Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] not allowed to configure local sound server

2009-06-03 Thread Colin Guthrie
'Twas brillig, and H.S. at 02/06/09 20:35 did gyre and gimble: I have paprefs 0.9.6-2 installed on the Debian machine. Running it gives a similar window as the device chooser 's configure local sound server .. and the options are still grayed out. The window title is PulseAudio Preferences.

Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] exiting on resume of rhythmbox

2009-06-03 Thread Brian J. Murrell
Some further information... When I have started an audio stream that has caused PA's CPU usage to shoot up, here is what PA is saying while it's CPU hogging, and just prior to my pausing the stream again to alleviate the CPU usage: ... D: alsa-sink.c: Requested volume: 0: 63% 1: 63% D:

Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] PA Startup problem on Acer Aspire One

2009-06-03 Thread Mark Greenwood
On Tuesday 02 Jun 2009 10:01:01 Colin Guthrie wrote: 'Twas brillig, and Mark Greenwood at 01/06/09 20:41 did gyre and gimble: Strange issue.. my Acer Aspire One is having issues since I installed pulseaudio on it.. I think they might be related to bootup speed, since this model has a rather

Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] Microphone input filter

2009-06-03 Thread Maarten Bosmans
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Toby Collett tcollett+li...@plan9.net.nz wrote: I am trying to use the internal microphone in my laptop to make VOIP calls (actually skype mostly). The quality of the sound is not good at all with large amounts of background noise when I have the levels up high

Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] Microphone input filter

2009-06-03 Thread Toby Collett
Hi Maarten, There seem to be three levels that affect the mic, the 'Front Mic Boost' which is 0,33,66 or 100%, the capture input level and a mysterious input labeled digital. I have played with many combinations of the levels and cannot find any where my voice is audible but has an acceptable

Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] Microphone input filter

2009-06-03 Thread Jud Craft
Your microphone should have the same capability under ALSA that it does under Windows. It's the same hardware, it's just a little harder to configure. While it's possible that it has special only make good sound under Windows drivers, you could still give Linux a shot. With my laptop mic, I

Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] Microphone input filter

2009-06-03 Thread Toby Collett
Unfortunately with all the playing I have done in the past with mixer levels (several hours at different times) I have been unable to get an acceptable quality. Hence I have been considering the brute force filter approach. Toby P.S. my main laptop is a toshiba dynabook RX1/T7E (portege r500),