Hi all!

I've been reading many posts about the problems in using skype with this sound card... but, so far, I haven't encountered any solution!!!
I'd like to ask all ESS sound card users whether they managed to get it work and how...

When I run

> aoss skype

as suggested in a post, I manage to hear and record calling "echo123". But the sound is very choppy...
I tried to use different versions for the .asoundrc config file suggested in the Skype forum... but, whenever I use any of them, I can't hear any sound any more and I obtain the following error

read error, res = -1 , handle = 28

If I just delete the .asoundrc file, once again it works.... very choppy though!

Maybe it could be a problem of sampling rate, but I don't know, if that is the problem, how to fix it!

Also it could be that I'm using kernel OSS emulation and, somehow, it conflicts with aoss?


I'm getting very frustrated with this problem!!!
Hope someone can help somehow...

Thank you!!!

Federico.

Linux gardelico 2.6.14-gentoo #6 Fri Nov 11 18:40:01 CET 2005 i586 AMD-K6™ 3D processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.10rc1 (Mon Sep 12 08:13:09 2005 UTC).

Module Size Used by
snd_seq_midi 6240 -
snd_seq_midi_event 5608 -
snd_seq 43856 -
snd_pcm_oss 45920 -
snd_mixer_oss 15208 -
snd_es1968 21444 -
snd_ac97_codec 82920 -
snd_pcm 73224 -
snd_timer 19180 -
snd_ac97_bus 1640 -
snd_page_alloc 7856 -
snd_mpu401_uart 5352 -
snd_rawmidi 18688 -
snd_seq_device 6388 -
snd 40004 -
soundcore 6592 -

# cat /proc/asound/oss/sndstat
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.10rc1 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux gardelico 2.6.14-gentoo #6 Fri Nov 11 18:40:01 CET 2005 i586
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
ESS ES1978 (Maestro 2E) at 0xff00, irq 11

Audio devices:
0: ESS Maestro (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices:
0: ESS ES1978 (Maestro 2E) MIDI

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers:
0: SigmaTel STAC9721,23

Hi all!

Sorry for the off topic, but please, take a look to the petition for alsa support at:

http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=43092

and add your post if you feel this is an important issue!!!

Cheers,

Federico.

disregard the person above my post, since he's duplicating a 7 page post.


Anyways, I have an ESS sound chip and Skype works with the aoss command.

o, here's the problem listed under ALSA's doucmentation on your chip:
[quote]
Known bugs
- capture doesn't work.
[/quote]

Therfore, you may have to use OSS. You can try to fix the capture problem with your chip's asoundrc file:
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-p...p?module=es1968

P.S: According to the ALSA databse, your chip is not an ESS 1978, it's ESS 1968.

xboxrulz

Hi xboxrulz...

It's funny you replied me without realizing I were the one that you'd like to kill for spamming ))
Sorry once more for that!

Anyway, I'm learning now... so it seems!

Regarding my problem, I tried your .asoundrc file, and it resulted the only .asoundrc file that didn't mute completely my skype. So this is the good point...

But when I run:

aoss skype

it works, both for recording and hearing, but the sound is very choppy and sometimes it just gets mute...

Sometimes this error appear

read error, res = 352 , handle = 28

but never hangs...

I guess is just a problem of tuning it now... do you have any suggestions?

Can it be that I habe to use different values for the sampling rate, period_size, buffer_size?

I use kernel oss emulation mode... Can it be that I shall disable it and activate alsa software oss emulation mode? What was your choice?

Thank you for your help!

Federico.

lol, we're human, meant for making mistakes.

As for the aoss problem. It's still baffling me. I'm still trying to solve it.

Currently, nothing.

xboxrulz