[arch-general] Skype and PA
Hello,
Pacman warns that Skype 4.3 only works with Pulseaudio. As far as I can tell, that is not true. I don't use PA, and Skype works.
Manolo
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It works (the application starts and you can chat), but anything related to audio does not work. So when you are calling someone you can't hear them and they can't hear you.
2014-06-23 16:42 GMT+02:00 Manolo Martínez manolo@austrohungaro.com:
Hello,
Pacman warns that Skype 4.3 only works with Pulseaudio. As far as I can tell, that is not true. I don't use PA, and Skype works.
Manolo
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On 06/23/14 at 04:57pm, Sebastiaan Lokhorst wrote:
It works (the application starts and you can chat), but anything related to audio does not work. So when you are calling someone you can't hear them and they can't hear you.
That makes sense :) What a drag...
Thanks, Manolo
Part of their announcement was that they now rely directly on PA, dropping ALSA:
http://blogs.skype.com/2014/06/18/skype-4-3-for-linux/
-----Original Message----- From: arch-general [mailto:arch-general-bounces@archlinux.org] On Behalf Of Manolo Martínez Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 11:18 AM To: General Discussion about Arch Linux Subject: Re: [arch-general] Skype and PA
On 06/23/14 at 04:57pm, Sebastiaan Lokhorst wrote:
It works (the application starts and you can chat), but anything related to audio does not work. So when you are calling someone you can't hear them and they can't hear you.
That makes sense :) What a drag...
Thanks, Manolo
On Monday, June 23, 2014 05:17:48 PM Manolo Martínez wrote:
On 06/23/14 at 04:57pm, Sebastiaan Lokhorst wrote:
It works (the application starts and you can chat), but anything related to audio does not work. So when you are calling someone you can't hear them and they can't hear you.
That makes sense :) What a drag...
Thanks, Manolo
If you would still like to use Skype it is possible to set PulseAudio up as a temporary pipe to ALSA [1].
[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Examples#PulseAudio_as_a_min...
If you would still like to use Skype it is possible to set PulseAudio up as a temporary pipe to ALSA [1].
[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Examples#PulseAudio_as_a_min...
That's very useful. I wish I could convince my dad to switch to some other, less obnoxious piece of software, but that would take more time, I think.
Thanks. M
On 2014-06-23 16:57, Sebastiaan Lokhorst wrote:
It works (the application starts and you can chat), but anything related to audio does not work. So when you are calling someone you can't hear them and they can't hear you.
I also noticed this message when UNINSTALLING skype, which I found a bit confusing/odd.
The above should also be clarified a bit more.
2014-06-23 16:42 GMT+02:00 Manolo Martínez manolo@austrohungaro.com:
Hello,
Pacman warns that Skype 4.3 only works with Pulseaudio. As far as I can tell, that is not true. I don't use PA, and Skype works.
Manolo
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Hugo Osvaldo Barrera
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Kevin Ott
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Manolo Martínez
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Nathan R. DeGruchy
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Sebastiaan Lokhorst