Re: [SLUG] Skype Audio Problem SUSE 11.1

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Sat Mar 28 2009 - 16:14:12 EST


On Sat, 28 Mar 2009, Chuck Hast wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 28 Mar 2009, Chuck Hast wrote:
>>
>>> When I try to start up a call session I get the error message "problem
>>> with audio playback". It worked great under 11.0, I have looked at my
>>> logs to see if I can find something there but no joy. Googling returns
>>> all sort of issues but with the 64bit code. Sort of frustrating as I
>>> just got a Basler firewire cam up and working (great video!!) using
>>> Coriander, went to fire up Skype and realized I had not installed it
>>> when I installed 11.1, did the install and now I have this error
>>> message. Has anyone else seen this one??
>>
>> Can't get either webcam to work with Skype or Kopete or in VMware, but
>> they both work standalone in an mplayer window.  ::sigh::
>>
>> About yours, make sure you can record something (using e.g. arecord).
>>  Make sure Skype's set to the right input.  IIRC there's a "person" you
>> can call that plays back what you say after a delay.  How's that work?
>
> That is the problem. when I select it I get the message at the bottom of
> that screen that says "problem with audio playback".

IIRC Skype uses OSS, not native ALSA. Make sure you have OSS emulation
enabled.

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