HOWTO: Use Skype together with Idjc

[StephenF]

After installing a library in order for it to be usable you need to run the ldconfig command as root. It will rebuild the index of shared libraries.

[bobince]

Just an update: this method still works on Ubuntu Jaunty. You'll want libasound2-plugins_1.0.19 from Debian Squeeze; this seems to work OK with Ubuntu's ALSA 1.0.18.

afallenhope: you're using amd64 architecture, but the amd64 skype package is actually a wrapped 32-bit Skype (since Skype won't supply source or a 64-bit compiled version). So it's looking in the ‘lib32’ directory, which doesn't have its own 32-bit versions of the ALSA plugins. In addition to libasound2-plugins, you'll need to install lib32asound2-plugins.

Unfortunately, you can't use the package installer to do so, because it clashes with Ubuntu's ia32-libs (and Debian's ia32-libs are different enough in their packaging to make them thoroughly incompatible). What you can do instead is to extract ‘data.tar.gz’ from each of the asound2-plugins packages (eg. using Archive Manager), then again extract the ‘libasound_module_pcm_jack.*’ files from those tars.

Then as root, drop those files into /usr/lib/alsa-lib/ (from the 64-bit libasound2-plugins package) and /usr32/lib/alsa-lib (from the lib32asound2-plugins package) and run ldconfig.

I get loads of these errors from Skype when running with the jack plugin:

    ALSA lib ../../../src/control/control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL idjcvoip
    ALSA lib ../../../src/control/control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL idjcjack

But, curiously enough, it seems to work anyway.

[Angel_Caido]

It worked for me. Just a little "correction". The second path described by bobince [highlighted in the following quote] didn't exist form me:

Then as root, drop those files into /usr/lib/alsa-lib/ (from the 64-bit libasound2-plugins package) and /usr32/lib/alsa-lib (from the lib32asound2-plugins package) and run ldconfig.

The path that worked as a charm in my ubuntu jaunty 64 bits is /usr/lib32/alsa-lib, as a matter of fact the files "libasound_module_pcm_jack.*" didn't exist in this path, so, I didn't have to replace anything [at least within this directory].
Hope this helps a little.

[deeq]

Solved. Updated latest version.

[Tege175]

Hello,
I installed IDJC 0.8.2 pre3 in here http://web.bethere.co.uk/idjc/download.html to my Ubuntu 9.10 and i get IDJC+ Skype to working fine. But now the problem is that i can't IDJC get to connect Icecast 2 server.

There some errors:
http://pastebin.com/f5c4ba18a

But if i try to Darkice I get the connection to server and works fine but why not IDJC? Is there some bugs? I also try IDJC 0.8.1 but i got same erros.

IDJC configuration:
Type: Icecast 2 Master
Host: server.com (not the real server address)
Port: 8000
Mount: /live
Login: xxxxx
Pass: xxxxx (same that login)

Can somebody to help me?

Edit.

Is here something wrong:
http://pastebin.com/f595bf472

Edit2.
Or is these the problem:

ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
/sbin/ldconfig.real: /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_rate_speexrate.so is not a symbolic link

/sbin/ldconfig.real: /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_rate_samplerate.so is not a symbolic link

/sbin/ldconfig.real: /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_rate_lavcrate.so is not a symbolic link

[StephenF]

Did you click the Add button?

Try changing the login to source.

[Tege175]

Thx man. I am so embarrassing. But now the works.

[maksymov]

Hi! I have the same problem.
What I did:
1 - start jack
2 - start idjc
3 - start skype in terminal

avex@avex-server:~$ skype
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":1024.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":1024.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":1024.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":1024.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":1024.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":1024.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":1024.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":1024.0".
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)

and when I try test-call I see "problem with audio playback"

~/.asoundrc:

# ALSA library configuration file

# Include settings that are under the control of asoundconf(1).
# (To disable these settings, comment out this line.)
</home/avex/.asoundrc.asoundconf>


pcm.idjcvoip {
   type plug
   slave { pcm "idjcjack" }
}

pcm.idjcjack {
   type jack
   playback_ports {
      0 idjc-mx:voip_recv_lt
      1 idjc-mx:voip_recv_rt
   }
   capture_ports {
      0 idjc-mx:voip_send_lt
      1 idjc-mx:voip_send_rt
   }
}

In skype preferences "audio device" I set 'idjcvoip (plug)' - http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/5...reenshotzw.png
If jack is not started - skype works well.
Can anybody help me?
thanks!

updt:
ubuntu 9.10 x64
pulseaudio was deleted

[StephenF]

Assuming there is no JACK module in /usr/lib/alsa-lib/, see post #12.

[maksymov]

to StephenF
ok!
thank! all works fine.
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