Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Sound

[Marc Williams <marcw onlymooo com>]

I've read your note twice so maybe I'm just not getting it.  What makes
you think this is a Gnomemeeting issue?


On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 14:10, Pablo Ortuzar wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I run SuSE 8 with ALSA v0.9.0rc3 installed. Card is a VIA 82C686A/B at 0xcc00, 
> irq 10. I use the Gnomeeting version that comes with SuSE 8. I have a Philips 
> ToUcam USB webcam.  I'm trying to get in touch with my son, who uses Windows 
> XP and NetMeeting. Video is perfect, but in different occasions I've 
> experienced either
> 
> 1) no sound at all
> 2) sound  coming only from his side
> 3)  sound coming only from my side.
> 
> By the same token, after doing alsaconf,  I've had either
> 
> A) Audio devices:
>     0: VIA 82C686A (DUPLEX)
>     1: USB Audio
> 
> B) 0: VIA 82C686A (DUPLEX)
> 
> C) NO DEVICES ENABLED IN CONFIG
> 
> Today's case was number 3 B (sound from my side only, Audio Devices: 0: VIA 
> 82C686A (DUPLEX)).
> 
> #  lsmod |grep snd gave the following:
> 
> snd-pcm-oss            44288   0  (unused)
> snd-mixer-oss          12288   0  [snd-pcm-oss]
> snd-via686              7844   0
> snd-pcm                61728   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-via686]
> snd-timer              11008   0  [snd-pcm]
> snd-ac97-codec         26160   0  [snd-via686]
> snd-mpu401-uart         3216   0  [snd-via686]
> snd-rawmidi            12800   0  [snd-mpu401-uart]
> snd-seq-device          3984   0  [snd-rawmidi]
> snd                    30312   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-via686 
> snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
> usbcore                55136   1  [snd audio pwc usb-uhci]
> soundcore               3268   2  [snd audio]
> 
> # cat /proc/bus/usb/drivers gave the following:
> 
>          usbdevfs
>          hub
>          Philips webcam
>          audio
> 
> GM History log was as follows:
> 
> 18:48:18 :  Reinitializing the capabilities 
> 18:48:18 :  Added MS-GSM capability with 3 frames transmitted with each packet 
> 18:48:18 :  Added G.711-ALaw capability with 20 frames transmitted with each 
> packet 
> 18:48:18 :  Added G.711-uLaw capability with 20 frames transmitted with each 
> packet 
> 18:48:18 :  Added GSM-06.10 capability with 3 frames transmitted with each 
> packet 
> 18:48:18 :  Added LPC10 capability 
> 18:48:19 :  Added H.261 QCIF capability 
> 18:48:19 :  Added H.261 CIF capability 
> 18:48:22 :  Set Audio player device to /dev/dsp 
> 18:48:22 :  Set Audio recorder device to /dev/dsp1 
> 18:48:22 :  Connecting to ILS directory ils.seconix.com, port 389 
> 18:48:23 :  Opening Video device 
> 18:48:23 :  Successfully opened video device /dev/video0, channel 0 
> 18:48:24 :  Sucessfully registered to ILS directory ils.seconix.com, port 389 
> 18:50:24 :  Call 1: calling xxx.xx.xx.xx 
> 18:50:30 :  Started New Logical Channel... 
> 18:50:30 :  Sending MS-GSM{sw} 
> 18:50:30 :  Enabled silence detection for MS-GSM{sw} 
> 18:50:30 :  Started New Logical Channel... 
> 18:50:30 :  Sending H.261-QCIF 
> 18:50:30 :  Fast start disabled 
> 18:50:30 :  H.245 Tunnelling disabled 
> 18:50:30 :  Connected with N N [xxx.xx.xx.xx] using Microsoft® NetMeeting®	3.0	
> 181:0:21324 
> 18:50:30 :  Started New Logical Channel... 
> 18:50:30 :  Receiving MS-GSM{sw} 
> 18:50:30 :  Started New Logical Channel... 
> 18:50:30 :  Receiving H.261-CIF 
> 18:50:30 :  Requesting remote to send video quality : 7/31 
> 18:50:32 :  Request ok 
> 18:56:18 :  Call completed
> 
> In case (A):
>     0: VIA 82C686A (DUPLEX)
>     1: USB Audio
> I was able to do cat /dev/dsp1 > /dev/dsp succesfully, i.e. speak and listen 
> to my voice. Otherwise, cat: /dev/dsp1 gives: No such device.
> Should I always install snd-pcm-oss and snd-mixer-oss?
> 
> I do not know where the problem lies. Sound in RealPlayer does not work, but 
> AlsaPlayer and Xmms work perfectly. Any ideas? SuSE  provides no help on the 
> sound issue.
> 
> Thanks in advance --and thanks to Damien Sampras for making distance so 
> marvelously short.
> 
> Pablo Ortuzar
> 
> 
> 
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