[arch-general] Can`t playback other sounds (ie flash, xmms) while on a skype call
Folks seems skype and pulseaudio are blocking all other sound outputs while I`m on a call. When I turn off the skype call the other sounds start to work again. I could find no logs to provide you more info but I will happy to show them as long you point me out what you need. Regards, Victor
On 07/24/2013 02:45 PM, Victor Silva wrote:
Folks seems skype and pulseaudio are blocking all other sound outputs[...]
Is "Skype -> Options -> Sound Devices ->Allow Skype to automatically adjust my mixer levels" enabled? If yes, disable it, restart skype and see if other sounds still get muted.
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 09:45:42AM -0300, Victor Silva wrote:
Folks seems skype and pulseaudio are blocking all other sound outputs while I`m on a call. When I turn off the skype call the other sounds start to work again. I could find no logs to provide you more info but I will happy to show them as long you point me out what you need.
Regards, Victor
Don't skype have something like "supress all other sounds" setting? Just a guess Paladin -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 09:45:42AM -0300, Victor Silva wrote:
Folks seems skype and pulseaudio are blocking all other sound outputs while I`m on a call. When I turn off the skype call the other sounds start to work again. I could find no logs to provide you more info but I will happy to show them as long you point me out what you need.
Regards, Victor
With the default config, pulseaudio mutes everything when there is a voip stream playing. Check if you can unmute the other outputs. You can disable that behavior by commenting this line in /etc/pulse/default.pa : ### Cork music/video streams when a phone stream is active load-module module-role-cork -- codl (Corentin Delcourt) PGP: 0xBD340522
Folks seems skype and pulseaudio are blocking all other sound outputs while I`m on a call. When I turn off the skype call the other sounds start to work again. I could find no logs to provide you more info but I will happy to show them as long you point me out what you need.
You are not using Pulse Audio, aren't you? While some people claim it's possible to get it working with pure ALSA, I always struggled with Skype blocking other applications and ended up with Pulse Audio. It's good to read these articles so you need what's going on. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture#Mixin... https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio -- Kind regards, Damian Nowak StratusHost www.AtlasHost.eu
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Christian von Pentz
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Corentin Delcourt
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Paladin
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Victor Silva