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Re: [LUG] Skype and/or Ekiga

 

On 06/03/12 13:19, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Mar 2012, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> 
>> Well, thanks to a lot of help from the list, I seem to have my webcam
>> and Skype up and working. That is to say that I can see a picture of
>> myself when I try options --> Video devices and click on the test
>> button. Also I hear myself when I run the test call.
>>
>> However I must find someone on Skype to make a final test.
> 
> I've just called Neil - works fine :)
> 
> Gordon
> 
I have now set up Skype on my wife's laptop to see if it would work.
This is running an older distro, Mint 9 Xfce, and to my surprise it
worked quickly and easily.

On my desktop computer which I set up first I had a lot of trouble to
get the sound to work. This uses pulseaudio. On the laptop it was easy,
I just had to choose the right microphone, but then this uses Alsa for
sound.

I wonder why it was so easy to set up via Alsa and so difficult via
pulseaudio.

Anyway they are both working. Now I suppose I will have to get a webcam
for the wife!! Sigh.

Neil

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