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The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system.

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No PulseAudio in Skype Sound Devices choices, and microphone does not work…

I have a new re-install of Mythbuntu 12.04.2 LTS. When I installed Skype 4.1.0.20 and tried to use it, I found that under options/Sound Devices/, under the three (Microphone,Speakers and Ringing) ...
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Fuzzy audio when Skype makes sound

I am having trouble getting my sound to work properly in Skype. Every time Skype makes noise, all of my audio goes crackly, including anything else that's coming from other programs, even when the ...
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Graphical sound equalizer (EQ) for Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there any Sound enhancers/equalizer? Is there a graphical sound equalizer for Ubuntu 12.04? If not, is there a tentative schedule/website where I can know of any ...
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Headphones not working. Realtek ALC270. Asus K55VD-DS71 laptop. Ubuntu 12.04

I helping my friend to setup ubuntu who is a first time user. It's an ASUS K55VD-DS71 laptop. Following codecs are being reported on the system when I issue the command cat /proc/asound/card0/codec*...
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Broken auto-mute after 12.04 upgrade

Speakers stay on in Ubuntu 12.04 when headphones are plugged into the jack. (Fujitsu T2010, ICH8 chipset, ALC262 audio). All was working fine in 11.10. /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf contains options ...
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Clementine stopped playing music [closed]

I'm using Kubuntu 11.10. Clementine worked great until I had my laptop lag for, most likely, some Flash Player error. I had to manually kill Firefox and Clementine, but upon restart, Clementine does ...
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Python/FFMPEG command line issues [closed]

I have a problem with running an FFMPEG command from within a Python script. When I run the following command from the terminal, I can stream video and audio from my attached webcam (Logitech C310) ...
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Audio input disappears randomly [closed]

Same question asked in Launchpad and Ubuntu Forums and LinuxQuestions I'm running Lubuntu 10.10 on a HP Compaq nx6325. I use it to digitize tape records - connecting the tape deck's headphone output ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Built in Audio no longer working

I tried using hooking my laptop up to an external display through HDMI and now the built in audio does not work. I can still get audio through the audio jack. pavucontrol shows that audio should be ...
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Cannot start pulseaudio

I have no sound in application like Firefox. I do have system sounds (like the pop sound when you change volume). I recently upgraded from 17.04 to 18.04 (big mistake!) Pulseaudio seems to be ...
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error while installling qt mobility tool kit

I am installing qt mobility tool kit but it shows an error message : 1.2.0/src/multimedia' make[2]: Warning: File Makefile' has modification time 1.1e+04 s in the future g++ -c -pipe -g -...
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Where can I find gnome-alsamixer on ubuntu 20.04?

I'm preparing new setup for my work with ASUS PRIME H310M-F R2.0 Mainboard. The problem is front audio panel is not working. And I googled people telling try with gnome-alsamixer. But I can't find it ...
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Sound not working on ubuntu 20.04. I just see Dummy output in sound settings

I recently installed ubuntu 20.04 lts on my acer swift 3 laptop. Seems the sound is not working. In sound settings, I just see Dummy output. here is the output of hwinfo --sound 17: PCI 1f.3: 0401 ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 no sound

I have HP laptop. The sound disappeared after an update. I have tried solution1, solution2, solution3 , solution4. Nothing works. Moreover, I cannot open alsamixer "cannot open mixer: No such file or ...
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constant buzzing noise from speaker when headphones are plugged in Ubuntu 13.04

I'm using Lenovo Y410p. After I plug in the headphones, there's constant buzzing noise from speaker. If I unplug them, the noise disappears. If I disable "Auto-Mute Mode" through alsamixer, the ...
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How to enable 5.1 sound on Ubuntu 20.04

I edited the /etc/pulse/daemon.conf to make it 6: stephen@stephen-Aspire-TC-605:~/$ cat /etc/pulse/daemon.conf | grep channel ; remixing-use-all-sink-channels = yes default-sample-channels = 6 ; ...
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How to enable headset mode for ALC298 driver on Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro in Ubuntu 19.10

I just installed Ubuntu 19.10 on my Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro laptop and when I'm plugging my headset, it detects only headphones, but not the mic. This is what i see in settings. I tried pavucontrol ...
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Recognized but no sound with Asus Xonar SE in Ubuntu 19.04

Recently I have bought the Asus Xonar SE in order to use S/PDIF devices for playback. It was the newest and best I could find for the price, and people on Amazon commented it worked in Ubuntu for them ...
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How to display ALSA raw MIDI connections and devices?

For ALSA's MIDI sequencer connections, one can use aconnect -lio. If I run FluidSynth (or QSynth) with the alsa_seq MIDI driver, I can see FluidSynth displayed by aconnect -lio, but not anymore if I ...
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Sound problem in Ubuntu 15.04

I have installed Ubuntu 15.04 from a bootable pen-drive. When I start my machine, I get no sound on my headphone. To get around, I go to the terminal and type alsamixer and unmute the headphone from ...
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Microphone not working on Ubuntu 14.04 on MacBookPro10,2

I have Ubuntu 14.04 on my MacBook Pro Retina MacBookPro10,2 and the microphone does not work at all. It has worked in 13.04 and 13.10 but now after a clean install, no luck. I ran this script to ...
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How to enable Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 Gen3 mixer on Ubuntu Studio 20.04.3

I have installed Ubuntu Studio 20.04.3 on my Lenovo Thinkpad W520 with success. It appears to work very well, using the included DAWS as well as others. What a fantastic collaborative project! I would ...
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Audio jack not detected, sound playing from both speaker's and headphones

Using Ubuntu 18.04LTS with Windows 10 dual boot. Sound was working fine earlier today, then I went through a windows update ://. Headphones plugged into the audio jack are not recognized in Sound but ...
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ALC1220, no sound through rear panel out, headphones work

I have a "Gigabyte X299 Gaming 7"-motherboard, which has the Realtek ALC1220 sound chip. I can listen to sounds using the front panel audio on my computer, but when I remove the headphones, I don't ...
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How to prevent the recorded video using ffmpeg get corrupt

Actually I have an device that record the audio and video. when the recording is started the video file also started to persist into the hard drive. But if device goes off unfortunately between the ...
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No sound with HDA Intel PCH

I don't manage to get sound working on my Ubuntu 12.10. The output of my alsa-info.sh is located here. I would appreciate any help to fix this problem!
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Can't unmute with alsamixer

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 in combination with Awesome window manager. Most of the stuff ubuntu provides I don't use. I adjust my audio volume through scripts with amixer or manually with alsamixer. ...
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How can I change the volume of a specific program?

I just installed gnome-alsa, because my mic didn't work with pulseaudio. But I can't seem to find a way to change the volume of a specific program, like you can in Windows. I can only change the ...
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espeak returns error on ubuntu server

I want to use espeak on my server, so I can scare my girlfriend from work :) ubuntu 11.04 server. sudo espeak -v en "Hello i am espeak" Error: ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown ...
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Sound works as root but no sound as www-data

I'm trying to play a .wav file on my server (which is an old laptop with Ubuntu server installed) through a website using a shell script. Now the problem is that when I play the .wav file through ...
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Low volume in Realtek ALC 285 Ubuntu 22.04 for HP laptop

My HP Pavilion laptop comes with Windows 10 and B&O ( Bang and Olufsen for sound ) pre-installed. While it is working fine in 21.10, the sound is barely audible even at 100%. I have to use ...
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No sound on ASUS Transformer T100HA

So after having an Ubuntu 20.04 fresh install into the ASUS Transformer T100HA, I've faced a no-sound issue. The system recognized the following outputs: Multichannel Internal audio But no sound ...
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HP Omen 15 - ek0010ca - audio issues

Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH cAVS - Realtek ALC245 - uses SOF. This is going to be just a briefly cleaned up version of my notes. I'm hoping someone has had this issue and can help, I have been ...
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PulseAudio has no sound, only has Dummy Output

I'm logged in Ubuntu 20.04 as a root user. I've installed pavucontrol and alsa. And my computer(version:Lenovo G510) is on dual-boot of Windows10 and Ubuntu. And in Configuration tab's Build-in Audio ...
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Microphone not working Ubuntu 19.10

I have an Acer Swift 3 SF314-56 with Ubuntu 19.10 installed (the card is a Realtek ALC256). My microphone does not work. I've tried lot of thing such as put the line "options snd-hda-intel model=acer-...
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HP EliteBook 840 G6 Sound is not recognized only dummy device

Tried every trick on google, nothing works. Seeing dummy devices and when doing alsa reload I get a kernel panic of a complete freeze. Funny enough sound only works with USB headphones or USB-C not 3....
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Alsa is just not working right or I dont know

I've been using linux for 5 years now but this is new for me... ALSA lib pcm.c:2565:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear ALSA lib pcm.c:2565:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards....
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Problem with phase inverted internal mic on Lenovo Ideapad 320, Ubuntu 18.04

I'm having an issue using my internal microphone. First time I noticed it was yesterday when I had a group call on Google Hangouts. After thorough research into this, I discovered that my problem was ...
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No Audio on Acer Chromebook 14 under Ubuntu 17.10

This is a question about running Ubuntu on a Chromebook. I've taken this question to /r/chrubuntu and /r/galliumos, and I haven't gotten any help so far. Someone recommended I ask this question at ...
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ALSA and Realtek ALC3246 on Ubuntu 16.04

My sound no longer works on my new Ubuntu laptop (Dell XPS 13). I dual-boot Windows and Linux on this machine, and I have had some problems with complete lack of sound under both operating systems. ...
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Error in playing a sound using ALSA inside LXC container

I am using host Ubuntu 16.0.4 system to run my lxc container. I uninstalled pulseaudio as I wanted to use ALSA directly. After uninstalling pulseaudio from the host machine, I was able to play sounds ...
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No audio output using PCSX2

I recently installed EmulationStation and various emulators like KegaFusion, PCSX, PCSX2. All works fine, except for PCSX2. All works fine, except for the audio on PCSX2. I followed several guides, ...
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USB MIDI keyboard Akai LPK, jackd

I got Akai LPK25 and I am trying to make it working on my Ubuntu. I tried to follow a tutorial http://terokarvinen.com/2014/usb-midi-keyboard-on-linux-akai-lpk25-professional, but when I run ...
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Problem with 5.1 AC-3 through Alsa, Pulseaudio on SPDIF, Ubuntu 14.04

I have Ubuntu 14.04 installed (i386 Architecture) on Zotac ZBOX-ID18. I am trying to output digital surround audio through digital SPDIF output, I understand that the default SPDIF output is on PCM ...
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Audio applications not playing on 14.04

I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 from scratch, overwriting 13.10. Ever since then, I haven't been able to play audio in most desktop media applications: Spotify, Rhythmbox, Pithos, Banshee...all of ...
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Lost audio after upgrading from 13.10 to 14.04

After the upgrade I've lost the audio output immediately: no hardware change ! With Kubuntu 14.04 Kernel 3.13.0-24-generic (#47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:31:42 UTC 2014) - the audio doesn't work at all....
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Sound problem ubuntu 14.04

I'm new Ubuntu user I have install it few days ago I add my sound playing good but today I just realize that nothing is coming out of the speaker. I have tried all the settings sound settings nothing ...
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Weird volume levels

I have a old HP Pavilion dv6645eo with the HP Quicklaunch buttons. When I use the volume buttons, the only sound in the upper echelons of the 'sound bar'. I've been looking long after why it happens. ...
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Sony Vaio Fit with Ubuntu 12.04, sound missing

The speakers in my Sony Vaio Fit SVF15A1C5E don't work, while headphones do. lspci -nn|egrep 'ultimedia|udio|sound|AC97|ac97|EMU': 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Panther Point High ...
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How do I change sound output from the green audio jack to the blue audio jack?

Well i am new to linux, but i have a little problem. My green audio jack died and i only have a blue and a pink audio jack wich both work under windows. The pink jack works but I don't how to get the ...
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