skype sound quality is awful

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skype sound quality is awful

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Is there any way of improving it? Its very crackly. I tried adding the following to etc/pulse/daemon.conf but it makes no apparent difference

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resample-method = ffmpeg
enable-remixing = yes
flat-volumes = no
default-fragments = 8
default-fragment-size-msec = 5
no-cpu-limit = yes
high-priority = yes
nice-level = -11
realtime-scheduling = yes
realtime-priority = 5 

Using an external microphone is slightly better.

Ta.
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nomko

Re: skype sound quality is awful

Post by nomko »

tell us more about your system:
- type/model soundcard/controller
- version of Mint
- version of Skype

The more info you provide, the better we can help!
hhead
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Re: skype sound quality is awful

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Sorry mint 13, latest version of skype (I checked) Relatek ALC268 sound card.
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Re: skype sound quality is awful

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Add to this on my daughter's laptop Skype quality is non existent. The test sound works but not the test call - cannot hear anything mint 13 intel cantiga. On my laptop I tried a Skype call I could hear the other end clearly, but she could not hear me at all with either external or internal mike just got static. Any clues anyone - this is very frustrating.
losingle

Re: skype sound quality is awful

Post by losingle »

Does anyone have good skype sound? I use radeon 5870 and mobo onbd on both are echoy and mushy.
hhead
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Re: skype sound quality is awful

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Its more bizarre I can hear the person but they cannot hear more than crackling yet the test call is OK with external mike.
guimaster

Re: skype sound quality is awful

Post by guimaster »

Is this still a problem on Linux Mint 13? I have this problem on 15. Skype is basically unusable unless you only want to listen.
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Re: skype sound quality is awful

Post by MartianStorm »

I guess it's a Pulse problem. I'd greatly appreciate if Linux settled with an audio subsystem finally, and made that work. OSS, ALSA, Pulse, are they going to "invent" another one with newer issues instead of fixing the old one again?
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