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From: Tinfoil Hat on 12 Feb 2010 04:14
Hi all,

I'm using headset+microphone. In alsamixer I can control the mic
volume and can hear my own voice coming back through the headphone.
Yet on skype I'm completely dumb. I've tried all the mic opions
available in skype.
Any idea?
Thanks
From: Tinfoil Hat on 12 Feb 2010 04:15
Tinfoil Hat, on 02/12/2010 10:14 AM, wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using headset+microphone...

Forgot, Slackware 13
From: Jim Diamond on 12 Feb 2010 12:04
On 2010-02-12 at 05:14 AST, Tinfoil Hat <nope(a)than.ks> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using headset+microphone. In alsamixer I can control the mic
> volume and can hear my own voice coming back through the headphone.
> Yet on skype I'm completely dumb. I've tried all the mic opions
> available in skype.
> Any idea?

If you gave some information about what brand/model of sound card you
have, that might help.

Aside from playing around with the controls in skype, have you tried
playing around with the (possibly) many and various controls in
alsamixer and/or kmix?

Hearing yourself come back through the headphone is one thing, but it
doesn't mean that the problem is necessarily skype. Have you tried
using something like arecord to record an audio file and then play it
back (with, for example, aplay) to see if you can hear anything that
way?

Good luck, you might need it :-)

Jim
From: Joseph Rosevear on 12 Feb 2010 13:18
Jim Diamond <Jim.Diamond(a)nospam.acadiau.ca> wrote:
> On 2010-02-12 at 05:14 AST, Tinfoil Hat <nope(a)than.ks> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm using headset+microphone. In alsamixer I can control the mic
> > volume and can hear my own voice coming back through the headphone.
> > Yet on skype I'm completely dumb. I've tried all the mic opions
> > available in skype.
> > Any idea?

> If you gave some information about what brand/model of sound card you
> have, that might help.

> Aside from playing around with the controls in skype, have you tried
> playing around with the (possibly) many and various controls in
> alsamixer and/or kmix?

> Hearing yourself come back through the headphone is one thing, but it
> doesn't mean that the problem is necessarily skype. Have you tried
> using something like arecord to record an audio file and then play it
> back (with, for example, aplay) to see if you can hear anything that
> way?

> Good luck, you might need it :-)

> Jim

Let me underscore Jim's comments and suggestions about trying arecord
and aplay.

I've had similar trouble. With some sound cards just choosing (in
alsamixer) the mic to be the capture device is enough to enable its use
in Skype (and arecord/aplay). For other cards you may need to also
turn up the Capture Volume in alsamixer (use F4 to see the capture
controls).

I had a really tough time getting Skype to work on my IBM Thinkpad. I
think the trick on that one involved a third control, ADC, and maybe a
volume for it also. I'm not sure, because, after a brief success, it
hasn't continued to work for me.

-Joe
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