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On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:17:57 -0700 |
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Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > I recently switched laptops and although the new one is faster, |
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> > > the sound is much worse. lspci reports the sound card this way: |
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> > > ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02) |
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> > > The problem is I need to use a sip phone (sjphone) and I can |
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> > > barely make out what the other person is saying. Is there any |
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> > > way I can try to improve the sound quality/performance? I am |
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> > > using the in-kernel alsa drivers. Is it worth a try to emerge |
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> > > the ones in portage instead or is that unlikely to help? |
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> > > |
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> > > - Grant |
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> > Have you RTC support in the kernel for accurate sound timings? |
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> I switched to the ~x86 alsa-driver package from the in-kernel version |
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> and enabled all rtc stuff in the kernel and it might be a little |
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> better. |
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> It does sound like something of a timing issue. There are lots of |
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> clicks in the sound when on the phone. Hard to describe. |
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> - Grant |
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Did you build your own kernel? |
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