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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Delayed, choppy HDMI audio issue on Ubuntu 23.10
This may be more than one issue; upon starting a YouTube video or a video file in VLC, the audio is silent for about 2 seconds before playing. Same delay problem happens when playing audio in Spotify ...
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Enable Pulsaudio devices via network: Why can't I see the devices?
I have set up pulseaudio on my Ubuntu devices as well as raspbian. I tried to share the devices over the network via paprefs. To make the checkboxes visible in the pulseaudio settings, I had to use
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Ubuntu 22.04: Bluetooth disconnects right after it connects
I have been struggling with this from quite some time.
When I double booted my laptop to Ubuntu 22.04. It worked fine. Today, I had a call and I remembered the Ubuntu doesn't work with Bluetooth ...
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Select audio device appears every time
Select Audio Device appears every time, but I'm not disconnecting anything. I select an option and 1 second later the modal appears again, I don't remember changing anything in my settings and the ...
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No sound in headphone, intel sound card
EDIT: I solve the problem via turn on all the alsamixer settings.
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I'm a noob and I am new to ubuntu. I installed ubuntu and I found that sof-bin is required and I installed it. After ...
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No sound at all?
After installing a supplied update to Ubuntu 23.04 (up until then Ubuntu ran without any problem on my Dell Latitude E6500), all of a sudden there's no more sound (not within Chromium, not in YouTube, ...
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Headphones stopped working after enabling alsa
I'm pretty sure there's an easy solution to my problem, but I've looked around and can't find it.
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04.3/Windows 10. Fresh reinstall and all has been well until tonight when I ...
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Routing audio from any program through WSLg
I have the latest version of WSL2 with Ubuntu22.04 installed. I would like to use wsl to write some c programs which need to be able to produce audio. My library of choice for this is PortAudio.
Sadly ...
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No Sound using Shanling UA1 Pro DAC on Ubuntu 22.04.3
I have a Shanling UA1 Pro DAC which I have been using for about 1 year on Ubuntu 22.04 without any problems. The sound was working find until one day I updated my system and the sound stopped working.
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20.04 no sound from line-in
I don't get any sound from 'line-in' When I load 'pulse audio volume control' it shows that 'line in' is plugged in I had a 3.5mm stereo cable connected from phone headphone jack to pc blue 'line in' ...
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No sound with X-Fi USB Sound Card after Supend
I use a USB Sound Card (Creative X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro, which I purchased in 2008). It works fine on my Ubuntu 23.10 until I suspend my PC. After resume, media playback and sound are not working until ...
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Audio recorded with Ubuntu 23.04 is strangely distorted/warped
Problem: Audio Distortion
When I record audio from my Logitech H111 wired headset, the audio is distorted by Linux's ALSA architecture (either something wrong with the soundcard driver or a setting ...
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Headset microphone is not working
I have an ASUS VivoBook S5402ZA laptop with a fresh installation of Ubuntu 22.04. The internal microphone works, but the headset microphone does not. If I connect the headset via a USB hub with a jack,...
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Audio output devices only appear one after the other
I have a problem with audio out devices in my Ubuntu 22.04 laptop. My computer has one built-in speaker out and a jack port for headphones: when my headphones are disconnected, no audio device appears ...
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Speaker, Sound, mic, bluetooth, video nothing is working after update from 20.04 to 22.04
System:
Host: af Kernel: 6.5.0-15-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
Desktop: GNOME 42.9 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM3 42.0
Distro: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
Machine:...
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Bluetooth won't connect after upgrade to 23.10
After upgrading to 23.10 from 22.04, I can't seem to actually connect to any of the bluetooth devices I was before. Presumably pipewire is what changed, but not sure.
Bluetooth settings say the device ...
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Turtle beach headset not working what do I do?
I have a turtle beach headset. It’s connected via wired dongle found on pc. I tried out Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy Jellyfish) on my pc and installed it. (I also had this problem on Linux mint, Zorin os, and ...
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Speaker Feedback and Popping
I am having a devil of a time with this issue on my 2020 Lenovo Laptop running Ubuntu 23.04
I have reviewed a lot of Ask Ubuntu solutions as far back as 18 and still with only partial success turning ...
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pulseaudio-equalizer's qpaeq launches but doesn't register in pavucontrol, with upgrade to mantic
I've been using the pulseaudio-equalizer package, specifically its binary qpaeq, to equalize my computer speakers. While I was still on jammy/kinetic it was working. I updated to mantic and it stopped ...
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Audio feedback loop on login screen
I use Lightdm and Cinnamon on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Every time the computer boots to the login screen, its microphone input is audible on its loudspeakers, so any noise I make (such as typing my password) ...
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sox (SOund eXchange): How to detect audio devices that can use to recording/playing?
I'm using sox that installed with homebrew.
Although I can play audio stream/audio file with "play" command, but when I using rec -d sample.wav, I got nothing, just a file with blank sound.
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Kubuntu 23.04 sound only working on certain applications
One day just lost audio on most programs. Still working on Brave browser and some games but nothing else. So Alsa working fine on firmware level but appears to be Pulseaudio issue. Tried doing stop ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS forgets audio output device setting on reboot
Audio works fine. But any time I reboot the audio settings changes to select digital output (S/PDIF) built-in audio even though nothing is plugged in to that jack. So each time I reboot I have to go ...
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Bluetooth device connected to Ubuntu 22.04: Sound for video but not for call
I'm working with Ubuntu 22.04.3LTS, trying to get the sound from an Android phone connected to is.
The bluetooth connection is ok. The Android see the connection, but only for multimedia and not for ...
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My Logitech H390 USB headset has always played in stereo, but today it is mono
Ubuntu 22.04 desktop on a Dell tower.
I have a Logitech H390 headset plugged into a front USB port. I have tried different ports with no change.
This headset has always played sound in stereo, but I ...
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Alder Lake sound in Ubuntu 23.04
I have no sound from my new laptop. Not sure what's going on here. It's an HP Envy 16 with a 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900H. Any help is appreciated.
Hardware Info:
lspi -v:
00:1f.3 Multimedia ...
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Sound output very low but jumps up when opening audio controls
In all apps that use audio the sound level is very low.
As soon as I open the audio controls such as PulseAudio volume control, the sound seems to jump up by about 50%. If I use zoom, just by having ...
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ubuntu sound quality and dynamic on dell
Having the most recent ubuntu on dell 5591, the sound quality misses all it s dynamic that windows has. Is there a driver to boost and bring all the dynamic to this sound ?
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Device-1: Intel ...
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Built in speakers volume control not working, it is either mute or too loud
I cannot adjust the volume properly because it would be mute or too loud even at 1%. I'm using a laptop with built in speakers of probably 4-6 internal speakers. I noticed that when using alsamixer+...
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No Sound Issue: "Dummy Output" on Ubuntu 22.04 with Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio
** No Sound Issue: "Dummy Output" on Ubuntu 22.04 with Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio **
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I'm encountering a sound issue on my Ubuntu 22.04 system, and I'm hoping someone can ...
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Sound card not recognized (Dummy output) in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
I installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS in a laptop, and i can't get the speakers or headphones to work. I only get Dummy output for output devices, at the beggining my system wasn't able to recognize any audio ...
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Microphone doesn't pick up sound on Asus Expertbook Ubuntu 23.04
I got a new laptop (Asus Expertbook) and recently installed 22.04 on it. I'm getting the audio set up now, but running into trouble. I'm not able to record sound or use any input. It plays audio just ...
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After updae to Lunar 23.04 GQRX gone, Pulseaudio DUMMY audio Gone, DSD-FME fails
I used Ubuntu to decode digital audio streaming from an SDR device via GQRX as nearly my only hobby. After upgrading to Lunar, this is completely removed. Main gr-osmo components of GQRX were ...
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Service can't start or connect to pulseaudio
I installed Ubuntu Server 23.04 and afterwards manually installed kodi and pulseaudio.
I'm also using the kodi-standalone service to start kodi automatically on boot.
The problem is, that the service ...
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HP250 does not detect headphones
I recently acquired the HP 250 G9 laptop and installed Ubuntu 22.0.4 on it. However, I've encountered an issue where my headphones are not being automatically detected when I plug them in. To enable ...
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Speakers and audio ports not working, it shows no output device
I am running Kubuntu. Earlier everything was good. Suddenly it says no output or input device found.
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Audio Devise Selection Dialogue Stopped Working on Ubuntu 22.04.3
While there are a ton of questions (all well answered) about the exact opposite -- i.e. how to get rid of the audio device selection dialogue box when plugging in a new audio device -- I have lost ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 - Is it possible to change PulseAudio's default device automatically on startup?
Whenever I boot up my Ubuntu machine, my default device for PulseAudio is my screen's speakers, GM204 High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI).
I want to automatically have it set to my ...
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Lenovo YOGA 7i Intel i7-13700H - Cannot change volume on the speakers
UPDATE: I've opened a bug on ubuntu launchpad. See here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/2048398
I bought a new Lenovo Yoga 7i - Intel i7 13700-H, with a fresh installation ...
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Sound output device is lost on suspend, requiring a reboot to reactivate
I'm listening to YouTube Music (in Google-Chrome in Flatpak) and walk away for 10 minutes. My desktop turns the screen blank to save power, as I told it to:
Sometimes the music stops and sometimes ...
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My HeadPhones ARCTIS NOVA 1 Audio Work But not the Mic
OS: Kubuntu 23.04 x86_64
Kernel: 6.2.0-26-generic
I have wired ARCTIS NOVA 1 headset , the audio works quite well. I have tried almost all profiles but unable to get the mic working.
Any help would ...
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Sound input devices not detected in Ubuntu 22.04
I've recently upgraded from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 and my input and output built-in sound devices weren't detected by the system. After trying every option described in No sound output devices listed ...
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USB headset microphone not usable in settings, but still detected by alsa
welcome to another episode of the never-ending story: troubleshooting audio...
I have an USB3 headset (Jabra Connect 4h). Speakers work fine, but microphone is not usable:
alsa seems to see it:
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Low microphone volume on Ubuntu 20.04
I am having an issue when using external mic, either with bluetooth, jack cable or USB cable: the input volume is very low, I can barely hear my voice.
It seems this has been a problem in the past (...
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several audio HW devices, but no sound and zero entries in gnome-control-center
Ubuntu 20.04 desktop. Audio has worked fine for a long time, using a usb sound card. Recently, I started having issues (unable to play any sounds, or at least once unable to adjust system volume). ...
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Logitech Pro X stopped working after reboot
I'm having an issue with my Logitech, Inc. PRO X Wireless Gaming Headset in Ubuntu 22.04, and I'm hoping someone can help me out. Here are the key points of my problem:
I initially got my Logitech PRO ...
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pactl `source` module assigns a random port for mic each time
rear mic, rear line-in, and front mic ports don't work by default on boot (but show "plugged in" in pavucontrol)
rear speaker port works by default on boot, but front headphone needs a sink ...
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How to use other than null sink when running PulseAudio with lightdm in headeless mode?
I start PulseAudio like this:
sudo -u lightdm /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=yes --log-target=journal
with the intention to use it with mopidy.service:
[Unit]
Description=Mopidy music server
After=...
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Ubuntu 22.04: no audio on the speakers through Line out
I am running Kubuntu 22.04.3 LTS with KDE Plasma 5.24.7. I would like to use the Line Out (Built-in Audio Analog Stereo) as audio output. These are the audio devices shown by lspci:
$ lspci -knn | ...
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I lose audio sometimes when I close the Systems Sound dialog box in Ubuntu 22.04
I have a Jabra evolve2 85 which loses sound somewhat randomly. I'll switch from one youtube channel to another, for example, and the sound will cut out. Sometimes, if I open the Ubuntu System app ...