Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Sound problems

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le mardi 16 mai 2006 à 16:11 +0200, Luis Fernando Llana Díaz a écrit :
> El Martes, 16 de Mayo de 2006 15:31, Damien Sandras escribió:
> > Le mardi 16 mai 2006 à 15:20 +0200, Luis Fernando Llana Díaz a écrit :
> > > Hello,
> > >   I have ekiga installed for a couple of months, I use it with a
> > > voipbuster account. I have been using succesfully until a couple of
> > > weeks, it coincides with a system upgrade. I am using a debian
> > > distribution.
> > >
> > >   The problem is that the incoming sounds comes as in "packets" with a
> > > silence between them. It seems that packets are compressed in time and
> > > then there is silence. The result is that it is impossible to understand
> > > other people say. I am using ekiga from the repository
> > > deb http://snapshots.gnomemeeting.net/debian sid main
> > >
> > > The version is 20060515-02-sid.1. I am not using esd nor arts
> >
> > Downgrade libasound.
> To what version?
> the only version available in etch/sid repositories is
> 
> +++-==============-========
> ii  libasound2     1.0.11-3       ALSA library
> 

This one is broken (see previous posts on the mailing list).

1.0.10 is working.
Latest 'HG' version from ALSA repository is also working.
1.0.11 has a bug with DMIX.

As a workaround, I would suggest not using the "Default" soundcard in
the "Sound Events" and "Audio Devices" prefs of Ekiga.
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