[Ekiga-list] Remote user offline (ALMOST THERE)

[Damien Sandras]

Le vendredi 13 octobre 2006 à 21:27 +0200, Michel van der Kleij a
écrit :
> > *sigh*, you seem having all the problems of the world :-/
> 
> Pffff absolutely. Dunno what I've done to deserve this. Anyway a few more
> tests tonight as you suggested:
> 
> > A few steps to debug :
> > 1) Make the audio test through the druid, and see if it works.
> 
> I can see the "signal indicator" moving which is a hopeful sign. Must be my
> hardware though. Heli-noise eliminated by almost completely turning down mic
> input. The other system seems fine, I get a nice delay and good sound.
> 

You have to enable MIC Input and click on "MUTE", it will remove the
signal feedback into the speakers.


> In any case, what I get here is the last few milisecs of my voice being echoed
> over and over again, getting louder every time until a certain level is
> reached. The echoing continues though and turns into some churchbell-like
> noise. WEIRD!

Not weird, but normal. Use a headset.

> 
> > 2) Try calling 500 at ekiga.net with each of them and see if it works or
> > not. Please note that there is a problem with ekiga.net right now, 
> > it is loosing packets.
> 
> My system calls 500 succesfully, I hear the friendly lady but I get some
> psychedelic noise played back to me: think drunk or delirious, that type of
> echoing mixed through my voice. Even more WEIRD!
> 

First fix things with the druid audio test. It is the first step. If
your audio is not setup correctly there is no hope that it will work.

> Strangely enough, the other system (desktop and FW at the same time) got
> engaged signal while calling 500 and it says something like "security check
> failed" ...
> 

Because you are not registered (same problem again).


> > arecord -D plughw:0,0 -c 1 -r 8000 -f S16_LE - | aplay -D plughw:0,0 
> > -c 1 -r 8000 -f S16_LE -
> 
> No complaints and I can hear a squeeling noise and a regularly intervalled "tick".
> 

The squeeling noise and the tick are not normal.


> > arecord -D plughw:0,0 -c 1 -r 16000 -f S16_LE - | aplay -D plughw:0,
> > 0 -c 1 -r 16000 -f S16_LE -
> 
> Same, no complaints but psychedelic rhythmbox.
> 

That is not normal either. 
[..]

> 
> Sorry for straining the system to its limits Damien ... I'm sure we'll get
> there though!
> 

It seems an hardware related problem.

The 2 arecord/aplay command must repeat your voice input into the
microphone without any perturbation. Once it will work correctly, then
Ekiga will also work correctly.

I guess you have to tweak your ALSA setup.
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