Rob, I really do not have another option to recommend for robust audio transport with a decent codec other than Skype. There is the free TeamViewer remote desktop software package that also has an audio VOIP connection feature, however I have not tried this out yet. This may work very well for you. And of course IPSound is out there also for VOIP connections.
In my travels Skype seems to be very robust in continuing to operate with acceptable quality under very limited or congested bandwidth conditions. Perhaps others on this reflector can recommend a good alternative to Skype for audio transport. Before you give up on Skype, go to the Skype menu; select Tools, then Options, then Audio settings. Uncheck the default boxes for "Automatically Adjust microphone settings" and "Automatically Adjust speaker settings" Set these levels manually with the Blue slider button, then click "Save". Be sure to set this on BOTH ends of Skype; PC running PowerSDR and your remote PC (Laptop). Also, if you are just tuning around and listening to the radio from the remote PC, click the mic "mute" button on the Skype call control panel and this will help a lot!! When you are ready to talk, then un-mute the remote Mic and keep the mic away from your speakers and all should be OK. Steve W4YHD ________________________________ From: Rob <robfi...@gmail.com> To: Steve Floyd <w4...@yahoo.com> Sent: Mon, May 17, 2010 12:31:24 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Receive Audio Via Remote Station Yes, Skype is the software. Any suggestions for another as, no matter what the settings are, it is still unusable. On 17 May 2010 18:14, Steve Floyd <w4...@yahoo.com> wrote: Are you using Skype for the audio connections? > >I have noticed this audio level effect when using Skype for the remote audio >connection to my PC running PowerSDR. >With the recent latest update to the Skype software this effect has become a >bit more pronounced. >I believe that this is a reaction of the Skype software "noise reduction" >strategy and not directly related to PowerSDR. >I also have a Kenwood TS-480SAT remoted on a different PC using the Kenwood >remote control sw and using Skype for the audio link and I observe the exact >same audio level behavior. > >Just be sure to set your levels in and out of Skype (Skype setup menus) at a >fixed level set, not the automatic adjust mode. This seems to help a little. > >I am convinced that this is related to Skype's "noise reduction" or echo >cancellation processing strategies. > >Steve >W4YHD > > > ________________________________ From: Tim Ellison <telli...@itsco.com> >To: Rob <robfi...@gmail.com>; Stu Phillips <s...@ridgelift.com> >Cc: Ken Danser <k...@verizon.net>; "FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz" ><FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz> >Sent: Mon, May 17, 2010 11:52:38 AM > >Subject: Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Receive Audio Via Remote Station > > >It probably has something to do with the VoIP software you are using since >this behavior has never been reported with PowerSDR by itself. > > >-Tim > >-----Original Message----- >From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz >[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Rob >Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 11:50 AM >To: Stu Phillips >Cc: Ken Danser; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >Subject: Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Receive Audio Via Remote Station > >Have exactly the same thing here too. >So much so it makes remote voice impossible to use. >The sound hunts up and down after a few minutes just listening. >An OFF/ON resolves it....for a few minutes at least! >Looking fwd to the solution. > >Rob > >On 17 May 2010 17:32, Stu Phillips <s...@ridgelift.com> wrote: > >> Ken, >> >> Did you have MultiRx enables and Sync VFO selected at the same time? >> I had a similar issue myself some months back - generates similar >> symptoms to that you describe below. Took me a while to figure out >> what I'd done! >> >> Stu K6TU >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: flexedge-boun...@flex-radio.biz >> [mailto:flexedge-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ken Danser >> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 6:56 AM >> To: flexe...@flex-radio.biz >> Subject: [FlexEdge] Receive Audio Via Remote Station >> >> Hello All! >> >> I am curious if there is something I am not doing correctly? >> >> I had to take a non-plan trip to Florida a couple of weeks ago. So I >> sent up a remote station where I was staying with my Flex5000 at home >> in Pennsylvania. >> >> All seem to work okay, but from time to time the receive audio would >> soon get lower and lower. If I would remotely stop and start PowerSDR >> the audio would be full blast and everything back to normal. However >> the audio would start to become lower again and I would have to stop >> and start PowerSDR all over again. 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