Re: [Ekiga-list] sound quality

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le jeudi 09 ao�07 �6:05 -0400, Kevin Hunter a �it :
> At 3:58a -0400 on 09 Aug 2007, arnuld wrote:
> >> Given recent mention that I'm using an out of date version of Ekiga
> >> (2.0.3) because it's what Ubuntu currently has in it's repositories,
> >> what are my options in terms of sound and quality?  No matter which
> >> codec I put at the top of the list in Preferences, I seem to get very
> >> choppy sound.  When I dial the 500 ekiga net address, it connects, but
> >> both the woman's voice and my own are very muddled and hard to hear.  It
> >> clears up for a few seconds after about 5 seconds, but then returns to
> >> choppy, low quality.  (Juxtaposed with the Skype client that I just
> >> tried which gets very good quality of sound, so I'm certain it's not my
> >> hardware/driver.)
> >>
> >> Is there something not written in the docs that I'm missing?
> > 
> > same happened with me as i have only 256 kbps bandwidth connection. go
> > to "Edit > Preferences" and do these 2:
> > 
> > 1.) choose right audio-codecs (according to your bandwidth).
> > 2.) if you do not have any need for a web-cam, disable the video support there.
> 
> Neither of those had any effect.  :-(  Comparing just our bandwidth (I
> have a 384 Kbps connection) you'd think that'd at least do /something/.
>  Hmm.  Thanks, though.  Any other ideas?
> 

What's the jitter value and the packets loss (statistics tab) ?
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