Re: [Alsa-user] alsa for skype - why?

[Jack M. N. <jn...@ja...>]

I have the same problem with skype. Under skype's Options menu the 
Hand/headsets settings for audio devices has /dev/dsp to /dev/dsp3 as 
possibilities. How does alsa connect to these?

Jack

Frank Barknecht wrote:

>Hallo,
>Dexter Filmore hat gesagt: // Dexter Filmore wrote:
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>>FYI, Skype still uses OSS. For reasons beyond me.
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>Which should be supported by ALSA, unless Skype has a really badly
>programmed sound part. Though with Skype being closed soruce,
>proprietary software, only Skype itself could fix that then.
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>Ciao
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