[Freeswitch-users] mod_skypiax - help needed with modified snd-dummy (one way audio)

Peter P GMX Prometheus001 at gmx.net
Wed Jan 27 10:04:04 PST 2010 

I installed alsa-utile,

now I get:

skype:/var/cache/apt/archives# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Dummy [Dummy], device 0: Dummy PCM [Dummy PCM]
  Subdevices: 127/128
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
  Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
  Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
  Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
  Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
  Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
  Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
  Subdevice #8: subdevice #8
  Subdevice #9: subdevice #9
  Subdevice #10: subdevice #10
  Subdevice #11: subdevice #11
  Subdevice #12: subdevice #12
  Subdevice #13: subdevice #13
  Subdevice #14: subdevice #14
  Subdevice #15: subdevice #15
  Subdevice #16: subdevice #16
  Subdevice #17: subdevice #17
  Subdevice #18: subdevice #18
  Subdevice #19: subdevice #19
  Subdevice #20: subdevice #20
  Subdevice #21: subdevice #21
  Subdevice #22: subdevice #22
  Subdevice #23: subdevice #23
  Subdevice #24: subdevice #24
  Subdevice #25: subdevice #25
  Subdevice #26: subdevice #26
  Subdevice #27: subdevice #27
  Subdevice #28: subdevice #28
  Subdevice #29: subdevice #29
  Subdevice #30: subdevice #30
  Subdevice #31: subdevice #31
  Subdevice #32: subdevice #32
  Subdevice #33: subdevice #33
  Subdevice #34: subdevice #34
  Subdevice #35: subdevice #35
  Subdevice #36: subdevice #36
  Subdevice #37: subdevice #37
  Subdevice #38: subdevice #38
  Subdevice #39: subdevice #39
  Subdevice #40: subdevice #40
  Subdevice #41: subdevice #41
  Subdevice #42: subdevice #42
  Subdevice #43: subdevice #43
  Subdevice #44: subdevice #44
  Subdevice #45: subdevice #45
  Subdevice #46: subdevice #46
  Subdevice #47: subdevice #47
  Subdevice #48: subdevice #48
  Subdevice #49: subdevice #49
  Subdevice #50: subdevice #50
  Subdevice #51: subdevice #51
  Subdevice #52: subdevice #52
  Subdevice #53: subdevice #53
  Subdevice #54: subdevice #54
  Subdevice #55: subdevice #55
  Subdevice #56: subdevice #56
  Subdevice #57: subdevice #57
  Subdevice #58: subdevice #58
  Subdevice #59: subdevice #59
  Subdevice #60: subdevice #60
  Subdevice #61: subdevice #61
  Subdevice #62: subdevice #62
  Subdevice #63: subdevice #63
  Subdevice #64: subdevice #64
  Subdevice #65: subdevice #65
  Subdevice #66: subdevice #66
  Subdevice #67: subdevice #67
  Subdevice #68: subdevice #68
  Subdevice #69: subdevice #69
  Subdevice #70: subdevice #70
  Subdevice #71: subdevice #71
  Subdevice #72: subdevice #72
  Subdevice #73: subdevice #73
  Subdevice #74: subdevice #74
  Subdevice #75: subdevice #75
  Subdevice #76: subdevice #76
  Subdevice #77: subdevice #77
  Subdevice #78: subdevice #78
  Subdevice #79: subdevice #79
  Subdevice #80: subdevice #80
  Subdevice #81: subdevice #81
  Subdevice #82: subdevice #82
  Subdevice #83: subdevice #83
  Subdevice #84: subdevice #84
  Subdevice #85: subdevice #85
  Subdevice #86: subdevice #86
  Subdevice #87: subdevice #87
  Subdevice #88: subdevice #88
  Subdevice #89: subdevice #89
  Subdevice #90: subdevice #90
  Subdevice #91: subdevice #91
  Subdevice #92: subdevice #92
  Subdevice #93: subdevice #93
  Subdevice #94: subdevice #94
  Subdevice #95: subdevice #95
  Subdevice #96: subdevice #96
  Subdevice #97: subdevice #97
  Subdevice #98: subdevice #98
  Subdevice #99: subdevice #99
  Subdevice #100: subdevice #100
  Subdevice #101: subdevice #101
  Subdevice #102: subdevice #102
  Subdevice #103: subdevice #103
  Subdevice #104: subdevice #104
  Subdevice #105: subdevice #105
  Subdevice #106: subdevice #106
  Subdevice #107: subdevice #107
  Subdevice #108: subdevice #108
  Subdevice #109: subdevice #109
  Subdevice #110: subdevice #110
  Subdevice #111: subdevice #111
  Subdevice #112: subdevice #112
  Subdevice #113: subdevice #113
  Subdevice #114: subdevice #114
  Subdevice #115: subdevice #115
  Subdevice #116: subdevice #116
  Subdevice #117: subdevice #117
  Subdevice #118: subdevice #118
  Subdevice #119: subdevice #119
  Subdevice #120: subdevice #120
  Subdevice #121: subdevice #121
  Subdevice #122: subdevice #122
  Subdevice #123: subdevice #123
  Subdevice #124: subdevice #124
  Subdevice #125: subdevice #125
  Subdevice #126: subdevice #126
  Subdevice #127: subdevice #127


Peter P GMX schrieb:
> Her's the output:
>
> skype:~# aplay -l
> bash: aplay: command not found
>
> Giovanni Maruzzelli schrieb:
>   
>> I don't think you got two snd-dummy loaded (but maybe yes)
>> what's the output of:
>>
>> aplay -l
>>
>> ?
>>
>> If instead you are referring to the choices that skype clients offers
>> you in the "set audio devices" window, choose Dummy PCM (hw0:0)
>>
>> Eg: not the "default", but the "hardware" one
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Peter P GMX <Prometheus001 at gmx.net> wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Thanks Giovanni,
>>>
>>> I think there may be the problem, that I have 2 sound devices now:
>>> - Dummy PCM (hw0:0) (this is from debian install)
>>> - Dummy PCM Default Audio device (defauzlt: CARD=Dummy) (this is new
>>> since I compiled alsa newly)
>>>
>>> I tried both, but both do not work. How do I get rid of the old alsa device?
>>> By the way: I uninstalled Alsa before I installed the new driver
>>> (apt-get remove alsa-utils alsa-base).
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
>>> Giovanni Maruzzelli schrieb:
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> This warning is harmless:
>>>>
>>>> Jan 27 15:28:50 skype kernel: [ 3994.795786] process `skype' is using
>>>> obsolete setsockopt SO_BSDCOMPAT
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Giovanni Maruzzelli
>>>> <gmaruzz at celliax.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> Ciao Peter
>>>>>
>>>>> one instance of snd-dummy "customized" is enough for 64 instances of
>>>>> skype clients, no need (and do not works) with more instances of
>>>>> snd-dummy-customized.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe you got the one-way problem because of kernel at 250HZ (don't
>>>>> know). It uses to works well on a tickless kernel at 100HZ (eg: ubuntu
>>>>> 8.04).
>>>>>
>>>>> Or maybe you have to check and modify which sound devices the skype
>>>>> clients are using (try to check that with snd-summy-custom loaded,
>>>>> maybe with the ssh -X trick (as in the wiki page).
>>>>>
>>>>> To load more than one snd-dummy-original (the non modified one), you
>>>>> do this with the modprobe command, as in:
>>>>>
>>>>> rmmod snd-dummy
>>>>> modprobe snd-dummy enable=1,1,1
>>>>>
>>>>> this command will enable three instances of snd-dummy original, so
>>>>> you'll have three fake soundcards, and you'll have to setup each group
>>>>> of 8 skype instances to use sound devices from one fake soundcard, RG:
>>>>> no more than 8 skype client instances can use one instance of fake
>>>>> soundcard.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, please update the mod_skypiax code (svn up in its directory) I
>>>>> just committed some improvements.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you have any other doubts, or need more info, don't hesitate to
>>>>> write the mailing list again,
>>>>>
>>>>> ciao for now,
>>>>>
>>>>> -giovanni
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Peter P GMX <Prometheus001 at gmx.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I have mod_skypiax working nicely so far with 2 Skype channels. Thanks
>>>>>> to all contributors, excellent work!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In order to have more than 8 channels working, I have followed the
>>>>>> instructions in
>>>>>> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Skypiax_Skype_Endpoint_and_Trunk
>>>>>> and compiled alsa-driver-1.0.20 with the modified dummy.c file. (System
>>>>>> ist Debian 5.0R3)
>>>>>> It compiled well however when I start snd-dummy I only have
>>>>>> one-way-audio and my logs show
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jan 27 15:28:41 skype kernel: [ 3984.318403] snd-dummy skypiax driver,
>>>>>> /usr/src/alsa-driver-1.0.20/drivers/../alsa-kernel/drivers/dummy.c:920
>>>>>> working on a machine with 250HZ kernel
>>>>>> Jan 27 15:28:50 skype kernel: [ 3994.795786] process `skype' is using
>>>>>> obsolete setsockopt SO_BSDCOMPAT
>>>>>> Jan 27 15:28:56 skype kernel: [ 4005.289907] __ratelimit: 490 messages
>>>>>> suppressed
>>>>>> Jan 27 15:29:01 skype kernel: [ 4012.458310] process `skype' is using
>>>>>> obsolete setsockopt SO_BSDCOMPAT
>>>>>> Jan 27 15:29:01 skype kernel: [ 4013.326290] __ratelimit: 499 messages
>>>>>> suppressed
>>>>>> If I reinstall alsa from deb everything sworks fine again (of course
>>>>>> with the current limitations).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> First question: Has anybody had this issue before? How can I solve this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Second question:
>>>>>> As I do not need 64 channels or more: how do I manage, that Skype
>>>>>> instances 9..15 use a second instance of snd-dummy as addressed in the wiki?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>>>> --
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>
>>>>> Giovanni Maruzzelli
>>>>> Cell : +39-347-2665618
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>       
>>>>         
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