On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:17:57 -0700
Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I recently switched laptops and although the new one is faster,
> > > the sound is much worse. lspci reports the sound card this way:
> > >
> > > ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02)
> > >
> > > The problem is I need to use a sip phone (sjphone) and I can
> > > barely make out what the other person is saying. Is there any
> > > way I can try to improve the sound quality/performance? I am
> > > using the in-kernel alsa drivers. Is it worth a try to emerge
> > > the ones in portage instead or is that unlikely to help?
> > >
> > > - Grant
> > Have you RTC support in the kernel for accurate sound timings?
>
> I switched to the ~x86 alsa-driver package from the in-kernel version
> and enabled all rtc stuff in the kernel and it might be a little
> better.
>
> It does sound like something of a timing issue. There are lots of
> clicks in the sound when on the phone. Hard to describe.
>
> - Grant
Did you build your own kernel?
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