Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:05:20 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: VoIP problems Message-ID: <46D11820.6020608@math.arizona.edu>
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Dear ALL, I was wondering if I could get some help with setting up VoIP on my FreeBSD box running FreeBSD 6.2 stable, XOrg 7.2 and Gnome 2.18 with a generic kernel. My audio card is Audiogy SE (I know it is a bad choice) and it works beautifully with OSS compiled from ports. This is osstest and ossinfo [pedja@oko /usr/home/Pedja]$ osstest Sound subsystem and version: OSS 4.0 (build 070707/200708012238/C (0x00040002) Platform: FreeBSD/i386 6.2-STABLE-200706 FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE-200706 #0: Sun Jun 3 14:20:02 UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP *** Scanning sound adapter #-1 *** /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm0 (audio engine 0): AudigyLS front - Performing audio playback test... <left> OK <right> OK <stereo> OK <measured srate 47990.00 Hz (-0.02%)> /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm1 (audio engine 1): AudigyLS (shadow) - Skipping device (card already tested) /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm2 (audio engine 2): AudigyLS center/lfe - Performing audio playback test... <left> OK <right> OK <stereo> OK <measured srate 47990.00 Hz (-0.02%)> /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm3 (audio engine 3): AudigyLS surround - Performing audio playback test... <left> OK <right> OK <stereo> OK <measured srate 47990.00 Hz (-0.02%)> /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm4 (audio engine 4): AudigyLS 5.1 output - Skipping multi channel device *** Scanning sound adapter #0 *** /dev/oss/vmix0/pcm0 (audio engine 5): AudigyLS front (VMIX0) - Skipping virtual device (use -V to force test) *** Scanning sound adapter #0 *** /dev/oss/vmix0/pcm1 (audio engine 6): AudigyLS front (VMIX0) - Skipping virtual device (use -V to force test) *** Scanning sound adapter #0 *** /dev/oss/vmix0/pcm2 (audio engine 7): AudigyLS front (VMIX0) - Skipping virtual device (use -V to force test) *** Scanning sound adapter #0 *** /dev/oss/vmix0/pcm3 (audio engine 8): AudigyLS front (VMIX0) - Skipping virtual device (use -V to force test) *** All tests completed OK *** [pedja@oko /usr/home/Pedja]$ ossinfo Version info: OSS 4.0 (build 070707/200708012238/C (0x00040002) Platform: FreeBSD/i386 6.2-STABLE-200706 FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE-200706 #0: Sun Jun 3 14:20:02 UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP Number of audio devices: 9 Number of audio engines: 9 Number of MIDI devices: 0 Number of mixer devices: 1 Device objects 0: audigyls0 AudigyLS 1: vmix0 OSS transparent virtual support MIDI devices (/dev/midi*) Mixer devices (/dev/mixer*) 0: AudigyLS Mixer (Mixer 0 of device object 0) Audio devices /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm0 AudigyLS front (device index 0) /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm1 AudigyLS (shadow) (device index 1) /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm2 AudigyLS center/lfe (device index 2) /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm3 AudigyLS surround (device index 3) /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm4 AudigyLS 5.1 output (device index 4) /dev/oss/vmix0/pcm0 AudigyLS front (VMIX0) (device index 5) /dev/oss/vmix0/pcm1 AudigyLS front (VMIX0) (device index 6) /dev/oss/vmix0/pcm2 AudigyLS front (VMIX0) (device index 7) /dev/oss/vmix0/pcm3 AudigyLS front (VMIX0) (device index 8) [pedja@oko /usr/home/Pedja]$ Unfortunately despite the reading 120 pages of OSS manual I could not get the card to record the sound even with ossrecord let alone get it to work in full DUPLEX mode via mixer utility necessary for using VoIP. Yes I did alter permissions and I tried doing everything from root account. I came to a conclusion that the OSS driver only partially supports this card hence I need another card. (Am I wrong to give up on this thing? Has anybody been able to use VoIP with this particular card.) I asked this question on freebsd-question mailing list as well as 10 other forums including OSS forum and everyone seems mute. There were some responses from freebsd-question list but people apparently didn't use OSS compiled from ports but the one from kernel. Assuming that the answer to my previous question is NO (my card is not fully supported or nobody has successfully used for VoIP) I would like a recommendation for new audio card which will be fully supported by FreeBSD itself. I would in particular like to hear from people using Skype or any of SIP phones. Could you tell me your audio card, FreeBSD version you run, kernel set up, which driver do you use (are you loading driver on boot or you recompiled the kernel) mixer set up. I overheard that even Sound Blaster Live which is really inexpensive and seems to me as a logical choice has some issues since the Creative was changed the chip set. (I hope I am wrong) I was perfectly able to hear people using Skype but they could not hear me so my conclusion was that sound card is not properly configured Another indication was that I was not able to record using ossrecord or at least when I play back I do not hear anything. Thanks Predrag Punosevac P. S. I would be perfectly happy with a reference to a thread if this issue has been discussed before.
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