Questions tagged [music]

Music-related questions. Most questions can probably be tagged with the name of your music player (e.g. "banshee" or "rhythmbox")

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No such file or directory - bash

I am running out of ideas (and sources of ideas) on this one. I am getting a file-path from Audacious, and trying to get album art from the directory referenced. The info provided is correct, and ...
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How to play music files directly from folders?

I would love to, while in a given folder, right-click on it and choose play, to play all music files in that folder (and subfolders if any). Is there an easy way to achieve this?
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Ubuntu lock screen show music control when google chrome youtube playing

Title says it all pretty much. First of all, can I show music information control when I am in lock screen? And then, can it show it also when I have google chrome playing YouTube videos?
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Burn 16bit 44.1kHz audio CD with Ubuntu

I have some lossless high quality audio files in FLAC format. I want to burn an audio CD-R compatible with most old players. I tried brasero and xfburner, and dragged the files inside. However the ...
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Seeking Collection/Catalogue software for _music_ similar to functionality to _YACReader_

Distro: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS I have music in the following structure on disk: --music -- artist_1 -- music_1 -- music_2 -- cover.jpg/png -- 1.mp3 -- 2....
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How to play music from Spotify and local files?

I would like to be able to play music from local files and stream from Spotify. Ideally, cross-fade between tracks is supported (as it is in the official Spotify app). I would also prefer if songs are ...
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Google Music Manager stops downloading after a while

I kept my music library, about 9000 songs, safe on Google Play Music while I was without a personal computer. Now I've got a laptop running 12.10. I've installed Google Music Manager beta and want ...
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How do Nautilus album art thumbnails work?

There's something for which I've been searching an answer for a while now, but to no avail, and it's strange to me, as it seems like a thing that people would talk about: one of those nice little ...
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Jukebox Software/Distro

I've seen a couple older threads that don't provide any answers still in active production so I thought I would ask again. I am looking for a jukebox I can install on ubuntu, or I would even take one ...
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Multiple audio player not showing in top panel

I always keep my playlist running in the YouTube music or Spotify and the song name and controls appear in the top panel when I'm working. But when I play a YouTube video in my browser, the player ...
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How play music with Ubuntu 18.04 using Airplay?

Like on Macintosh (or even Windows, I suppose), iTunes will immediately recognize and use wireless streaming to play music via an Airplay device. I want my Ubuntu to do that. Simultaneous output, ...
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How to organize music files?

I'm trying to re-organize my music files. I copied them from my iPod before it died, so they have funky names, like DGEDH.mp3. I tried using a Windows utility to rename them from their ID3 tags, but ...
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How to find (and delete) duplicate files

I have a largish music collection and there are some duplicates in there. Is there any way to find duplicate files. At a minimum by doing a hash and seeing if two files have the same hash. Bonus ...
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How to loop an animated GIF file as a background of a music?

I have a GIF file which is 5 seconds long, and an mp3 which is about 3 minutes long. I want to create a video where the GIF file will be the background animation (replayed repeatedly), and the mp3 ...
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How to add an app to 'select application' menu

i downloaded the gnome music app, but when i want to set it as the default music app, i'm not seeing the app in the 'select application' menu. I'm assuming there's a way to add it to the list of apps, ...
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How to get rhythmbox playlist to play correctly via Rockbox on sansa clip plus?

So I have a 128GB micro SD card on my Sansa Clip Plus running Rockbox. When I create an m3u playlist via Rhythmbox, it does not work. The main problem is that the playlist references absolute paths ...
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Why purchased music is not synched on U1 on Windows7?

I can't determine why my already purchased music isn't available on Windows 7. Could someone give me a hint? Thanks in advance.
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Music Organization via command line?

I have a pretty decent library of songs I was able to grab from my Google Music account. However, there is no structure to them right now, only a mass of songs in a single folder. Is there a command ...
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Good Multi-media music player with video game music playback

I have recently switched from Windows 10 to Linux and I am very happy with the performance and customization. There is only 1 thing that I miss from Windows 10 and that is my Music. I cannot listen to ...
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Clementine cannot access music on a NAS share - true or false?

There are many references to this problem in various forums, but there seems to be no solution. What baffles me is that, if there is a solution to this problem for, say, Rhythmbox, what is it about ...
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Apple Music on Ubuntu

How can I use Apple Music on Ubuntu, if its possible? Im thinking about switching over from spotify, but Im not sure if its worth it if I cant access the music from my desktop. Thank you!
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Where can I find a metronome for music practice?

This is somehow a follow up of this question: How can I detect the BPM (beats per minute) of a song? But now instead of detecting them in songs, I want to generate them. I am looking for an ...
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Metronome for Gnome desktop

Does anybody know about a metronome that resembles a real one? Look at this online version http://simple.bestmetronome.com/ That is exactly what I am looking for, but installable instead of online. ...
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How can I find duplicate songs?

The title says it all. How can I detect duplicates in my media library?
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Having problems with MIDI in recording on Ubuntu

I have a Yamaha P-120 model with a USB to MIDI interface that looks like this. I've decided to use LMMS because it seems like the easiest MIDI sequencer available. I'm having a lot of ...
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What are some CD Ripping Programs you can use on Ubuntu?

What are some CD ripping programs for Ubuntu? Can you list the Pros? What are the Cons? For each program there should be a screenshot, sources to install, and instructions to install and use.
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Error while copying Music to my Smartphone!

Having a error that says: Error while copying "Track1.wav" There was an error copying the file into mpt://SAMSUNG_SAMSUNG_An...%20storage/Music/Now%2074. Operation not supported
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Download files from amazon cloud

I am trying to download music files from amazon as described in this question, but in both banshee's amazon mp3 or firefox I am taken to Amazon's page asking me to install it's outdated i386 installer....
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I can't add songs to lxmusic

I'm using lxmusic to play sounds. When I try to import files using the bottom left button, the files appear in the list for one second and then they disappear. Running it from the console only ...
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Audio player without favourites

Pls suggest an Audio player which runs in background. Im using ubuntu 20.04 LTS. The audio player should not be added in favourites. I should be able to see only icon on top right corner. When I click ...
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Read wma and edit id3 tags

Using Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS I've been trying to edit the id3 tags of my wma music files. Since many of these files are in the folder "unknown album (random date)" in "unknown artist", it would be best ...
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What can I use to transcode and transfer music to my digital audio player at the same time?

I would like to keep only the original copies of my music on my computer, and then optionally transcode them if necessary when transferring them to my MP3 player. What can I use to accomplish this? ...
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The best and easy way to play music from my Android phone on my Ubuntu laptop

I use Ubuntu 22.10 GNOME and the latest Android on my Samsung A7 2018. I mostly download music files on my Android phone, (from my friends, Telegram channels, etc.) and I mostly play music on my ...
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How do I stream music to my AirTunes?

I have used PulseAudio, but it sometimes works, sometimes it does not... Also my Rhythmbox doesn't play the songs sometimes and just hangs there paused. Is there a more stable option to stream and ...
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Unable to import music from external HD into Audacity on Ubuntu [duplicate]

I am using Ubuntu version 20.04 and Cinnamon desktop. I am unable to import music from an external HD into Audacity. When I select "file - import" the external HD is not listed. I read ...
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Sonos music library on 22.04

I have been sharing a music directory through Samba on several versions of Ubuntu, going back at least to 18.04, perhaps further, and before that on numerous releases of Red Hat. I use this shared ...
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Music status not showing on Conky/MOC?

I am installing Graffias theme on Conky but the music not showing what is played on Rhytmbox. I am also looking for a way that those display anything that play on Firefox/Discord etc just for the ...
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How to connect a Casio keyboard to a Lenovo i-320 with Ubuntu 18.04 using a USB cable?

I have a Casio CTK 850 IN keyboard connected to my Ubuntu machine using a USB cable without a MIDI cable (I don't have one). I saw a YouTube video illustrating such a connection to a Windows system. ...
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Control remote Bluetooth music playback with Ubuntu

I have a Bluetooth speaker, and when I connect it to my tablet, I am able to control music playback with the buttons on the speaker. With Windows as well, a little "music player" shows up when music ...
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Transfering music files to new android phone

I am using Ubuntu 22.04. I recently purchased a new Android phone, a Pixel 6. I am trying to transfer my music files to the new phone, but I cannot seem to make it work. I have tried plugging the ...
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How do I get Banshee to work with my Android 4.4.2 device?

I have a new Galaxy S5 (SC-04), with Android 4.4.2. When I plug it in as an MTP media device, it's visible in Nautilus (Gnome Flashback, Ubuntu 14.04) and I can browse and edit files and folders no ...
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How can I generate an M3U playlist (http URL format) from the terminal?

I'd like to generate a M3U playlist for a directory containing mp3 files on my server from the terminal. Since I'd like to ensure that every player will be able to stream those files I'd like to ...
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Is there a simple music-server on Ubuntu?

This is a duplicate of 11.04 - UPNP Media server? - Ask Ubuntu, but its answer is over a decade old. Specifically, we currently have a Windows laptop with WMP acting as a server to a Yamaha RX-A780 ...
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No cover for music files in Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS

I am using latest version of Ubuntu LTS 22.04.1 and it is up to date system. I have ogg music files with covers and they don't show up in file manager (I presume its nautilus since its main Ubuntu ...
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Name of the sample music that comes with Ubuntu

What is the name of the sample music that comes with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or Ubuntu 16.04 LTS? It is a guitar song with a female vocal.
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How do I get the FiiO BTR3 USB DAC to work?

I have a FiiO BTR3 and there's something really weird going on when I try to use the USB DAC mode. It allows me to play audio from Firefox, so music playing from the web browser works. However, when I ...
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Built-in demo / example song Ubuntu [duplicate]

I have a question. In the past, when I was a child, I used Ubuntu as an alternative for Windows XP. You should think of 2010-2014. In the example songs folder, there has been a demo song that got ...
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Why does the Spotify client render certain pages completely black?

Spotify starts up fine, but when navigating to certain sections of the app, instead of the expected content a black square is displayed. What is causing this issue and how can it be resolved?
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Music lens does not show my music

I have 10GBs of mp3, aac and flac files on my hard disk. Most of them were legally purchased online or ripped from CDs. Some of them aren't. The music lens does not show any of my music when I search. ...
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LAME alternative for .webm and .m4a files

Lame utility is available for attaching image files as cover to mp3 audio files. However, it does seem to not work for webm and m4a formats, yielding such an error: Warning: unsupported audio format ...

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