skype problems

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Mon May 15 02:54:30 UTC 2006


Lauri wrote:
>> Actually 2 of them.
>>
>> 1. I can only make one connection per reboot, otherwise there is 
>> "something wrong with the audio device" when a new connection is 
>> attempted.  My headphones continue to function normally.  And my own 
>> voice is flawless both in my phones and at the other end of the call.
>>
> 
> This is a known bug, Skype doesn't close the device. Restarting Skype
> fixes that.
> 
> Use skype_dsp_hijacker.
> 
> See: http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=32290
> 
>> 2.  Reception is very intermittent, and coupled with a lot of 
>> chuttering noises.  This I verified is on my end by trying the echo123 
>> facility, even the ladies recorded voice was chopped up into just 
>> fractions of a word here and there.
>>
> 
> This is also a common problem. I fixed this with dmix-ing.
> 
> See: http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=4068

And where might this 'dmix plugin' be found for an FC5 system?

> My solution: http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?p=197195#197195
> 
>> As a point of note, skype only opens a path to /dev/dsp once on the 
>> reboot and restart.  It shows 3 opens to /dev/mixer when a failed call 
>> to echo123 is live, and leaves 2 of them behind when it has been hung up.
>>
>> The audio system is an ATX in an HP laptop.  OS is 386 FC5 with all 
>> updates on an amd64 turion system.
>>
>> Does anybody have a clue to share?
>>
> 
> Lauri
> 
> 


-- 
Cheers, Gene




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