Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] audio problem with QuickCam 3000 Pro

[Damien Sandras <damien sandras it-optics com>]

Le ven 09/01/2004 à 12:52, isabel campos sol unizar es a écrit :
> Hello again,
> 
> well, I got it working, but some extra things also help:
> 
> - I killed the artsd running from kde
> - I loaded snd-usb-audio 
> 
> This was not enough, I still had no sound. 
> Then I checked the usb modules that could be related to the usb
> camera. I loaded mod_quickcam and microtek (I am no sure if both
> of them are needed).
> 
> Then I went again in the configuration druid, and more devices had
> pop up, namely /dev/mixer1 and /dev/dsp1 
> So, I selected:
>  
> audio player /dev/dsp0 
> audio player mixer /dev/mixer1 
> audio recorder /dev/dsp1 
> audio recorder /dev/mixer1
> 
> and audio test works. :)
> Maybe anybody has an explanation??
> 

That's the magic of SuSE ;)
More seriously, microtek and mod_quickcam are absolutely not related to
your camera model which should work with "pwc". Actually, your camera is
using a Philips chipset, not a Quickcam one (fortunately) :)


> Isabel
> 
> 
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Damien Sandras wrote:
> 
> > Le ven 09/01/2004 à 10:49, isabel campos sol unizar es a écrit :
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > I have installed gnomemeeting on my SuSE 9 machine, and I am
> > > having some trouble with configuring the audio (the video is fine).
> > > 
> > > Perhaps is something very basic, because I have tried only for
> > > a few days, and I am completely new to gnomemeeting.
> > 
> > > The fact is that I cannot configure the audio device. Sometimes
> > > it saids the audio device is busy (I suspect some SuSE thing here,
> > > because even the realplay does not work with the same error).
> > 
> > 
> > Make sure no other program is using it: things like artsd for example
> > should be shutdown.
> > 
> > > Playing a bit in the control center of SuSE, I managed to release the
> > > audio device (realplay works ;) ) , but I dont understand why. Anyway,
> > > even then, the test of the audio for gnome meeting does not work, I cannot 
> > > hear anything on the test.
> > > 
> > > I guess there is a SuSE "thing", and a gnome "thing". 
> > 
> > I guess your microphone is simply muted. You have 2 solutions :
> > - play with the mixer until it works, don't forget to enable recording
> > for the microphone
> > - modprobe snd-usb-audio (don't remember the exact name) to activate
> > recording from the webcam microphone).
> > 
> > > Here is my /dev/sndstat and the list of modules I have loaded:
> > > 
> > > isabel lxbifi01:~> cat /dev/sndstat
> > > Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v0.9.7 emulation code)
> > > Kernel: Linux lxbifi01 2.4.21-144-smp4G #1 SMP Fri Nov 14 00:07:01 UTC 
> > > 2003 i686
> > > Config options: 0
> > > 
> > > Installed drivers:
> > > Type 10: ALSA emulation
> > > 
> > > Card config:
> > > Intel ICH5 at 0xfebff800, irq 17
> > > 
> > > Audio devices:
> > > 0: Intel ICH5 (DUPLEX)
> > > 
> > > Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
> > > 
> > > Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
> > > 
> > > Timers:
> > > 7: system timer
> > > 
> > > Mixers:
> > > 0: Analog Devices AD1985
> > > 
> > > 
> > > isabel lxbifi01:~> lsmod
> > > Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
> > > snd-pcm-oss            50976   0 (autoclean)
> > > snd-mixer-oss          16184   1 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
> > > snd-seq                44208   1 (autoclean)
> > > isa-pnp                33640   0 (unused)
> > > usbserial              20156   0 (autoclean) (unused)
> > > parport_pc             29096   1 (autoclean)
> > > lp                      6912   0 (autoclean)
> > > parport                27144   1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
> > > ipv6                  273344  -1 (autoclean)
> > > key                    73808   0 (autoclean) [ipv6]
> > > snd-intel8x0           22532   6
> > > snd-ac97-codec         45784   0 [snd-intel8x0]
> > > snd-pcm                78432   1 [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0]
> > > snd-page-alloc          7028   0 [snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm]
> > > snd-timer              17984   0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
> > > snd-mpu401-uart         4480   0 [snd-intel8x0]
> > > snd-rawmidi            16416   0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
> > > snd-seq-device          4660   0 [snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
> > > thermal                 6148   0 (unused)
> > > snd                    43204   4 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq 
> > > snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi 
> > > snd-seq-device]
> > > processor               8460   0 [thermal]
> > > fan                     1472   0 (unused)
> > > button                  2380   0 (unused)
> > > soundcore               4356   0 [snd]
> > > battery                 5600   0 (unused)
> > > ac                      1696   0 (unused)
> > > pwc                    45008   0
> > > videodev                6432   1 [pwc]
> > > st                     30640   0 (autoclean) (unused)
> > > sr_mod                 14488   0 (autoclean)
> > > sg                     36576   0 (autoclean)
> > > keybdev                 2156   0 (unused)
> > > mousedev                4504   0 (unused)
> > > joydev                  5600   0 (unused)
> > > evdev                   3968   0 (unused)
> > > input                   3808   0 [keybdev mousedev joydev evdev]
> > > usb-uhci               24720   0 (unused)
> > > ehci-hcd               18892   0 (unused)
> > > usbcore                67980   1 [usbserial pwc usb-uhci ehci-hcd]
> > > raw1394                19280   0
> > > ohci1394               26448   0
> > > ieee1394              191076   0 [raw1394 ohci1394]
> > > e100                   51240   1
> > > ide-scsi               11472   0
> > > scsi_mod              103884   4 [st sr_mod sg ide-scsi]
> > > ide-cd                 32512   1
> > > cdrom                  29760   0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
> > > reiserfs              228276   1 (autoclean)
> > > lvm-mod                68324   0 (autoclean)
> > > ext3                   93320   4
> > > jbd                    56324   4 [ext3]
> > > 
> > > 
> > > can anybody give me a hint??
> > > 
> > > Isabel
> > 
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