GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 567784
Choking caller voice (but he hear OK).
Last modified: 2010-04-08 10:32:58 UTC
This chokes are so strong I can't distinguish what caller says. Sounds like very frequent stuttering. Tried on three machines: 1) Intel P35, ESI Juli@ (Playback) + HDA Intel (Microphone), Ubuntu 8.10 64 kernel 2.6.27 2) Intel P35, ASUS Xonar DX (PCIe), Ubuntu 8.10 64 kernel 2.6.27 3) Athlon XP 2500 + nForce2 400Ultra, Creative Audigy 2zs, Ubuntu 8.10 x86, kernel 2.6.27 The issue reproduces with any caller/called
Soundsystem: default intrepid's alsa + pulseaudio.
I can confirm that: The Calling person's (if using empathy) voice is pretty much stuttering and distorted. I tried this same procedure with GTalk on the calling side, and everything was ok, so apparently this is an empathy issue. I tried this procedure with the following machines, running Ubuntu 8.10 i386 with all updates, but with ALSA instead of (default) pulse audio: EeePC 901 Some AMD Machine, Soundcard is Audigy 4 for additional information, just ask. empathy has been installed from ppa launchpad, so the version there is also my version. PS: Also the video isn't submitted(both sides)
The same behaviour in Ubuntu 9.04 (2.6.28, ALSA 1.0.18, Pulse). And, very important: the same issue when using SIP (with ekiga account) - one call with Ekiga, I reply with Empathy. I hear him OK, but my voice sounds stuttering for caller. So it seems to be one Ekiga bug or pulse bug.
That's probably a pulseaudio issue actually.
Could you retry without pulseaudio running? Basically you have to set your audio source and output in gstreamer-properties to Alsa. Also, be sure than PA is not running by doing "pulseaudio -k" before the call.
with the latest update from PPA this issue has improved alot. i've always been running these tests w/o pulseaudio running - pure alsa here, stuttered tho. i tested this from my home machine to my eeepc, running Ubuntu 8.10, lateste ppa updates ( https://launchpad.net/~telepathy/+archive/ppa ) respectively. The incoming audio at the main machine had a small, short interruption every 1-3 seconds, but the voice was understandable at least :) This is fine tuning eventually. I'll try with Gtalk within the next few days and will report back! Thanks for everything so far. The new calling window is just exciting :)
Yeah, the same experience too.
Dang. Same here, but with PulseAudio AND ALSA.
Really REALLY want to get this solved. If anyone is up for testing, add me on XMPP alex@weej.com
Regression, this problem again.
*** Bug 584571 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Choking caller == Darth Vader voice ? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444764 i did not try the patch, but i tried the change in /etc/farsight/gstcodecs.conf without any success.
No, it's constantly breaking voice.
This bug seems to be fixed with Empathy 2.28 and pulseaudio 0.9.18.
> This bug seems to be fixed with Empathy 2.28 and pulseaudio 0.9.18. It didn't for me. The things are getting worse for last 6 month. Today I hear a silence most time, and only for a second and even less I can hear a interlocutor voice, then silence again.
denis, is this still an issue with empathy 2.30?
No, sound is almost ok now (there's delay issue though).