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campbuds
January 27th, 2009, 01:23 AM
I have skype set to start up during boot.

The problem is I cannot listen to music while skype is running. Whether it be a mplayer or pandora.com In fact once skype starts no other sound works until I close it.

What is the problem?

I have a Vaio vgn-cr220e if that help.
bettlebrox
January 27th, 2009, 02:34 AM
Go to Skype's options menu, click on "Sound Devices" and configure it to use pulse for both "Sound In" and "Sound out" (if your using pulseaudion).
campbuds
January 27th, 2009, 03:41 PM
Go to Skype's options menu, click on "Sound Devices" and configure it to use pulse for both "Sound In" and "Sound out" (if your using pulseaudion).

I use intel
bettlebrox
January 28th, 2009, 03:39 AM
Pulseaudio is a sound server that Ubuntu has started to use. You may be using it by default and not realise it.
campbuds
January 28th, 2009, 04:41 PM
Pulseaudio is a sound server that Ubuntu has started to use. You may be using it by default and not realise it.

Well, I tried it. THANKS!

My sound in skype still works and now it works everywhere else too.
sedawk
January 28th, 2009, 05:30 PM
Audio can be locked (exclusive access).

E.g. when running mplayer to watch a tv recording I do not
get audio in avidemux (removing commercials from another tv recording).
kidcharles
February 16th, 2009, 04:15 PM
I have the same problem of the sound in other programs not working while Skype is running. It it also the case that if other programs are making sound, Skype will not work. I don't have the option of PulseAudio in my Skype devices listing in Sound Devices. I'm running 8.04, any ideas on how to fix it?
tolito-cr
February 17th, 2009, 12:07 AM
I have actually had a similar problem:

If my Exaile or LastFm are on, I can't make calls on skype... I have to shut them down.

After reading several options:

-uninstall pulseaudio
-play with the audio settings on skype (all to pulse)
-reconfigure the ALSA mixer
-etc

What I have done and has seemed to work is to set all the skype settings to "pulse", except sound-in... that one I have used the default setting.

In any case I find this very odd and I hope there is a more systematic way to fix it... I have also the problem that in my sound controls the recording tab is always off, so I click thing back on (capture 1,2,3,digital, mux (whatever that is for?)) and when I get out and back it's again back to OFF... any ideas if this is related??

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