Package: mumble Version: 1.2.0~beta1-1 Severity: wishlist For human it is normal to hear noise when they are talking over a telephone line. It was normal when analog transmission was used. When no one talks little white noise can be heard. This one is missing if no call is made. This small white noise comes from electric effects during the data transmission over analog channels.
When ISDN came to germany this little noise was gone since the whole data transmission to the user was digital. Digital endpoints are in most cases the telephones and so there is nearly no white noise generated anywhere. Most calls in that time by normal users were something like that "Hi, John here", "Hi here is your grandma. Have you heard that Bob has married. Are you eating enough.... are you still there?" "Yes, g'ma" "I thought you hang up. - the line was dead" After a while the manufacturers of digital endpoints added a little white noise. Just use two ISDN telephones, call each other and then hear what sound they make - even if in both rooms is complete silence. This informed grandma that we are still connected and makes both feeling fine - even if grandma is only talking and John takes a nap. The same problem happens now with voice over ip. It seems to be a good idea to add white noise (configurable volume) when we are connected. I heard that Skype does it to prevent the same problem. --- System information. --- Architecture: amd64 Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 Debian Release: squeeze/sid 500 unstable ftp.debian.org --- Package information. --- Depends (Version) | Installed ================================================-+-=================== libasound2 (>> 1.0.18) | 1.0.21a-1 libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 (>= 0.6.16) | 0.6.25-2 libc6 (>= 2.3.4) | 2.10.2-2 libg15daemon-client1 | 1.9.5.3-7 libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) | 1:4.4.2-3 libgl1-mesa-glx | 7.6-1 OR libgl1 | libglu1-mesa | 7.6-1 OR libglu1 | libprotobuf4 | 2.2.0-0.1 libpulse0 (>= 0.9.16) | 0.9.21-1 libqt4-dbus (>= 4:4.5.3) | 4:4.5.3-4 libqt4-network (>= 4:4.5.3) | 4:4.5.3-4 libqt4-opengl (>= 4:4.5.3) | 4:4.5.3-4 libqt4-sql (>= 4:4.5.3) | 4:4.5.3-4 libqt4-svg (>= 4:4.5.3) | 4:4.5.3-4 libqt4-xml (>= 4:4.5.3) | 4:4.5.3-4 libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.5.3) | 4:4.5.3-4 libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.5.3) | 4:4.5.3-4 libsndfile1 | 1.0.20-3 libspeechd2 | 0.6.7-7 libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1) | 1.2~rc1-1 libspeexdsp1 (>= 1.2~beta3.2-1) | 1.2~rc1-1 libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8f-5) | 0.9.8k-7 libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) | 4.4.2-3 libx11-6 | 2:1.3.2-1 libxi6 | 2:1.2.1-2 gconf2 (>= 2.12.1-1) | 2.28.0-1 libqt4-sql-sqlite | 4:4.5.3-4 lsb-release | 3.2-23 Recommends (Version) | Installed ================================-+-=========== speech-dispatcher | mumble-11x | 1.2.0~beta1-1 Suggests (Version) | Installed ============================-+-=========== mumble-server | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
