Questions tagged [pulseaudio]

Questions related to PulseAudio, the default sound server in Ubuntu, which manages all audio devices like internal and external sound cards (and therefore all speakers, microphones, headsets, etc.) through its ALSA backend.

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(yet another) No sound in Ubuntu 18.04

Yesterday's behavior: Sound works fine from built-in speakers and from headphones. At one point, I launch a Windows VM and a screensharing Zoom call at the same time; it is too much for my laptop and ...
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Sound problems after installing ubuntu 20.04 from scratch (no input and no output devices)

I've installed ubuntu on my new Dell G3 and I can't make sound work. Usually after installation/update I tackle these things but this time I'm kinda stuck. Initially after installation I saw only "...
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No sound playing after update from 16.04 to 18.04 on pinebook (ubuntu-MATE)

Last week I upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 on a pinebook with MATE desktop environment. All works fine except one major problem and a few minor (?) issues which may or may not be related to the ...
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Integrated sound card not working Ubuntu 20.04

After updating from 18.04 to 20.04 the integrated sound card is not working anymore. The only recognized audio devices are the GPU and a pair of headsets with integrated audio on USB. All the jack 3....
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bluetooth headphones (Powerbeats Pro) not able to switch to hsp/hfp Ubuntu 20.04

I am currently able to use my powerbeats pro as headphones with Ubuntu 20.04. However, I would like to use my headphones as a headset in certain situations. However, the microphone on my headphones ...
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pulseaudio noise cancellation for a different device

I have a microphone (jack input) that picks up a bit of hiss. I use it with an old web cam to teach lessons and record lessons. I added "load-module module-echo-cancel" to /etc/pulse/default.pa and ...
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Desire to use ALC892 multiple independent outputs with Ubuntu 20.04

I am attempting to migrate my Home Theater Desktop PC from Windows 7 to Ubuntu 20.04. I have a dual boot system using two SSD, one with Windows 7, the other Ubuntu 20.04. On Windows 7, independent ...
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How can I fix a microphone that gets disabled during a call?

I have a Logitech C270 webcam that I use for video meetings that has been giving me issues for the past 6 months or so. It was working fine on Mint 18.1 for well over a year. After upgrading to Ubuntu ...
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Imac 2017 UBUNTU 20.04 no sound from internal speakers

I have been a Mac user for many years and am recently getting interested in Linux I have been able to install Ubuntu on an old MacBook and it works fine I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 on an external ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 sound problem on system start

I read lots of articles about ubuntu sound problems . I also checked this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingGuide . My problem is when i turn on the system sound is disabled . ...
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Sound is not working on dual boot MaBook Pro and Ubuntu

I have recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 in my MacBook Pro. It's a dual boot. At first the trackpad/mouse didn't work, but that's fixed now. Now Ubuntu is totally silent; no sound is coming out. I ...
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7.1 surround sound 20.04 steelseries arctis 7

see also my question here https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/586779/7-1-surround-sound-linux-ubuntu-steelseries-arctis-7 which got no attention (copied below) When connecting my Arctis 7, I see ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 -- sound output or input not being detected. Drivers are working

I get a dummy output any time I try to run the sound on Ubuntu 18.04. The drivers are working but when I do pacmd list-cards, I get index: 0 name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1> driver: &...
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Pulseaudio changing default source not applied to applications that were running before

In Ubuntu 18.04, I am regularly switching between sound/mic on the Laptop and via a Headset. However I do not always want to do this via pavucontrol as it is tedious to do when some applications are ...
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Worse quality on Jabra Evolve 80 USB headphones when using microphone

I've started using Jabra USB headphones recently and all is nice and dandy except the fact that it downgrades the sound quality whenever I use the microphone, and then it restores itself back to ...
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Pulseaudio ignores/overrides my configuration files

It seems that pulseaudio is failing to read my configuration files, or something is overriding it with settings from elsewhere. As an example, I can't disable autospawn: fa2k@blackhole:~$ grep ...
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No sound after suspend only on new kernels

Simple, no sound after suspension. Pavucontrol show that everything is exactly the same, so do the logs. This bug only occurs on kernel version 5.2 or above. On the side note, HDMI audio doesn't work ...
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No audio in laptop speakers or headphones, but sound plays in screen (HDMI connection)

I couldn't hear the songs in my headphones after I had left my laptop and the screen went off (it probably suspended, I can't remember). It started a few weeks ago and has continued since. I haven't ...
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XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not owned by us (uid 0)

XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not owned by us (uid 0), but by uid 999!(This could eg happen if you try to connect to a non-root PulseAudio as a root user, over the native protocol. Don't do that.)` I am trying ...
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Frequent audio issues on ASUS X555LF (Dummy output, missing mic, etc)

Throughout multiple Ubuntu versions for the time I had this laptop I had audio issues. Everything works on a fresh install, so last time after fiddling with all kinds of alsa/pulse related things and ...
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ffmpeg sources out of sync

When I run this ffmpeg command, it should record two identical audio channels from my microphone to output.mkv ffmpeg -f pulse -i default -f pulse -i default -map 0 -map 1 output.mkv Instead the ...
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No sound from internal speakers but headphones work

I installed ubuntu in my hp envy(Y013cl) laptop.Everything works fine but no sound coming from my laptop's internal speaker but working from headphones. These are my laptops sound configuration....
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Audio Randomly Switches from Line Out to Headphones

While using an application that uses sound drivers, (such as watching a video in VLC, YouTube, or in a Discord call: Settings window will visibly flicker. Output device will quickly switch from Line ...
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Ubuntu no sound + no Bluetooth pairing (two separate issues, may be related)

About two weeks ago my sound suddenly stopped working. I have already tried half of the first page of Google "ubuntu no sound" results and I still can't fix it. I tried using my cellphone as an audio ...
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Output volume locked with clients - PulseAudio

When I change the volume inside a pulse-audio client like VLC , the output volume in the pavucontrol->Output Device->Built-in Audio analog Stereo gets adjusted accordingly.So when I increase the ...
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5.1 sound on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with 3 3,5mm jacks allows stereo onlly

I'm aware this question has been asked a few times, but none of the answers did help during my 18.04 time. My mainboard is an Asus Prime H310M-AR2.0 with 3 jacks in the back for 5.1 sound. mainboad ...
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Audio input device not switching automatically when I disconnect headset

Whenever I connect my headset to the audio jack of my laptop I get a popup asking me whether I connected headphones, a headset or a mic. Whenever I connect a headset, the microphone being used ...
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After upgrade to 20.04, no sound from Firefox

I am getting sound from other applications I've tried (Chromium, VLC, Videos), but nothing from Firefox. Everything looks like it should be working. In sound settings, Firefox is turned up to 100% ...
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Kill power to speakers completely

Issue: Occasionally the two front speakers will begin to buzz in an infuriating fashion and nothing I do seems to get them to stop. They will however, stop on their own after minutes, hours or days. ...
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NVIDIA HDMI / DisplayPort audio profiles and ports show as "available:no", but sound works

I'm trying to set up HDMI / DisplayPort audio output via NVIDIA card in Ubuntu 20.04 (fresh installation). Built-in speakers work just fine. PulseAudio recognizes the audio card, shows the list of ...
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Using internal speaker while headphone is plugged

Is there a way to use laptop's internal speaker (temporarily) without unplugging the headphone ? When I plug the headphone (to be precise , earphone) , the option Speakers gets unavailable from the ...
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How can I pass multiple properties to the PulseAudio module parameter source_output_properties?

Many PulseAudio modules accept a property list as an argument, but I couldn't find any documentation about the format of that list, and all examples I could find only pass a single property. Here's ...
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Missing audio output device after wake from suspend

I have two monitors connected to my laptop, one via DisplayPort and one via HDMI. My speakers are connected to my DisplayPort monitor and normally all works fine with audio output device set to "HDMI/...
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Front and back audio jack of B450M DS3H-CF not detected -> no sound

I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04 on a system with a Gigabyte B450M DS3H-CF and AMD Ryzen 5 and the front and back audio microjack aren't working. They are not detected in the sound settings, ...
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Internal Microphone and Headphone Not Working, Lenovo Ideapad - 320 [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS]

After a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 LTS installation, my microphone is not working anymore. I have tried many ways to solve the problem however it couldn't be solved. #uname -r 5.4.0-29-generic #arecord -l **...
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No sound - pulseaudio - Ubuntu 20.04 (but sound with pulseaudio uninstalled)

I recently upgraded from 14.04 all the way up to 20.04 (on a Dell Latitude E7470) and after resolving a few minor issues there is one with the sound and pulseaudio that is beyond me. I write more ...
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No AptX HD over BT even after installing pulseaudio-modules-bt

Running Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS. I have followed all the steps illustrated in ArchimedesMP's answer to How to enable AptX for Bluetooth devices?. I have an HD AptX compatible device (Audioengine B1) ...
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Bluetooth Headset Audio Mapped to Microphone?

I have an issue where audio recorded from my Bluetooth Headset seems blown out, "sounds like a vacuum cleaner" and echo-y. It doesn't hit pitch feedback but the wave forms are much longer than the ...
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How to use timidity in Ubuntu 18.04?

How do you use Timidity on Ubuntu 18.04? Timidity is available in the default repo via sudo apt install timidity, which includes a service daemon. However, this daemon appears to be broken out of the ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 - RTP Sound horrible with PulseAudio

just upgraded some of my computers to Ubuntu 20.04, also tried with fresh install, in all case the pulseaudio rtp receive module is giving me very poor sound. Did some testing with vlc as a client to ...
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Pulseaudio/ALSA/Kodi audio passthrough on 20.04

I am using an Intel NUC linked to a Marantz audio-video-receiver via HDMI, which is then linked to my TV via HDMI also. I am running Kodi in order to use this setup as a media player. On Ubuntu 16.04 ...
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Please Help With Old OSS Sound Application

I'm having super hard time trying to make an ancient programm (TeamSpeak2) to work under ubuntu 20.04 (tried with several versions of ubuntu same result). After weeks of googleing, I maybe found the ...
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Audio input delay in VirtualBox Ubuntu 20.04

I have a very strange problem regarding audio input passthrough in a Ubuntu 20.04 VM. In general, I am able to passthrough the audio input of my headset to my VM. That works. However, after some time ...
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Headset Configuration Automatically Changes From High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) to Headset Head Unit(HSP/HFB)

I just installed ubuntu 20.04 and was using Bluetooth headset with it. The sound at first was all right but whenever I change the microphone (input) device to headset the output configuration changes ...
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Sound not working on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS after update

I recently updated from 18.04 LTS to 20.04 LTS and there is no sound. I dual boot my PC with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Windows 10 and sound is working fine in Windows. I have tried every guide and ...
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No sound after update to 20.04 "Dummy Output"

I lost sound after updating from 19.10 to 20.04. My sound driver appears to have been replaced with dummy output, see below No other output devices are available. I have rebooted and the problem ...
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no sound in ubuntu 18.04 LTS after laptop restart on getting freezed

i am usiNg ubuntu 18.04 LTS sound was working fine till yesterday my laptop got hanged and i restarted it from there i have no sound in ubuntu, i have windows 10 insattled as well on my laptop sound ...
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Audio delay when video editing and on virtual machines, but only when using internal audio card with speakers

I have got some new hardware for my PC and I have Ubuntu 18.04. I use speakers and the Mobo internal audio card. With the HW I had before the audio was playing just fine while doing any operations on ...
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audio output to HDMI is not working - Ubuntu 18.04

This question has definitely been asked before but I've tried everything I could find and no luck. Using Ubuntu 18.04 here. The problem is: I have a TV hooked up via HDMI, the video is working fine ...
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Is it possible to use a mic and speaker connected to a phone or computer to do noise cancelling?

I am working from home and there are plenty of distractions, from neighbours dog to their children. I want to reduce using in-ear earphone that is the only thing effective to give me some quiet for ...
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