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On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> On 12/18/2011 09:21 PM, Jason Weisberger wrote: |
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>> > Can you hear yourself through the speakers when talking into the |
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>> microphone? If yes, that means you need to disable the loopback in |
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>> alsamixer. |
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>> I cannot hear myself, the person on the other end can hear themselves. |
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> Still looks like loopback is active. Try to find a slider called "Capture" |
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> in alsamixer and mute it. There might also be a setting called "input" |
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> which can be set to i2c, i2s, mix, etc. Play with these. I had the same |
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> problem with a Soundblaster Live 24-bit, and the problem was that it was set |
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> "mix", which is a setting that allows you to record whatever is currently |
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> playing. It's a good thing to have, but as you can imagine, screws with |
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> voice communications, because you're recording not only your own voice, but |
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> also the voice of the other person and sending it back right to them. |
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> It's also possible to set this in KMix, but I don't know if you're using |
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> KDE. |
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Another option is to use a small USB sound device. My headphones came |
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with one, for example. They can be really nice for reducing electrical |
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noise in the capture channel, too. |
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They also occasionally crop up where you might not expect them. I |
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picked up an HP 'travel' USB hub some time back, and was surprised to |
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discover it had a built-in NIC, mic input and stereo out. |
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