Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] usb headset problems

[Jon Westgate <gm oryn fsck tv>]

Damien Sandras wrote:

> Hello Jon,
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> Le lun 16/06/2003 à 15:00, Jon Westgate a écrit :
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> > Hi people,
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> > seriously pitch shift the sound. I'm also guessing that something
> > opposite is happening the other way .
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> Yes, that could be the reason. However, the druid is using the same
> frequency than what is used during calls.
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> So, did your problem happen with several people or only one? Did you try
> different codecs?
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I tried with only one person, but I could hear them fine with the 
internal sound card set as the output device.

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> > My question is how can I fix this?  Does gnomemeeting have a fixed
> > frequency option to sort this out? Would running something like (Spit,
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> No.
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> > hiss, booo) ESD fix this. Would ALSA do on the fly sample rate conversion?
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> Yes, I think ALSA is able to do that, but I'm not sure if it works with
> OSS emulation too or only in native mode. You should really use ALSA
> instead of OSS if it is not already the case.
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> > If you are wondering why? I got this headset, its because the soundcard
> > in my laptop can't record from a microphone (due to a fault). I might
> > add that the headset works perfectly in windows with netmeeting, but I'm
> > trying not to find reasons to run windows on my laptop.
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> I think Linux still has to catch up with windows in the domain of audio.
> ALSA is there to help doing it :)
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> > Regards
> > Jon Westgate
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