[SOLVED]Anyone Using Google Phone? Audio Input Problem On Phone End

[ecoalex]

I clicked on the analog mono window,two other choices came up none devices,neither worked.I don't see a "button" you speak of.In all input choices webcam isn't there.

[Was_Just19]

I clicked on the analog mono window,two other choices came up none devices,neither worked.I don't see a "button" you speak of.In all input choices webcam isn't there.

In your pic  "0807 Analogue Mono" is on the button.

two other choices came up none devices,neither worked

If you want help then you tell us what you see .......  I, nor anyone else can guess at what you are looking at.

Have you checked the other tabs and made any changes in them?

It is very frustrating to be sitting here and you just saying things like 'none worked'  .....  none what?  I have no idea!

Is the webcam showing on the configuration tab?

Maybe it is time you posted a pic of each of the tabs, while you have google talk running.
In that way the information needed will likely be seen.

regards.

[ecoalex]

Well here's a video. I hope it's visible.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2208276/GphoneSound.ogv

[Was_Just19]

Well here's a video. I hope it's visible.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2208276/GphoneSound.ogv

Yes it is visible and displays nicely, thank you.

You say you want to use the webcam MIC, yet on the Recording tab you have selected the stereo MIC inputs of the sound card as the stream/s that Google Phone should use.

As we discussed earlier, you need to select the MIC input you want to use .....  in this case  "0807 Analog Mono" which is clearly shown on the Configuration tab to be the webcam.

I suggest that you should, at least temporarily, change the sound card setting in the configuration tab, to one of the entries that do not include an input. This might help avoid your confusion with the different inputs available.

regards.

[ecoalex]

My Confusion  yes.Could you suggest a setting,being that the webcam mic choices are either on ,or off? Thanks for your patience.

Another video: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2208276/GphoneSound-1.ogv

[Was_Just19]

If you want to use the webcam MIC then the webcam should be on of course.

The audio card selection .......  I have no idea if you 5.1 speakers or just stereo speakers .......  so choose the second or fourth options provided. Any option with no input should suffice for the audio card.

[ecoalex]

I tried all outputs nothing worked.It must be something else.Thanks for your patience.

[ecoalex]

I looked at Google Call help.It said a low upload speed would cause poor/no audio to the receiver of the call.

My upload speed is so poor,I believe this is my problem.I'm going to go to Wild Blue and get what my upload speed should be.I know,my speeds are pityful.Pray for me. Thanks for your persistence, patience.

                                                      Warm Regards

[Was_Just19]

That must be about the worst speed test I have ever seen reported.

What are you supposed to have?

[ecoalex]

They advertise .512mbs down .128mbs up.It seems no one gets that. WildBlue sucks.I'm in a rural area,it's this,or Hughes net,or dial-up.I'm paying $50.Mo for this sh**.

[Was_Just19]

They advertise .512mbs down .128mbs up.It seems no one gets that. WildBlue sucks.I'm in a rural area,it's this,or Hughes net,or dial-up.I'm paying $50.Mo for this sh**.

Even worse than here so .....  about $83 per month for 3Mb/s down and 384Kb/s up .......  and I get very close to that ....  a steady 2.5Mb/s down ....  rarely goes lower.

Skype is probably less resource hungry and might work OK on that connection.

regards

[ecoalex]

Thanks ,You have to pay for Skype don'tcha? WB says they don't support VOIP.Anyway I found this comparison :

Less Resources?

[Was_Just19]

No you do not have to pay for Skype.
Skype is a VOIP application ......  a proprietary one. (VOIP => Voic Over Internet Protocol)
It uses its own proprietary codec/transport stream ....   not quite sure now.
Google Talk also uses a 'non-standard' setup ....  although they promised early on that they would support the VOIP standard - SIP.

So although both of those are VOIP applications, neither support the VOIP industry standard.
In the last year there have been 'gateway' applications that can connect between the Skype network and the rest of the world that uses SIP. I have not read anything about GoogleTalk integrating with the rest to date .....  although I have not been keeping up with the latest.

Simply put, there is an industry 'standard' - SIP - which is completely OS and application agnostic. It allows everybody who uses SIP, in whatever manner, to create a connection (call) between them, and that call is free when both are using SIP. Skype is a closed proprietary network, and GoogleTalk requires that you have a Google account also. In addition, GT requires that a PC/browser is used whereas there are solutions for Skype and SIP that do not have this requirement.

All can connect to the standard telephone network.
What is charged for this connection is determined by the VOIP provider and is a commercial decision on their part.
For instance, using SIP, I have free calls to USA landline and mobile phones, free landline calls to Ireland, UK, Australia and others as well as USA.

I dislike Skype because of its proprietary nature, and also dislike Google Talk because of its non-standard connection and its requirement to use a browser in a PC/smart phone.
Standard SIP, which has been used by industry for many many years, has no such requirements.

When Skype network and GT decide to support the SIP standard I will be more open to them.

regards.

[ecoalex]

With my slow upload speed,and the fact WildBlue does not support VOIP,no VOIP for me.I moved up from dial up.I'm in a rural area,so WildBlue is a move up for me.AT&T has a fiber optic cabinet within 3 miles of me,but they won't put cards in the cabinet,they just use it as a junction box.

[Was_Just19]

I do not use my ISP for VOIP .......  just the connection and a few of the VOIP providers ......  hundreds of them out there