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> > I recently switched laptops and although the new one is faster, the |
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> > sound is much worse. lspci reports the sound card this way: |
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> > |
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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 barely |
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> > make out what the other person is saying. Is there any way I can try |
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> > to improve the sound quality/performance? I am using the in-kernel |
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> > alsa drivers. Is it worth a try to emerge the ones in portage instead |
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> > 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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