Questions tagged [alsa]
The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system.
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Sound issue on my Lenevo Yoga Creator 7 on Ubuntu 20.10
I recently dual booted my laptop with Ubuntu 20.10, but what I found was muted sound device. When I tried changing the volume label, what I hear is irritating buzz sound, which does not seem to be ...
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(Alsamixer settings) Bluetooth microphone noisy sound
I am new to Ubuntu. I have Ubuntu 20.10 installed on my Ausus. Yesterday I used my bluetooth JBL microphone for the the first time. It worked quite well, eventually I changed the settings on Alsamixer....
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Ubuntu 20.04 USB Headphones not working and not showed in pulse audio
I connected my USB headphones to the PC. However I cannot pick the sound option in pulse audio settings.
However when I run this command:
arecord --list-devices
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **...
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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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pulseaudio: Failed to find a working profile
Note that: this is not duplicate
After I power on my laptop and try to play some music I faced up with "Dummy Output" and I do some search and tried some famous solution and none of those ...
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High Latency when listening to Capture card using pulseaudio loopback
I have a Nintendo Switch going through a capture card connected to my computer.
When recording gameplay using OBS, there is no discrepancy between the visuals and the audio. However, when attempting ...
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Output audio from browser to discord with mic mix in
Tried to do things like it was described here How can I use PulseAudio virtual audio streams to play music over Skype?
But last command pactl load-module module-loopback
Does not seem to be working. ...
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Pulseaudio auto-switches devices despite commenting out module-switch-on-port-available
Whenever I plug in my microphone, my computer switches its source and sink to the microphone (the microphone has an aux output), but I don't want it to automatically switch either.
I tried to fix it ...
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Sound is available from speakers only when headphones are unplugged
I've just installed Kubuntu 20.04 and I'm trying to use my speakers, although the headphones jack is connected.
When I connect the headphones, I can see in pavucontrol-qt "analogue headphones&...
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HP Envy 32 all-in-one bang & olufen audio driver
Hi I have recently installed ubuntu, everything works fine apart from the audio.
In the audio output control panel I have 2 options: Speakers - Internal audio and Speaker - HP ENVY BT Speaker ...
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No HDMI audio after blank screen
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 with an Nvidia GPU and Nvidia driver. My monitor is connected via HDMI and has built-in speakers. The audio through my monitor speakers usually works fine, but when I return ...
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Command to get list of all media playing
I want to get a list of all media playing. Somewhat like the notification bar shows you. Is there a command to do the same?
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Sudden Violent Audio Volume Jump and Static Noise - Intermittent, but SCARY AF
I have an intermittent but almost heart attack inducing issue whereby Ubuntu/PulseAudio/Alsa appears to suddenly cause an issue that causes an otherwise low volume audio output (Amp is not set to a ...
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Broken alsa-lib and missing alsa.conf
Recently I started to learn about ALSA. I wanted to start with examples so I installed the alsa-lib-1.2.4 from https://alsa-project.org/wiki/Download.
That caused the problems with the programs that ...
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espeak text to speech sounds very weird while running pyttsx3 code on ubuntu 20.04 LTS
I am bit new to linux and I tried to run this python code. At the first time it asked me to install libespeak-dev and try to run the code again. After installing it when I ran the code the sound was ...
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Audio Pops & Clicks on USB-Soundcard
I am running Ubuntu 20.04 on an Intel Machine. When i try to playback audio on my Steinberg UR22 (Mk 1) Interface there are clicks in the audio playback. It does not matter if i use Pulseaudio, ALSA ...
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Ubuntu Studio 20.04 + Ardour 5 + EMU 0404 PCI // Stereo-input for recording not working
I'm absolutely stuck on getting Ubuntu Studio 20.04 + Ardour 5 + EMU 0404 PCI
working as it should.
I installed Ubuntu Studio on an old PC of a buddy of mine. He wants to do some recordings and it is ...
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Random sound and later system crashes
My sound crashes after a while. The sound device disappears from alsamixer and pulseaudio. Half a minute later my whole computer starts freezing and in system logs I keep getting repeated messages:
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Lenovo Y700 15-ISK headset microphone and internal microphone not working on Ubuntu 20.10
Hi as you can read from the title I am unable to get my headset's mic and internal mic to work with Ubuntu 20.10. The headset's mic and the internal one works on both Windows 10 and Manjaro so it is a ...
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H2 Zoom mic on Ubuntu Studio 20.10
I have an H2 Zoom mic, which I used as a USB mic until 20.10. It no longer works.
When I open it with alsamixer, it tells me "This sound device does not have any controls."
The contents of /...
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Audio is pitched down by 40Hz
i have a weird problem. Whenever I'm lounching Age of Empires 2 Definitiv Edition out of Steam (via Steam Play / Proton) the audio output of my Computer pitched down by 40 Hz (I can tell it's 40, ...
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Firefox doesn't use external sound card as output device
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 and a focusrite scarlett solo external USB sound card.
The sound card is set as the audio output device in settings and the test works and, as far as I can tell, the rest of my ...
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The very same sound issue on Ubuntu 20.04. HELP!
I am new to linux. I got an Asus TP500L laptop and running on Ubuntu 20.04. Everything works fine but the sound. The output device I manage to switched it from dummy output and now it is appearing ...
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Headphone input missing 20.04
The problem:
When I connect my headphone the mic doesn't get recognized. No input device is listed at all.
Context:
Fresh install of ubuntu 20.04 on my desktop
Codec: Realtek ALC887-VD
Headset works ...
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Disable microphone loopback into headset
Using an USB headset (Logitech G Pro X) with integrated sound card, I get an annoying loopback from the microphone into the headset, and I can't figure out how to disable it without muting the ...
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Volume level divided by two, like locked to 50%
Good evening,
I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and I have a sound problem, I think it's coming from Pulseaudio.
The maximum volume is like limited to 50%. When I start the computer and I go on ...
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Choosing Headset in Select Audio Device doesn't set input device
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Whenever I plug in my headset, I get a Select Audio Device popup:
Naturally, I click Headset. Unfortunately, when I go to GNOME sound settings, I see that Input Device is unset. I have to ...
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Why can't record audio in the speaker and mic at the same time?
List sound card info on my pc.
pacmd list-sources |grep name:
name: <alsa_input.usb-SN0002-02.analog-mono>
name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor>
name: <...
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Low microphone volume on Ubuntu 18.04
I bought an external USB microphone (Klim Lingo) but the recording volume is too low. I tried to set 150% in pavucontrol but I can hardly hear my voice when recording it.
I tried with headphones and a ...
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error :Queue input is backward in time when to capture audio with ffmpeg
Show all sound card in my pc.
pacmd list-sources |grep name:
name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor>
name: <alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo>
Now to ...
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Popping sound after any audio playing
I have Ubuntu 20.04 together with Windows10. It's about one week that when I playing any sounds through my speakers, after about 10s I hear a pop sound from the right speaker. Even when I change the ...
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Microphone not working after Upgrade to 20.04
I know there have been plenty of threads like this. However, the solutions seem highly specific and I've tried most of them to no avail. I upgraded my laptop from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04, which worked ...
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How would I know if I'm using PulseAudio, ALSA, or Jack?
Ubuntu 20.04.1 (upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 -> 18.04 -> 20.04 if that matters)...
I have just done default install plus gnome-session-flashback and other non-audio related packages (Gimp, Blender,...
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I have sound but no way to change volume - Xubuntu 20.04 LTS
I have recently installed Xubuntu 20.04 LTS and I noticed something strange. I do have sound and it works well, but I don't have any indicator of volume in the panel.
I tried using alsamixer to change ...
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Philips TAPH805-BK wireless headphones mic not working on Ubuntu 18.04
My microphone is notworking, although the my headphones' speakers are working just fine. The headphones work correctly when used on my mobile phone, so I am certain that the issue is with some ...
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Dummy Output in 20.04 - works after reinstall but not after reboot
The Problem:
My 20.04 sound system is bunk. It only shows dummy output as a sink I can use. It does detect my USB Microphone and Internal Microphone However.
A big Hint:
though odd - It works after ...
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Speakers go to 100% volume instead of being muted when plugging in headphones
My speakers are connected over SPDIF and when I plug in headphones (front of case), the speaker volume goes to 100% and back to its normal volume when I remove the headphones.
While the headphones are ...
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Integrated mic not working when headphones (no mic) are plugged in, otherwise mic recording system playback loudly alongside my voice
I've been using Ubuntu 20.04 for 7 days now, and my internal mic isn't working when my headphones (no mic on them) or external speakers are plugged into the headphone jack. I tried looking around in ...
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Optimizing or change 5.1 upmix method
Is there a way to adjust the stereo to 5.1 upmix method? Under Windows this seems to work perfectly or sounds very harmonious. For example with the onboard card or an Asus STX2. Under Ubuntu (or ...
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JACK server could not be started HELP!
I have Ubuntu 18.04.5. When opening QjackCtl i get the following ''D-BUS: JACK server could not be started. Sorry'' 1 picture
after that another window pops up saying ''Could not connect to JACK ...
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How to combine output of an app with usb microphone for recording?
I want to use my USB microphone in voice chats (discord, teamspeak, skype etc.)
But I also want to occasionaly include the sound of another app, e.g. firefox youtube playback
So when I push-to-talk ...
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System's speakers not detected anymore on ubuntu 20.04 kernel 5.8.1
My speakers stopped working on my Lenovo IdeaPad 14ARE15. They are not it seems detected anymore (see picture). Any idea on what could cause this / possible fixes ?
Thanks in advance,
Kernel
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How to analyze the source of "Dummy output" device showing up?
I have a Dummy Output appearing in my Output Devices and no sound works. I already read lots of questions on this site, but no proposed soltion worked for me persistently.
Diagnostics
lspci -nnk | ...
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Microphone not set to input device Ubuntu 20.04
I have upgraded to ubuntu 20.04 from 18.04, after upgrading i noticed that the microphone is not set as input device in the settings, it appears blank like shown in the below picture, my pc model is ...
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Acer Chromebook 15 no sound with Ubuntu 20.10
I have an Acer Chromebook 15 (CB3-532) with a flashed bios running Ubuntu 20.10, I know it's not LTS but 20.04 this didn't work either so I thought I would give it a try. I've tried looking for sound ...
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Getting Sound BlasterX G6 Mic To Work Under Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
I own a USB powered Sound BlasterX G6. Audio output works with no problems at all under the latest LTS. However, I cannot get the mic input to work. I have tried various things after searching for ...
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Ubuntu 20.04: Headphone Microphone is NOT detected
I know this question has been asked already, but I have tried almost all the provided answers without being able to solve the problem.
I tried connecting a headset via bluetooth and a jack cable as ...
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Ubuntu Support for Shure MV7 USB Microphone
Has anyone had any luck getting the Shure MV7 USB Mic working with Ubuntu Linux?
I use Ubuntu as my primary computer, which I use a microphone for conference calls and tech podcasts on Linux. I ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 host running VBox - Win 10 guest - Multiple "ALSA Plug-in [VirtualBoxVM]" lines in Sound Settings - Causes sound to fail
So I have sound working 100% in Ubuntu for all apps until I start up any of my guest VirtualBox machines (happen to all be Windows 10 guests but suspect that's irrelevant).
When I start the VirtualBox ...
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HyperX Cloud II mic is not working on Ubuntu 20.10
After I upgraded to Ubuntu 20.10 my mic on my HyperX Cloud II stopped to work.
Does anyone know how to solve it? I already tried a lot of different things but it doesn't work.
I will put above some ...