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skype sound issues with ubuntu 13.10

Skype on my ubuntu 13.10 had issues with sound and I was not able to make or receive calls. The pulse audio would just give out a blaring sound when i started the skype app or when i tried to make or receive calls. Fiddling with the sound settings got nowhere, so i started googling and the below update fixed this issue!
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sudo sed -i 's/^Exec=.*/Exec=env PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=30 skype %U/' /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop
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thanks webupd8.org!
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