[opensuse] live mic
RE: SuSE 9.3: I just discovered something I don't understand: I have a microphone connected to the machine, and a couple of speakers. But the mic is activating the speakers! This should not be. The mic should only be activated when something like Skype tells the system to connect the mic to the outgoing message. Skype is vox-operated--when you talk into the mic, the incoming audio is cut off, and the mic becomes predominant. When you stop talking the incoming audio rules. Otherwise, there is feedback, which I noticed the last couple of times I tried to use Skype. When I first tried Skype, it worked perfectly--better than in Windows. Since then, I have not been able to use it, due to considerable break-up. I suspect that I have found the cause, but what is the cure, does anyone know? (I rebooted Linux, without a complete shutdown, in case there was some hung program doing this to me, but when the system came up again, the same peculiarity ocurred.) I have no other OS on this machine, so I can't compare the performance. It could be hardware related, i suppose, but I have no way of telling. The sound stuff is on the MOBO. The goofy performance does not show up during reboot, so I doubt that the MOBO is the problem. I seem to have more weird problems than anything I see on the list. I seem to recall that in the early days, someone suggested a chicken foot? Maybe that was a different Linux list. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Not a expert, but i did some "fight" with skype.
activating the speakers! This should not be. The mic should only be activated when something like Skype tells the system to connect the mic to
As far as i know, this i correct. Mic is activated all the time. This is default behavior in Mac OS and also in Windows. Thats why there are switch on microphone to swith it of.
When I first tried Skype, it worked perfectly--better than in Windows. Since then, I have not been able to use it, due to considerable break-up. I suspect that I have found the cause, but what is the cure, does anyone know?
I am not sure what you think by break-up, but i had problem that there was hw mic booster on my sound card, which was accidentally switched on. Other problem was that alsa did additional mixing and putting input from microphone and input from audio player together. I recommend you open something like galsamixer or kmix and try to set up your sound card.
--doug
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On Tuesday 02 January 2007 22:08, Doug McGarrett wrote:
just discovered something I don't understand: I have a microphone connected to the machine, and a couple of speakers. But the mic is activating the speakers! This should not be. The mic should only be activated when something like Skype tells the system to connect the mic to the outgoing message. Skype is vox-operated--when you talk into the mic, the incoming audio is cut off, and the mic becomes predominant. When you stop talking the incoming audio rules. Otherwise, there is feedback, which I noticed the last couple of times I tried to use Skype.
Well sometimes this is caused by having the so-called "capture" input checked. This takes what you hear and pumps it back into the input. Infact some windows drivers call this option "what you hear". The only input source you want lit up (little red lights in Kmix) is mic and not Capture. Then again it could be the flaky Intel driver problems many have posted about. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
John Andersen wrote:
On Tuesday 02 January 2007 22:08, Doug McGarrett wrote:
just discovered something I don't understand: I have a microphone connected to the machine, and a couple of speakers. But the mic is activating the speakers! This should not be. The mic should only be activated when something like Skype tells the system to connect the mic to the outgoing message. Skype is vox-operated--when you talk into the mic, the incoming audio is cut off, and the mic becomes predominant. When you stop talking the incoming audio rules. Otherwise, there is feedback, which I noticed the last couple of times I tried to use Skype.
Well sometimes this is caused by having the so-called "capture" input checked. This takes what you hear and pumps it back into the input. Infact some windows drivers call this option "what you hear".
The only input source you want lit up (little red lights in Kmix) is mic and not Capture.
Then again it could be the flaky Intel driver problems many have posted about.
Turning down AC97 did the trick for me to get rid of the microphone feedback to the ear. Capture had to be left on for it to work. I usually bring up krecord and get it working and then switch to Skype. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 01/03/2007 Doug McGarrett wrote:
RE: SuSE 9.3:
I just discovered something I don't understand: I have a microphone connected to the machine, and a couple of speakers. But the mic is activating the speakers! This should not be. The mic should only be activated when something like Skype tells the system to connect the mic to the outgoing message. Skype is vox-operated--when you talk into the mic, the incoming audio is cut off, and the mic becomes predominant. When you stop talking the incoming audio rules. Otherwise, there is feedback, which I noticed the last couple of times I tried to use Skype.
When I first tried Skype, it worked perfectly--better than in Windows. Since then, I have not been able to use it, due to considerable break-up. I suspect that I have found the cause, but what is the cure, does anyone know?
I had a very similar problem in 10.0. With the TV card the audio would stay off till I started Kdetv. When I closed the application the sound would stay on. The only way I could shut it off was restart my computer. In 10.1 it seems to work as it should. When I close down the TV app the audio goes off. On 01/03/2007 Pavel Nemec wrote:
As far as i know, this i correct. Mic is activated all the time. This is default behavior in Mac OS and also in Windows. Thats why there are switch on microphone to swith it of.
I don't think I have ever had a computer mic that had a switch on it. I've never seen one feed back through the system either. In any application that used a mic in Windows it has never happened. I really don't have enough experience with Linux to know for sure. -- (o:]>*HUGGLES*<[:o) Billie Walsh The three best words in the English Language: "I LOVE YOU" Pass them on! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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