Skype solution

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On 1/3/07, Matthew Saltzman <mjs at ces.clemson.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Claude Jones wrote:
>
> > On Fri December 29 2006 7:27 pm, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> >> I remember a relatively recent thread in which folks
> >> complained about having trouble getting their microphones to
> >> work in Skype with FC6, but I don't recall a definitive
> >> solution being posted. It took me quite a bit of fiddling,
> >> but I finally got it.
> >>
Sorry, it didn't work for me. I'm still trying to find the solution or
at least the pattern for this behaviour, but not success for now.

My problem, as discussed in a previous thread is with the mic. I will
post any advances.

Best Regards
> >>[...]
> >>
> >> Hope that info helps somebody.
> >
> > Matthew: At least one of those recent discussions had to do with
> > Skype arbitrarily turning off settings after a call or two - I
> > can't make out the pattern, though I'm sure there is one, but
> > after using Skype, once, sometimes more than once but never more
> > than a few times, I find the capture level turned back down to
> > 0. Sometimes re-setting the level fixes it, sometimes not - when
> > it doesn't work, I have to shut down Skype and restart it. It's
> > become a pain. Today, I reinstalled vmplayer and fired up XP on
> > this machine, and was surprised to find that Skype worked
> > perfectly - that's an unfortunate state of affairs.
> >
> > If you continue to experience consistent behavior, and Skype
> > continues to work each and every time with the approach you've
> > taken above, please post back and let us know.
> >
> > To reprise - two problems, which have been discussed here and on
> > the Skype forums:
> > 1-Skype on Linux seems to have an issue with the soundcard
> > settings, and they are occasionally reset to 0, especially the
> > capture setting - turning the capture volume back up will
> > sometimes solve the mic not working issue
> > 2-Skype will work for a call or a few calls, and then the mic
> > will stop working - sometimes it's just the level setting as
> > described in 1, though sometimes, even though the level has been
> > set back to 0 and then re-set to a correct record level, Skype
> > will still not respond to mic input, and has to be restarted.
>
> Yep, I reemember those threads, but there was also a thread about getting
> it to work at all, and that's the one I was addressing.
>
> I'm not a frequent user right now, but I do need it, so I was glad to get
> it working at all.  I'll keep an eye out for these other issues and report
> back if I learn anything.
>
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