Re: [Ekiga-list] speakerphone mode

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le mardi 20 novembre 2007 à 22:38 -0600, Randall Smith a écrit :
> I typically use Ekiga with a headset for best sound quality and to avoid 
> echo from speaker to mic feedback. Sometimes I want to use an external 
> speaker and mic (for instance, when my daughter and wife also want to 
> participate in the conversation), but I can't get past the echo problem. 
> Echo cancellation just doesn't seem to work well (I'm using mic and 
> speaker on the same sound card) and when it does seem to be working it 
> degrades the audio quality.
> 
> I would be perfectly happy with a half-duplex setting so I could use 
> external audio sans echo.  Is this something that can be easily done 
> now? I think many speakerphones work this way and it's not so bad.

Unfortunately not :(

> Also, I think it would be a good idea to have A/V profiles to quickly 
> switch between different mics, speakers and video devices, sizes, etc. 
> Maybe even associate these profiles to different contacts. And the 
> interface would have a drop-down list so you could quickly switch to 
> "SpeakerPhone" profile or whatever.
> 

That is a good idea.


Notice we could also reuse echo cancellation algorithms from Asterisk.
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