Bug#283258: gnomemeeting: Please add support for OSS sound device

[Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo]

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El s=C3=A1b, 27-11-2004 a las 18:11 +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen escribi=C3=
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> [Kilian Krause]
> > i810 and OSS can't do full duplex.
>=20
> Right.  I started to suspect that.
>=20
> > It's technically impossible to use OSS with i810 for VoIP. Sorry.
>=20
> Wow.  I did conference calls in 1995 using half duplex audio devices
> and sdr/vic/vat (MBone/multicast-tools), and was not aware that this
> was technically impossible.  I really impress myself when I now know I
> participated in a miracle.

:-)  Yes, but using half-duplex is not optimal for VoIP nowadays
standards. In 1995 the miracle was being able to use VoIP at all ;-)

>=20
> But at least now I know what the problem is.  I can't change the sound
> device in my laptop, so I will have to look for other solutions.
> Thanks for the information. :)

 Use alsa instead. This will allow you to use fullduplex, IIRC.

 Thanks,

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Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
   jsogo@debian.org

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