[wellylug] pulseaudio & skype

[franck]

I'm actually using the kde version of ubuntu with the 4.6.1 update of kde.
You're totally right, kde is missing a proper PulseAudio management tool.

Next thing is using pactl and pacmd.
"pactl list" should list a client with Application.name = Skype.
in pacmd command line during a phone call test, using the "list-sink-inputs" 
command, you should get the skype listed as a sink also. If you can paste the 
output of both. Add the "list-sources" to check the inputs availables.

The paman utility may be handy in your case but it's a gnome based utility 
again.

Oh.. did you try to plug in a microphone and perform a test call ?

Franck.

Le lundi 14 mars 2011 22:52:17, Rob Collins a écrit :
> Thanks all for replies.  Yes Franck, in fact "PulseAudio Server (local)"
> is the *only* option for all sound inputs and outputs on my skype
> 2.1.0.81 settings.
> 
> Glen:  I follow that apps that are trying to access sound devices direct
> instead of going through pulseaudio will throw up an error instead but
> skype on this Opensuse 11.4 distro *is* a pulseaudio app and also
> refuses to make the skype test call only while pavucontrol is running.
> ie It is happy enough making the test call when pavucontrol is not up.
> 
> Kingsley:  one of the reasons why i went with opensuse originally was
> that they had made the decision not to force pulseaudio into kde, but
> unfortunately this seems to have been reversed now.  I have been down
> the remove-pulse-in-favour-of-alsa route before but you just end up
> fighting against the flow in my experience with distros that the devs
> have set up around pulse.  I am really not sure what my next move should
> be.
> 
> For all those who said their ubuntu *.* works fine with skype pulse, I
> am really not surprised as gnome seems to be far better equipped to
> handle this sound system.  Conversely there seems to be no kde native
> tools to properly assess and control what pulse is doing.
> 
> Rob
> 
>   On 15/03/2011 9:41 a.m., franck wrote:
> > Hi Rob.
> > I'm using Skype 2.1.0.81 on an Ubuntu 10.10 (x64) and skype manages
> > pulseaudio without problem.
> > 
> > In Skype sound option, I can setup pulseaudio as Microphone and Output.
> > The exact label is "PulseAudio Server (local)"
> > Do you have this option available?
> > 
> > Franck.
> > 
> > Le lundi 14 mars 2011 21:20:38, Rob Collins a écrit :
> >> Well I successfully got Opensuse 11.4 up and running on my acer intel
> >> laptop with ATI sound.  Everything works really well with many speed
> >> improvements especially noticeable now kde4.6 is the desktop.  Well that
> >> is except for skype 2.1b2 because Opensuse have now swapped to
> >> pulseaudio (dammit).  Can anybody tell me what I should be doing to
> >> assess what is going wrong that my pulseaudio skpe cannot use the
> >> internal mic (the one just above the laptop display)?  btw, all other
> >> sound recording apps seem to be working fine, it appears to be just
> >> skype with the problem.
> >> 
> >> pavucontrol:
> >> I have tried having pavucontrol open to check for mic usage with its
> >> usage meter but it seems they have set opensuse's sound system up so
> >> that pavucontrol takes TOTAL control of the sound system while running
> >> so no other application can access the sound!  All I get with sound
> >> recording apps when I try to run while pavucontrol is up are "cannot
> >> access sound device..." type messages.
> >> 
> >> Rob Collins