Re: [LAU] Skype won't work though JACK plugin

On Mon, April 8, 2013 7:54 am, Joel Roth wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Redirecting the ALSA default device to JACK seems to be
> well-traveled territory,[1,2] nevertheless, I'm not getting
> all the behaviors I'd like. Flash works, but Skype doesn't,
> and surprisingly Ecasound doesn't do well either (an
> interesting data point although hardly a problem.)
> Perhaps Skype is trying to work via /dev/dsp?
>

Skype has pretty advanced Pulseaudio support. why not try the pulse->jack
sink in PA.

> I'm curious if anyone else is getting better results.
>
> Here are my test results:
>
> aplay test.wav # plays!
> aplay -D default test.wav # plays!
>
> mplayer -ao alsa:default test.wav # plays!
> mplayer -ao alsa test.wav # plays!
>
> ecasound -i test.wav -o alsa # weird noise after several seconds
> delay
> ecasound -i test.wav -o alsa,default # weird noise after several seconds
> delay
>
> Flash/Firefox # plays!
>
> skype # "problem with audio playback"
>
>
> I'm running JACK like this:
>
> jackd -d alsa -d hw:0,0 -r 44100 -H
>
> And I'm using this asoundrc:
>
> pcm.!default {
> type plug
> slave { pcm "jack" }
> }
>
> pcm.jack {
> type jack
> playback_ports {
> 0 system:playback_1
> 1 system:playback_2
> }
> capture_ports {
> 0 system:capture_1
> 1 system:capture_2
> }
> }
>
> Regards,
>
> Joel
>
>
>
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