<div>When Skype sound gives the repeated sound breakup the console gives me the following:</div>
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<div>RtApiAla: unerrun detected</div>
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<div>RtApiAla: unerrun detected</div>
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<div>I tried opening another port 60002 sometimes this occurs as the test call is happening. I have tried re-booting and re-logging in. </div>
<div>More detailed info on my Sound Card Mandriva Hardware Settings:</div>
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<div>(Mandriva Linux Control Center 2009.1 (Official) [on localhost]) Sound Configuration Dialogue box shows the following:</div>
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<div>Here you can select an alternative driver (either OSS or ALSA) for your sound card (C-Media Electronics Inc|CM8738).</div>
<div>Your card is currently use the ALSA "snd_cmipci" (default driver for your card is "snd_cmipci")</div>
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<div>Driver: C-Media CM18x38 PCI (snd_cmipci [ALSA])</div>
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<div>Ticked are the following:</div>
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<div>Enable PulseAudio</div>
<div>Automatic routing from ALSA to PulseAudio</div>
<div>Enable 5.1 sound with Pulse Audio</div>
<div>Enable user switching for audio applications</div>
<div>Use Glitch-Free mode</div>
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<div>I have also tried cmpci [OSS]</div>
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<div>I am sure that Geofrey Mendelson is right it's a Skype bug causing it. </div>
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<div>One lead I saw was replace Alsa with esound. I don't know how to do that to be honest. I saw this
on www.linuxquestions.org </div>
<div>Moshe</div>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com><br>
To: mbrace7forums@aim.com<br>
Cc: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il<br>
Sent: Fri, Sep 4, 2009 12:30 am<br>
Subject: Re: Alsa Underrun problems with Skype<br>
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On Sep 3, 2009, at 11:44 PM, <A href="mailto:mbrace7forums@aim.com">mbrace7forums@aim.com</A> wrote: <br>
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> Sound on Skype is very unpredictable. Sometimes it works well and > sometimes it doesn't. I often get brake up (pauses) with speech. Or > I find that the Skype Sound settings in Options have changed. Or > before it worked now it won't. <br>
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I get the same problems (breakup) and other random problems under both MacOS and Windows on several different computers. I think it is a SKYPE problem, not a Linux one. <br>
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You can turn on a display of packet information and see how many dropped or out of sequence packets you get. You can improve it if you open a UDP port on your router for SKYPE. The port is a user setting so you can do it for more than one computer if you share a router. <br>
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BTW, SKYPE is very careful to keep the exact details of their protocol hidden, though some people have packet sniffed it. Because it is hidden,=2
0one of the things I can't do is to give it priority (QOS) over other things on my router. Therefore SKYPE is often a less than desirable way for me to communicate. I use SKYPE, and yes they do get some of my money, but most of my money goes to SIP providers who use an open protocol. YMMV. <br>
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--geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM <br>
Jerusalem Israel <A href="mailto:geoffreymendelson@gmail.com">geoffreymendelson@gmail.com</A> <br>
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