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[tony]

Hi Mike,

When I tried to use Skype I got very low audio output.

I installed apulse from :-

http://smokey01.com/OscarTalks/apulse-0.1.10-x86_64.pet

I got better audio out.

BUT --- Skype no longer finds my microphone.

Been here before I think.

Regards Tony.

[Mike Walsh]

Hi, Tony.

Yah, I'm finding the same problem, mate. I'm actually getting audio, after installing PulseAudio through the PPM, but it's coming out all slow & garbled.

Mind you, I use a headset; I don't use the webcam's built-in mike at all.

If you install PulseAudio, you need to ensure it's started by entering

[watchdog]

If you use pulseaudio then you can have to change the following lines in /etc/pulse/default.pa according to your hardware. Type in console:

[watchdog]

3 July 2017: skype4.3 continues to work for me. What are the decisions of Microsoft?

[ac2011]

Still working here too. Not that I'm complaining...

[torm]

Wire ?
Hmm.. some names from early Skype?
Location is changed, however..

Will see if it's any good..

[rockedge]

glad I checked this thread again! So I start my Skype 4.3.0.37 and it still works as well! I started just using the Skype Linux Beta 64 bit and it worked okay to type chats but not much else worked yet.

Totally happy that the Skype 4.3 is still functioning! Thanks to you guys I looked again!

[ac2011]

It may not last for long, though. When I tried a Skype call it took three attempts to connect and threw up a warning saying I was using an out-of-date version and may not be able to connect. Then it worked. So it probably isn't going to work for much longer.

[Mike Walsh]

I didn't want to be the bearer of 'bad tidings', but, er.........I did feel the community had a right to know.

I guess it's the same as other stuff; if M$ hadn't had such a stranglehold with Windoze & Skype, after having bought the latter out, I rather suspect development would have gone in a completely different direction.

There again, having said that, we might not have had the plethora of available choice that we now have; there wouldn't have been the incentive!


Mike.

[watchdog]

Skypeforlinux 64 bit is still in development and has malfunctions. I downloaded:

https://repo.skype.com/deb/pool/main/s/skypeforlinux/skypeforlinux_8.5.76.55323_amd64.deb

and tried it in slacko64 700b. Libsecret is needed from PPM. It starts but no webcam and no SMS. Skype 4.3 32 bit is still working.

[snayak]

On Nov 7th they stopped skype 4.3 to login.

[ozsouth]

Skype for Linux - latest beta (8.10.0.4) working in Slacko64 kernel 4.4.70. Requires libsecret.so.1.0 & libgcrypt.so.11 & restart jwm after install.
https://go.skype.com/skypeforlinux-64.deb

[watchdog]

I found that you can't send SMS with the desktop app but you can send SMS using the web interface.

https://web.skype.com/

[Bird Dog]

With the Skype web interface you can't do a video call but you can send an sms. I downloaded the desktop app and it says it installed but when trying to start the Skype program in the Network section it does nothing. Microsh#ts christmas gift. Time to find Mike's other post about video calling software. The beta did work for a while though Mike.

Thanks
Bird Dog

[Mike Walsh]

Hi, all.

Just for reference, the current 64-bit Skype for Linux (8.13.76.8-amd64.deb) won't get going in any way, shape or form. Not in Tahr64, at any rate.

It gets stuck in an endless log-in 'loop'. You log-in; you think it's about to kick-in, then a pop-up appears informing you that you've just been logged-out.....'please log-in to use Skype'.

I don't know why I even bother trying it any more. I much prefer WIRE.


Mike.