It seems that multiple people have some problems with mic input in skype in Opensuse 12.1. And unfortunately, I am one of those poor souls
Anyways, after reading multiple post, I still cannot solve my sound issues. The symptoms are the following:
1- My logitech notebook deluxe webcam is my mic
2- In skype, all audio settings point to Audiopulse
3- I can hear the Skype lady when doing a call test but she cannot hear me
4- While running skype, Audiopulse shows the following:
a- the Recording tab shows nothing (selection in Show: Applications)
b- the Input Devices tab shows 2 items: Internal Audio Analog Stereo and Notebook Deluxe Analog mono (Show: All Except Monitors). The input bar in the Notebook Deluxe Analog mono item moves left or right when I talk.
5- in skype, the video test also works
Iām one of the fortunate souls who have Skype working in 12.1 on 2 different PCs with no problems: My desktop with a USB wecam (logitec C910) mic and my Dell Studio 1537 laptopās integrated mic.
My having no problems also means I do not know why this does not work for others. It simply works for me.
I recommend you install the application pulse audio volume control (pavucontrol). The idea with this app is to run it once the 1st time (at the same time) one runs an application and use it to tune pulse audio for that specific application. Pulse then records the settings and each time one runs the application again, pulse will apply the past settings.
Run pavucontrol at the same time as you are using the Skype testing services. Pay attention to the Configuration Tab in pavucontrol (ensuring you make the correct selection), and pay attention to the Input Devices Tab (set SHOW to all input devices and ensure your mic is NOT muted) and pay attention to the Recording Tab (set SHOW to āall streamsā) and select the correct input device.
Are you able to record from your webcam mic outside of Skype ? On my desktop PC (with a Logitec Webcam) if I type āarecord -lā (thats a lower case āLā) I get:
from which one can see that my Webam mic is device hw:1,0
That is useful in testing the record function, as I can record from a terminal with the command:
arecord -vv -f S16_LE -c 2 -D hw:1,0 new.wav
where I use 2 channels ( -c 2 ) and some users may need to use one channel ( -c 1 ) and I also assume the format āS16_LEā . The recording is saved to the file ānew.wavā and I stop the recording by pressing and I play back with:
aplay new.wav
Note arecord bypasses pulse so you are not likely to see it in pavucontrol.
Thanks for your reply. I did not intend to criticize opensuse in any way. I think it is a great distributionā¦ just that I was one of the unlucky fewā¦
Anyways, I greatly appreciate your help. I believe this is a procedure that you have suggested in other posts. I had pavucontrol already installed but I mistyped my point #4. Following your suggestions, I carefully watch the content of the recording tab when making the test call. The tab actually shows Skype only when making the call. However, the default input was from my Internal Audio Analog and not from my webcam. After making the change, the Skype Lady can hear me :D. Furthermore, the switch of input is kept even after reboot! Great
Just for record, the arecord test worked just fine. I could hear me when playing back new.wav.
I have tried all the above and it all worked .I can record as detailed above.
I can see my voice input on the pulse volume monitor but still no Skype mic sound
the whole setup just worked in 11.4 out of the box . I have video working .
Pulse appears to working and I am using the 2.2 version of Skype .I have applied an alsa 32 bit rpm suggested in another thread
The box is 64 bit and the web cam is a logitek Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:081b Logitech, Inc. Webcam C310
As the whole setup was working in 11.4 two weeks ago I donāt think the issue is a hardware problem
I can see the output of the USB mike in the pulse volume control but there is nothing at all in the record tab and I cant see how to add something in the GUI anyway
Now I have dumped pulse from my machine and I have an almost working skype setup .Judging by the sound the sample rate in alsa is wrong where does one set it ?
Welcome tp openSUSE forums. What precisely have you attempted to solve this problem? What desktop are you using? What audio hardware are you using? Is this an internal or an external mic? What is your Linux experience level?
I have this working with pulse on a logitech C910 usb web cam. It just works. To help I would need to see audio hardware and software settings. Removing pulse is not the sort of setup that I will help on. Good luck with your efforts.
I found no entries in tux mobile nor in Linux on laptop for your Asus. Ergo you need to hope that a configuration for a different laptop with similar hardware works on your hardware ā¦
Ok ā¦ a couple of points ā¦ ā¦
I assume you know this is not the place to raise a bug report (and you were just using the term ābugā to reference the problem). I can provide you guidance wrt raising a bug report if you wish.
Reference fixing in fixing in āmodprobe.d - sound. confā ā¦ there is no sound.conf. That was removed a long time ago. Its now called 50-sound.conf and your reply makes me wonder just what you tested there ?
Further to that, the option codes for the ALC663 are:
ALC662/663/272
==============
3stack-dig 3-stack (2-channel) with SPDIF
3stack-6ch 3-stack (6-channel)
3stack-6ch-dig 3-stack (6-channel) with SPDIF
6stack-dig 6-stack with SPDIF
lenovo-101e Lenovo laptop
eeepc-p701 ASUS Eeepc P701
eeepc-ep20 ASUS Eeepc EP20
ecs ECS/Foxconn mobo
m51va ASUS M51VA
g71v ASUS G71V
h13 ASUS H13
g50v ASUS G50V
asus-mode1 ASUS
asus-mode2 ASUS
asus-mode3 ASUS
asus-mode4 ASUS
asus-mode5 ASUS
asus-mode6 ASUS
asus-mode7 ASUS
asus-mode8 ASUS
dell Dell with ALC272
dell-zm1 Dell ZM1 with ALC272
samsung-nc10 Samsung NC10 mini notebook
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
which of those did you test, and what syntax did you use, and after applying each option (one at a time) what did you do to restart alsa and test? What test ?
You note āno noiseā ? Does that mean sound works but no mic recording ? Or is the problem bigger.
You note āarecordā ā¦ exactly what āarecordā lines did you try ? What error (if any) did arecord give ? I find arecord is very good at providing an error indication.
I assume you tried something like:
arecord -vv -f S16_LE -c 2 -D hw:0,0 new.wav
where I am assuming 2 channel ( -c 2 ) but its possible one channel ( -c 1 ) is superior for your hardware (I donāt know your hardware).
Did you try the application āpavucontrolā ? That needs to be installed and then run at the same time as one is trying to record sound, and then it has to be tuned. It does NOT work with arecord which tends to bypass pulse audio.
What is the output website/address URL (linking to your PC hardware/audio configuration) provided by running the diagnostic script :
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh
selecting the SHARE/UPLOAD option ? Do NOT post the script generated content here. Only post the website/URL.
I have re-installed pulse and can get sound working from both pulse and alsa ,it just sounds like a 33rpm record played at 78rpm .I tried setting the default pulse sample rate to 48k
Also as the camera is mono set the channel to 1
PS to my last post from the Ubuntu bug list (Bug #843431 )
Santiagoās fix (#80) made skype work for me but broke gmail voice functions and Audacity (for me). As they are more important to me than Skype I tried Tuomoās (#87) and it worked not only with the test, but with an actual call. I guess starting the camera before the call made it work.
In short it may fix Skype nut it breaks other things
My asus n71v worked fine with 11.3 and 11.4 (all 64 bit)
Further to that, the option codes for the ALC663 are:
Code:
ALC662/663/272
3stack-dig 3-stack (2-channel) with SPDIF
3stack-6ch 3-stack (6-channel)
3stack-6ch-dig 3-stack (6-channel) with SPDIF
6stack-dig 6-stack with SPDIF
lenovo-101e Lenovo laptop
eeepc-p701 ASUS Eeepc P701
eeepc-ep20 ASUS Eeepc EP20
ecs ECS/Foxconn mobo
m51va ASUS M51VA
g71v ASUS G71V
h13 ASUS H13
g50v ASUS G50V
asus-mode1 ASUS
asus-mode2 ASUS
asus-mode3 ASUS
asus-mode4 ASUS
asus-mode5 ASUS
asus-mode6 ASUS
asus-mode7 ASUS
asus-mode8 ASUS
dell Dell with ALC272
dell-zm1 Dell ZM1 with ALC272
samsung-nc10 Samsung NC10 mini notebook
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
which of those did you test, and what syntax did you use, and after applying each option (one at a time) what did you do to restart alsa and test? What test ?
I know. I tested everything. didāt improve matters. Now my 50-sound.conf:
options snd-hda-intel model=g71v
options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
# u1Nb.jUWGKCcBVVB:8280II (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
and
yast->security and users->grups and users
I have sets + āaudioā
Now mic works, but with noises.
I assume you tried something like:
Code:
arecord -vv -f S16_LE -c 2 -D hw:0,0 new.wav
where I am assuming 2 channel ( -c 2 ) but its possible one channel ( -c 1 ) is superior for your hardware (I donāt know your hardware).
Did you try the application āpavucontrolā ? That needs to be installed and then run at the same time as one is trying to record sound, and then it has to be tuned. It does NOT work with arecord which tends to bypass pulse audio.
Yes, I tested it. Everything with noises or no mic.
Also, what is the output of sending the commands:
Code:
rpm -qa āalsaā
rpm -qa āpulseā
rpm -q libasound2
Because mic works, though of bigers noises.
I thing - kernel in 12.1 is bad or rpm packages responsible for multimedia are bad.
Problem affects many people on this forum and others forums.
