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

Ghulam Mustafa mustafa.pk at gmail.com
Fri Jan 29 04:03:39 PST 2010 

did you enable debug mode while compiling custom snd-dummy? if  yes
try re-compiling with debug mode disabled.

-m

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Peter P GMX <Prometheus001 at gmx.net> wrote:
> I now reinstalled the original sound drivers
> Unfortunaltely the sound problems remain, not that worse but they are there:
> Audio is still (almost) one way. Almost means:
>
>    * SIP -> Skype ok
>    * Skype=> SIP I hear only some scratching on very loud audio
>
> Could it be a volume problem? But snd-dummy should have no volume
> properties, right?
>
> Best regards
> Peter
>
>
> Giovanni Maruzzelli schrieb:
>> with three instances you will assign the hw:0 device to skype client
>> 0...7, hw:1 to skype client 8...15 and hw:2 to skype client 16...23.
>> Must work. Pay attention to assign the same device name to all devices
>> needed by a skype instance (sound devices window): playback, capture
>> AND ring.
>>
>> Or maybe is a bug of ALSA on Debian...
>>
>> -giovanni
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Peter P GMX <Prometheus001 at gmx.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I crated 3 instances of snd-dummy, this worked. I assigned then Instance
>>> #2 to the Skype accounts. Still no sound.
>>> On the frist call there is one way audio, on the following calls there
>>> is no audio at all.
>>> This is weird.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> Giovanni Maruzzelli schrieb:
>>>
>>>> Ciao Peter,
>>>>
>>>> Never tested on Debian 5.
>>>>
>>>> When you write "same problem" you are referring to the audio going one
>>>> way only (btw, which way?) with the custom audio driver?
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried with multiple instances of the regular Debian
>>>> snd-dummy, as I wrote in a mail before?
>>>>
>>>> -gm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Peter P GMX <Prometheus001 at gmx.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hello Giovanni,
>>>>>
>>>>> I did so but the same problem again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Did you ever test in on Debian 5.0?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best reards
>>>>> Peter
>>>>>
>>>>> Giovanni Maruzzelli schrieb:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> good, so you have only one sound device, the right one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Use the one with hw:0 in the window that skype gives you to set sound devices
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -gm
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Peter P GMX <Prometheus001 at gmx.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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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