Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] GMail calling has an echo in Linux, but not Windows

[Michael Mol]

Mic is USB?

Set the mic on something like a rubber pad. Also, try wearing headphones,
see if that helps. It sounds like you're dealing with normal feedback
issues, and Windows' echo cancellation may simply be better than what
you've got set up.

ZZ
On Dec 18, 2011 5:05 PM, "Jason Weisberger" <jbdubbs@×××××.com> wrote:

> >> Still looks like loopback is active.  Try to find a slider called
> >> "Capture" in alsamixer and mute it.  There might also be a setting
> called
> >> "input" which can be set to i2c, i2s, mix, etc.  Play with these.  I
> had the
> >> same problem with a Soundblaster Live 24-bit, and the problem was that
> it
> >> was set "mix", which is a setting that allows you to record whatever is
> >> currently playing.  It's a good thing to have, but as you can imagine,
> >> screws with voice communications, because you're recording not only
> your own
> >> voice, but also the voice of the other person and sending it back right
> to
> >> them.
> >>
> >> It's also possible to set this in KMix, but I don't know if you're using
> >> KDE.
> >>
> > Trying your suggestion.
>
> I took your suggestion and turned off all of the Capture settings on
> the X-Fi, obviously I had to leave it on the USB mic to get audio
> through.  Still having the issue.
>
> My mixer settings for capture on the X-Fi are Master, PCM, Line-in,
> Mic and S/PDIF-in.  Most of them had capture enabled, I disabled all
> of them.  There doesn't appear to be an input setting.
>
> The lone mixer setting for my USB mic (AK5370) is mic, which is set to
> 100% and LR Capture.
>
> Everything seems pretty covered in there.
>
> --
> Jason Weisberger
> jbdubbs@×××××.com
>
>