[SOLVED] Skype Works Without PulseAudio!!! [/SOLVED]

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After an hour of trying to configure my microphone to work with Skype under ALSA, I finally reached success! Below is crucial information to what I did, and I hope that you find it useful.

I am using the laptop’s built-in microphone.

ALSAMixer Settings

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ALSAMixerImage

Skype 2.1.0.81(Beta) Settings

All my devices(microphone, speakers, ringing) and mainly my microphone are set to Default Device.
I left the box labeled “Allow Skype to automatically adjust my mixer levels.” unchecked

Computer
HP Pavilion dv6000 series(specifically Pavilion 6833us Entertainment Notebook)
openSUSE 11.3 64-Bit
KDE 4.5
ALSA 1.0.23-2.12

Sound Card(Exactly in YAST):
82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
Configured as sound card number 0
Driver snd-hda-intel

Useful Resources
Skype for Linux Sound Setup

Get your microphone working in Ubuntu 9.04 and skype (x64)

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Thankyou for your post providing a configuration that works for you on Skype.

IMHO this varies from PC to PC as to what works, and what does not work, with no one specifc uniform setting.

For example, on my main PC (an Asus P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard with an Intel Core i7 920 cpu) and an AD1989B hardware audio codec, I find the follow settings on a 64-bit openSUSE-11.3 KDE-4.4.4 work:
http://thumbnails38.imagebam.com/11816/cf36a5118151570.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/cf36a5118151570)
[click on pix for more detailed view]

As one can see, I use the front mic on my PC.

The output of the alsa-info.sh script for my PC are here:
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=a792f768850edc012a3cf223f1c393d718862bb0

In my case, I do allow Skype to automatically adjust the levels. However I have also encountered cases where it is best NOT to have Skype automatically adjust the level. I have no explanation as to why it works on some on not on others with the setting applied.