Keith Roberts wrote: > On Fri, 19 Oct 2012, Yves Bellefeuille wrote: > >> To: CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> >> From: Yves Bellefeuille <yan@xxxxxxxx> >> Subject: Re: Skype and Sound >> >> James B. Byrne wrote: >> >>> Skype runs and the integrated usb video and microphone both work (I >>> infer this from the mic test in Skype options showing movement on the >>> intensity bar as I can hear nothing). >> >> Have you looked at the Wiki page on Skype at >> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Skype ? >> >> Have you tried running alsamixer in a terminal and checking that all >> the options and volumes are correct? For me, by default, the volume on >> the USB headset was zero. >> >> Yves Bellefeuille > > Good Point there Yves. > > On Centos 5.8 when I use my USB WebCam with built-in > microphone, I have to open a terminal and run alsamixer -c1 > to select the built-in 'soundcard' on the WebCam. > > The volume defaults to zero, and I use alsamixer to turn it > the volume right up to 100% before I run Skype. Sounds stuff does tend to be quirky, and I have suspicions that some software cheats and does *not* use the correct system function calls. I've tried running mplayer to look at a video, and gotten no sound until I closed mplayer and changed the volume in realplay, *then* got sound in mplayer. mark _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos