From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RcO5p-0002Zw-Mg for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:16:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D9F9021C084; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:16:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ey0-f181.google.com (mail-ey0-f181.google.com [209.85.215.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1DBE21C084 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:14:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eaaj12 with SMTP id j12so5075692eaa.40 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:14:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=I9hPt6he1TJxgjd8V5YieZWfaeZeWblvDz5GIoJzKWo=; b=jxMXSmVy7sb5N57cG6fh9owa//prne5GOd+bA++VX+z56np7LUBcLLyuRnca7OUWfv P9N7+O00CQjZWGRiC9qszczzAm6PoVSY50QS56wNUxnHCZ3bh0NUUg9WH2c+q+ZspWKg TeXXNwKV+nmQx5BHZMg0mjU/hZq867kWSkEdQ= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.156.216 with SMTP id y24mr816491bkw.80.1324242898988; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:14:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.226.72 with HTTP; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:14:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:14:58 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] GMail calling has an echo in Linux, but not Windows From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 819ccdb4-5b49-4398-b8b1-5a0d64e17531 X-Archives-Hash: fdbf835a358ae74ccc9a9ff18f57f126 On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 12/18/2011 09:21 PM, Jason Weisberger wrote: >> >> =C2=A0> Can you hear yourself through the speakers when talking into the >> microphone? =C2=A0If yes, that means you need to disable the loopback in >> alsamixer. >> >> I cannot hear myself, the person on the other end can hear themselves. > > > Still looks like loopback is active. =C2=A0Try to find a slider called "C= apture" > in alsamixer and mute it. =C2=A0There might also be a setting called "inp= ut" > which can be set to i2c, i2s, mix, etc. =C2=A0Play with these. =C2=A0I ha= d 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. =C2=A0It's a good thing to have, but as you can imagine, screws = with > voice communications, because you're recording not only your own voice, b= ut > 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. Another option is to use a small USB sound device. My headphones came with one, for example. They can be really nice for reducing electrical noise in the capture channel, too. They also occasionally crop up where you might not expect them. I picked up an HP 'travel' USB hub some time back, and was surprised to discover it had a built-in NIC, mic input and stereo out. --=20 :wq