kopete and skype sound

[Amadeus W.M.]

Does kopete do sound streaming? Oddly enough, I can do video streaming, 
but no sound, and I don't see a place to configure the sound devices 
either (as e.g. in skype). I know for video I had to have jasper, do I 
need some plugin for sound too?

Incidentally, like others on this list I was having problems with 
configuring the microphone in skype (I could hear the incoming sound, but 
they could not hear me). What I did was to open volume control (in gnome, 
but I imagine it would be similar in kde) -> edit -> preferences, then 
check just about every capture item (e.g. line-in capture, microphone 
capture, etc.) although I believe the microphone capture is really the 
important one. Then, under the Playback panel, the microphone slider must 
be on. Under the Recording tab, the capture slider must be on. Under the 
Switches tab, I had to have Microphone Capture (and Mic Boost) checked, 
and under Options, the appropriate microphone must be selected (I can 
choose between Mic1 and Mic2; when the correct one is selected, you can 
hear your own voice into the speakers, when talking into the microphone). 

Now if skype could do video streaming...

Some suggested (and others agreed) that alsa is a big mess, but I just 
don't see why. It begins to make sense when you read the documentation - 
at least the FAQ. Just poke around in /proc/asound. And even if you don't 
know anything about the internals of alsa (like me), all it takes is to 
fiddle a little bit with volume control to turn on the appropriate 
capture devices.