterious on Linux, so good luck!

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AnAkkk

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Registered: 2014-03-03

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Re: [Skype 4.2.0.13-4] Cracking sound issues [solved]

See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sk … -bit_OS.29

orschiro

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Re: [Skype 4.2.0.13-4] Cracking sound issues [solved]

I should have paid attention to the update notification. Added the following line to my `.xinitrc`.

# Fixing cracking sounds in Skype
export PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60

Also thanks to your other suggestions!

Last edited by orschiro (2014-05-29 12:05:03)

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