RESOLVED: Re: Lenny Skype - suddenly garbled mic sounds
On 08/05/2010 08:20 PM, Ralph Katz wrote:
> Posted on skype board with no replies to date. Perhaps one of you can
> shed some insight.
>
> Skype worked fine for about 6 weeks since I first installed it. But
> from this last weekend, I get this darth vader mic sound problem. My
> voice is garbled and s-l-o-w-e-d down on playback from skype test call.
> Voice calls unusable. Skype call dialog window Error message something
> like "problem with audio capture." I hear the other end; other party
> hears nothing.
>
> No audio s/w updated nor installed recently. Mic on sound recorder still
> works fine.
>
> Debian Lenny (current updates), Skype Linux 2.1.0.81, backported 2.6.32
> kernel, default XFCE debian installation for audio.
>
> So, everything was fine previously. Nothing new installed. No upgrades
> should impact audio.
> Packages updated recently:
> [UPGRADE] ghostscript 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny1 -> 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4
> [UPGRADE] gs-common 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny1 -> 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4
> [UPGRADE] libgs8 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny1 -> 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4
> [UPGRADE] libldap-2.4-2 2.4.11-1+lenny1 -> 2.4.11-1+lenny2
> [UPGRADE] google-chrome-stable 5.0.375.99-r51029 -> 5.0.375.125-r53311
> [UPGRADE] libmozjs1d 1.9.0.19-2 -> 1.9.0.19-3
> [UPGRADE] xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.19-2 -> 1.9.0.19-3
>
> Any ideas before I tinker with adding .asoundrc or /etc/asound.conf files?
> What could have changed that I missed?!
>
> Thanks!
>
Suddenly skype is working fine! The skype sound devices mic default
setting appears to have been changed by sound recorder or some other
application. Initial attempts to try all skype sound devices mic
options failed, yet now manually setting it back to Default fixes the
problem. Hopefully posting this will help someone else.
Ralph
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