Once Again, Something That Should Be Basic is a Giant Pain

[the_gneech]

Hoookay, so apparently there's no easy way to feed sounds playing on your computer into a Skype call. Or if there is, I can't find it.

I've found ads for plug-ins c. 2007, but the websites they point to are either long-dead, or the plug-in is "A full professional enterprise suite! Only a bazillion bucks."

Dude. I want to hit a play button and stream a sound effect at the people I'm Skypin' with. It's all data. It should know how to do this right out of the box.

That's the thing that drives me most nuts about the internet generally. It's all data. It should all be able to talk to each other as part of its basic existence.

Harumph.

-The Gneech

Comments

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

CanisRufus and I used to do this all the time. On a windows based machine, open your audio settings. Mute the microphone/line in. This will remove feedback, and you can have the mic directly in front of the speakers. Input from the mic will still go to skype without problem, but it will not be played out of your audio speakers. Therefore, anything played by your speakers can be heard through skype.

There is a disadvantage to this, though. Just as though you called a radio personality and forgot to turn your radio down while in the call, the people with whom you are talking will hear an echo of themselves on their end. The easiest way to get both would be to use a switch box, so that you can go from headphones to speaker and back when you play the sounds while in call.

-=TK