Skype – “Problem with Audio Playback” Solved for Intrepid Ibex!

Posted on November 22, 2008

My Acer laptop model is 5573. and i got Realtek ALC 883 sound card. All other sound device and stuff worked fine for me on new Linux Distro called the “Intrepid Ibex”. Just skype didn’t behave that well till now :)
Every time I called someone it showed a wrong message “Problem with Audio Playback”. After left/right movement on sound devices I was able to hear from other end but the receiver didnt hear me at all. And finally after digging it I have sloved the problem :D
here is the solution how I solved it…
first of all double click on the volume control and it will open the volume manager…
default is HDA Intel (alsa mixer) change it to your sound card (in my case it is “Realtek ALC883”). Close the window now go to the option of skype.
Select sound device from left navigation and follow the screen shot I have attached here.

Setup your sound devices for audio playback problem

Setup your sound devices for audio playback problem

Now make a test call and hopefully it will work. Happy skyping :)

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  • kholid

    Hi, thank you for your tips, it’s helps me much. Now I can talk to my family in Egypt again.

  • Alex

    Thanks Junal

    This has helped me on an old VAIO Laptop and ubuntu Intrepid, too.

    Do you happen to know WHY you did use these settings? They don't seem obvious to me…

    Have a fine day!

    Alex

  • Alexei

    Brilliant! Thank you!

  • http://lenin9el.wordpress.com lenin

    I am currently using with the popular hack

    killall pulseaudio

    before running skype.
    I had similar problems lik you. Then I set sound out device as default while after applying the killall pulseaudio.

    Right now I tried to set pulse as the sound device. Didn't work, maybe I need to restart to let the pulseaudio to run.

    What I currently can do is I can hear others. But my test call dont record my mic. But my mic's sound is hearable in the pc. So, Skype is not taking it. I'll try later after I restart with your idea.

  • http://lenin9el.wordpress.com lenin

    আমি এইচপি ৫২০ ল্যাপটপ ব্যবহার করি। ইন্টারনাল মাইক নেই এতে। আপনার পদ্ধতিতেই সমাধান করলাম অবশেষে।

    সাউন্ড কনফিগারেশন থেকে সবগুলো(sound in, sound out, ringing) সাউন্ড ডিভাইস pulse করে দিন।
    এবং Volume Control Dialog টি ওপেন করে, Preferences থেকে

    Recording Ext Mic এবং
    Switches Ext Mic চয়েস করে নিন।
    দেখুন রেকর্ডিং লেভেল অন্তত শূণ্য যেনো করা না থাকে।

  • http://lenin9el.wordpress.com lenin

    আমি এইচপি ৫২০ ল্যাপটপ ব্যবহার করি। ইন্টারনাল মাইক নেই এতে। আপনার পদ্ধতিতেই সমাধান করলাম অবশেষে।

    সাউন্ড কনফিগারেশন থেকে সবগুলো(sound in, sound out, ringing) সাউন্ড ডিভাইস pulse করে দিন।
    এবং Volume Control Dialog টি ওপেন করে, Preferences থেকে

    Recording Ext Mic এবং
    Switches Ext Mic চয়েস করে নিন।
    দেখুন রেকর্ডিং লেভেল অন্তত শূণ্য যেনো করা না থাকে।

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