[linux-audio-dev] Skype, ekiga, audacity, other audio util probs.

[Paul Davis]

On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 09:27 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Paul Davis wrote:
> > On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 02:31 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> I should add another program which is crippled by this same problem Lee, 
> >>      is grip.  It can rip a cd, but cannot play the cd even when not 
> >> ripping it.  And the ripped sound isn't up to the usual quality, often 
> >> sounding as if the playback is of a file that over-drove the d/a in 
> >> playback,  or the a/d in the recording, eg clipped.  A far cry from 
> >> grips usual crystal clear results.
> > 
> > i use grip and skype and they both work perfectly for me. i suspect that
> > your problem may be driver related rather than app related. i do not use
> > aoss - generally i have JACK running on my hdsp interface and leave the
> > builtin ICH5 interface for "consumer" applications (like skype, web
> > browser playback etc)
> > 
> > --p
> > 
> hdsp?  Thats a new one on me.  This is an HP Pavilion dv5329us,  and has 
> the ATI-IXP audio stuffs loaded.  There is an HDSPconf in the kde 
> mutlimedia menu's, but it doesn't run when its launched.  Is it supposed 
> to, or does it need something running as a pre-requisite?

an RME HDSP is a high end 26 channel digital audio interface. if you
didn't spend US$600-1000 on it, you don't have it :)

my point was that these apps work just fine using the builtin audio
interface on my system(s). i think you have driver problems.

--p