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Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Mar 21st, '13, 15:18
by barjac
Make sure you have 32bit core and core updates repositories enabled (if you are running a 64bit system)
Update your system either in mcc or by using:
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su
urpmi --auto-update -v

then try again.

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Apr 7th, '13, 23:58
by zexcel
Hello. I have problems with using microphone in skype too. I tried to set different level of volume in pavucontrol but it didn't help. Can anyone help me?
In Audacity I have two fields for microphone. When I set 1 chanel of voice and HDA Intel MID : ALC272 Analog into the right field, and anything in the left - there's recording. When I set into the right field anything else - I can't record anything.

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Apr 8th, '13, 00:43
by barjac
Did you try the suggestions detailed from this post onwards?
https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?p=15907#p15907

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Apr 8th, '13, 00:55
by zexcel
Yes, I did exactly as written.
But still no effect.

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Apr 9th, '13, 10:41
by barjac
Can you please pastebin the output of 'pacmd ls' as described in that post, and put a link here?

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Apr 9th, '13, 12:09
by zexcel
Yes, of course.
Here they are.
"Skype" is output of command during the skype call
"Audacity-2-channel" is output when Audacity was recording stereo sound (2-channels) with "pulse" in both fields for microphone (see the png)
"Audacity-left-chanel" is output when sound was been recording in mono-mode with microphone "Intel-blah-blah" in left channel and "pulse" in right channel (In this mode sound wasn't recorded)
"Audacity-right-channel" is output when "Intel" was in right channel and "pulse" was in left channel (and the sound was recorded)
Thank you for the help

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Apr 9th, '13, 13:11
by colin
This is likely one of those lovely microphones where there are two channels that are exactly out of phase and therefore cancel each other out.

In Skype, you should uncheck the option which says "Allow Skype to control my mixer levels", then in pavucontrol, click the little box that allows for independent control of the left+right channels for the mic and set the right channel to 0 and use only the left channel for controlling the mic level. Does this work OK for you? (i.e. remove audacity completely from the picture using only Skype and pavucontrol)

I cannot remember what the current status of the problem with such mics is and whether there is a fix for it at the kernel side or whether we have to quirk them in PA... I'll check with some upstream colleagues about that.

In the mean time, can you post/attach the output of the alsa-info.sh script? You can download it via the link on this still very sparse, but soon to be expanded page: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support:Debu ... ndProblems

Cheers!

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Apr 9th, '13, 20:28
by doktor5000
colin wrote:this still very sparse, but soon to be expanded page: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support:Debu ... ndProblems


*awardscolinwithamedal* ;)
I've added some little bits on the Discussion tab of that page, feel free to reuse that.

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Apr 9th, '13, 20:40
by zexcel
I have unchecked option in Skype long time ago. But I found interesting thing. If I close pavucontrol and then start it again, button of independent control of the channels is turned on. I just can't turn it down. Maybe this is the main purpose of the problem? And skype hasn't worked properly yet.
Should I start the script during the skype call or just without any sound programm?

And yes, don't know why, but when i start new skype call the levels of microphone become equal. Even with unchecked option of controlling level

One more thing. When I plug in external microphone in jack Skype hear me. Even when levels of channel are equal.

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Apr 9th, '13, 23:54
by colin
Oh, this might be a different issue then (tho' I wouldn't rule it out completely). Perhaps we're simply not switching from external to internal mixer controls properly....

Can you post two runs of "pacmd list-sources" while in a test call, both with and without the external mic plugged in?

Cheers

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Apr 10th, '13, 11:30
by zexcel
Yes, delivered.

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Apr 10th, '13, 11:46
by colin
OK, I think I see the problem here.

It seems your sound card mic has three ports:

These are listed as follows:

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        ports:
                analog-input-microphone-internal: Встроенный микрофон (priority 8900, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
                analog-input: Аналоговый ввод (priority 10000, latency offset 10000 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:

                analog-input-microphone: Микрофон (priority 8700, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"


Now, I'm afraid my Russian is a little rusty ;) but thankfully the internal names make sense to me.

When you are not using your external mic the port is set to analog-input. See this from your first attachment:
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        active port: <analog-input>


But when you plug in your mic your port is set to analog-input-microphone. See this from your second attachment:
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        active port: <analog-input-microphone>


As you can probably tell from now, the third option (actually the first in the list) is never used.... analog-input-microphone-internal. As it's name suggests, this is probably the one you actually want to use! I suspect the "analog-input" is something that is either wired up, but unused or something that can be used for recording things like CD players or similar (although this is not very common these days).

In order to address this, simply open up pavucontrol and with your external microphone unplugged go to the "Input Devices" tab (not sure what it is in Russian locale but it's the 4th tab :)) Here you should be able to change the port from Аналоговый ввод to Встроенный микрофон. This should allow you to record sound via the internal mic. The setting should be remembered across reboots etc. When you plug in your external mic the port should automatically change to Микрофон and when you unplug it again it should revert back to Встроенный микрофон automatically.

I hope that resolves the issue for you!

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Apr 11th, '13, 00:28
by zexcel
Thank you very much for so much time that you solve my little problem. I changed the port in Pavucontrol, rebooted system and - voila! - nothing happened :) Actually I did it earlier. I tried different ports when external mic was plugged and found that <analog-input> and <analog-input-microphone> produced same sound and <analog-input-microphone-internal> didn't produce any. Even after games with levels of channels

And I wonder why in the line
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(priority XXX, latency offset X usec, available: XXX)

for <analog-input> and <analog-input-microphone-internal> when external mic unplugged avaliability is unknown

!!!UPDATE
I found how to make skype to hear my voice.
During the skype call I entered via console to "alsamixer", chose my Intel audiocard (not default), and set level of right channel of microphone to zero. And sound became! At the same time in Pavucontrol level of right channel either "Input audio" and "Internal microphone" automatically was set to about 17.
But the problem is that I can't save this setting. When skype call begins or ends levels of channels in alsamixer become equal again. And setting of level in pavucontrol doesn't give effect

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Apr 28th, '13, 11:06
by zexcel
Hello again!
Any news about microphone and alsamixer?

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: May 27th, '13, 20:41
by codegazer
There is a new Linux version of skype available: skype-4.2.0.11 from http://skype.com

Attempting to install the Fedora RPM fails with:

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# urpmi skype-4.2.0.11-fedora.i586.rpm
A requested package cannot be installed:
skype-4.2.0.11-fc16.i586 (due to unsatisfied qt[>= 4.6])
Continue installation anyway? (Y/n)


Update-1: I installed it using:
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rpm -i skype-4.2.0.11-fedora.i586.rpm --nodeps


Update-2: Trying to run skype revealed missing library: libQtDBus.so.4.
I searched for libQtDBus.so.4 using rpmdrake and identified package: libqtdbus4 which I installed.

Update-3: tried to run skype again revealed missing library: libQtWebKit.so.4
I searched for libQtWebKit.so.4 using rpmdrake and identified package: libqtwebkit2.2_4 which I also installed.

Update-4: tried to run skype again and this time it worked.
Curiously, the skype splash page showns version 4.1.

Summary: In order to install the Fedora rpm from skype.com the following steps work:

a) Install the libraries Skype will use:
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/usr/sbin/urpmi  libqtdbus4 libqtwebkit2.2_4


b) Download and install the Fedora rpm from http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/ ... e=fedora32
Install with:
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rpm -i skype-4.2.0.11-fedora.i586.rpm --nodeps


Update-5: I found the reason for the 4.1 version appearing in the splash screen.
It was because I had previously installed skype 4.1 and the binary was in /usr/local/bin/.
So, I renamed: mv /usr/local/bin/skype /usr/local/bin/skype-4.1 and now I get the 4.2 splash screen.

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: May 27th, '13, 22:01
by doktor5000
@codegazer: This is not needed, we have the get-skype package for cauldron, updated the day it was released as usual.
I've just added new version and links to the first post. Next time please just reply here so i'll update the post.
I've just forgotten it (after updating Skype locally the day it was released :D )

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: May 27th, '13, 22:01
by sander85
codegazer wrote:There is a new Linux version of skype available: skype-4.2.0.11 from http://skype.com

Just install this package: http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/p ... noarch.rpm

How to configure USB audio for Skype webcam mike

PostPosted: Jun 18th, '13, 06:01
by ghmitch
All of the modern webcams include microphones supported by USB audio. They don't work out of the box as certain audio parameters have to be modified. The levels and default microphone settings in pulse audio are probably obvious, but they have to be taken care of. You can do that with the PA volume control. You are looking for "Input Devices". Your new webam should show up somewhere below your soundcard default capture options. The whole box scrolls, so if you can't see your webcam, don't give up without attempting to scroll down. What is not so obvious is that in addition to Pulse Audio, you have also need to adjust KDE Phonon settings. For that you need to bring up the KDE System Settings and go to Hardware -> Multimedia -> Phonon. Once there, you should see a tab labeled "Device Preference". On that page, you should see your new webcam along with the old audio hardware. MAKE SURE your webcam is the #1 preferred device, because THAT is what Skype is going to select and Skype often does not give you the option of any other device than the #1 preferred device. I just went through this whole process the hard way and hopefully this helps someone else to follow in my footsteps.

Re: How to configure USB audio for Skype webcam mike

PostPosted: Jun 18th, '13, 20:12
by doktor5000
Well, that is already documented in the MAQeia for Skype, no? If not, i'd merge that thread into it ...

Re: How to configure USB audio for Skype webcam mike

PostPosted: Jun 18th, '13, 21:22
by ghmitch
Well ... :oops: ... you might find it surprising, but I have never even looked at the MAQeia topic before. I just hadn't discovered it yet and didn't think to look in that corner before posting this. So feel free to pull this thread down if you think it might be confusing to someone. I won't be offended.

Re: How to configure USB audio for Skype webcam mike

PostPosted: Jun 18th, '13, 22:08
by doktor5000
No, don't want to pull it down :)
Just thought about attaching it to the MAQeia for Skype, as that topic is best covered there IMHO.

What do you think?

Re: How to configure USB audio for Skype webcam mike

PostPosted: Jun 19th, '13, 05:48
by ghmitch
Whatever you think is appropriate works for me.

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Jun 27th, '13, 20:48
by heymanj
Just completed today's (06/27/2013) Magiea 3 updates. Was warned that skype would be removed. Went ahead and did the update, assuming that I would just rerun get-skype.

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$ sudo urmpi get-skype
The following packages can't be installed because they depend on packages
that are older than the installed ones:
libdri-drivers-9.1.2-1.mga3
libmesagl1-9.1.2-1.mga3
libqtwebkit2.2_4-2.3.0-1.mga3
get-skype-4.1.0.20-2.mga3.nonfree
Continue installation anyway? (Y/n) n
$


Is there an update somewhere, or will the get-skype be updated to handle the depricated packages?

jerry

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Jun 27th, '13, 21:29
by barjac

Re: [MAQeia] Skype (32 and 64 bits)

PostPosted: Jun 28th, '13, 02:50
by heymanj
Thank you barjac - that fixed it!