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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How to choose right codecs for Bluetooth headset?
I just got my new Sony WH-1000XM3 headset and would like to know how to properly connect it to my Ubuntu machine. It's an ANC headphone with integrated microphones - primarily to record ambience noise ...
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Can't use bluetooth audio device despite Pulseaudio modules loaded and device connected
I already spent hours and hours to get my bluetooth audio device running.
System: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial, all updates installed, running on a Lenovo Y50 Notebook
Device: Bluetooth receiver MR230, ...
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Volume too low on Ubuntu 17.10
I've a 2.1 sound system and on a Windows PC it works very well. On Ubuntu 17.10 and 16.04 the volume is lower than Windows also at 100%. I've already tried looking at alsamixer (a mixer program for ...
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snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large
I installed for the first time Ubuntu on my Thinkpad xCarbon x1 2019 a month ago.
Since I installed, I am facing random crashes of Ubuntu, and after a lot of time watching the log cause I found the ...
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Combo headphone/microphone splitter does not work on Ubuntu 18.04, individually plugging in headphone or microphone does
So I can plug either my external lavalier microphone or my headphones directly into my Lenovo T450s laptop's single 3.5mm jack, and they both work using the Built-in Audio = Stereo Analog Duplex ...
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Ubuntu/Lubuntu 16.04 External Microphone (Headphone) Detected but not Working
Hello and thanks for visiting my question thread.
My laptop is Asus X45A. I fresh installed Ubuntu 16.04 because I cant upgrade it from previous LTS. Then I installed another desktop environment ...
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Upgrade to 22.10 pipewire killed bluetooth audio: org.bluez.Error.Failed br-connection-profile-unavailable
I am running UbuntuStudio with KDE Plasma, using last week's release of 22.10. The new version now supports headsets, and I had been using an Anker Soundcore as stereo speakers, I've used it with ...
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PulseAudio: `module-alsa-sink` cannot be loaded automatically by `module-udev-detect`
In short, on my machine,
The card profile Analog Stereo Output and Analog Stereo Duplex are shown available: no (both from pactl list cards and the PulseAudio Volume Control GUI)
When I boot Ubuntu ...
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pulseaudio volume change not effecting in HSP/HFP mode
I am using airpods with ofono-phonesim on ubuntu
It's working fine in A2DP profile mode. I can change volume.
But in HSP/HFP mode volume change is not effecting but it's showing updated volume in ...
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How to show the microphone status in the top panel
I'm running Ubuntu Focal with the standard Yaru gnome theme. The speaker icon is okay with showing the status (muted/low/high/boosted), but the microphone icon doesn't, it just shows the static mic ...
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How can I disable my headset's microphone and force Ubuntu to use my internal microphone?
Whenever I plug in my headset, Ubuntu tries to use my headset's microphone, which is broken, so I'm not able to input audio while outputting audio to my headset. I've tried setting my internal ...
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Microphone stops working on Chrome when using GoToMeeting
I have several microphones: the default built in plus the one from a monitor an a wireless Jabra. I sometimes also plug a camera with built-in microphone
They all work fine and I can switch from one ...
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No sound in various apps on 19.10
I've recently installed 19.10 and am having trouble with sound in various applications. The system sounds work fine, which I guess means pulseaudio is up and running correctly. But Skype and Slack ...
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Swap left/right audio channels, but not for headphones
Cable length issues forced me to place my stereo speakers (of a 2.1 analog sound system) the other way around on my table, so now I need to swap the stereo channels in Ubuntu.
What I tried so far was ...
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Change default Sound Device Order
Basically, Ubuntu (-Mate 16.04) plays sound output on the first non-disabled sound-device in the preferences list:
Only trouble: I'd like to change the order. If there's a headset or that USB audio ...
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Chromecast Audio/PulseAudio-DLNA Lag
I successfully connected a Chromecast audio unit using Pulseaudio-DLNA to my Dell Inspiron 13 7348 running Kubuntu 16.04. However, there is always a 2-5 second lag from when I press to play a sound to ...
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How to exclude certain device from being grabbed by PulseAudio?
To cut a long story short: I have a specific case with application run in Wine. The thing is this application is not seeing my sound input device when this device is grabbed by PulseAudio. ...
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Play audio through bluetooth speakers in 12.04 using CLI
I have gone through the whole gamut of trials with setting up playing audio through bluetooth and have not been able to make it work reliably (i.e., got it to work one time, and has not worked after ...
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How to create/simulate two audio lines/devices?
I have searched around the internet for answers; however, I was not successful in locating an answer. What is the best method of simulating two audio devices using Pulse Audio/ALSA/something else? ...
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Dell XPS 17 9730 No sound, only dummy output
I can't get the sound on my Dell XPS 17 9730 to work. It's stuck on dummy output. The sound controller is an Intel Corporation Device 51ca. Alsa mixer lists it as sof-hda-dsp. I'm using Ubuntu 23.04
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High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) Output over a bluetooth headphone, and same device for Input (mic) never work together
I have this frequent issue whenever I use Zoom on Ubuntu 20.04 that my Bluetooth Headphones never work in High Fidelity Playback by default. But I can go to the Sound settings and manually change it ...
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How can I change the volume of an app, even if it's not playing anything?
The volume mixer in Ubuntu only shows apps that are playing audio. How can I change the volume of an app when it isn't?
For an example, when using Firefox, some websites will play audio. I can't ...
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No sound - Ubuntu Mate 21.04 + Chromebook
When I open sound settings, No profile options are listed for "Built-in audio" except for "Off".
Machine is a Acer Chromebook Spin 713 with MrChromeBox coreboot firmware and Ubuntu ...
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No sound on HDMI Ubuntu 20.04 (Another case of...)
I have an HTPC (AMD Ryzen 3 2200G on GIGABYTE B450M S2H) connected through HDMI to my Denon AVR-X1400H receiver. This is an always on system and I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.4.0-59-...
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How can I restore my sound card not listet in pacmd list-cards?
I'm running
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal
and my sound card is listed in
$ lspci -v
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Set a default PulseAudio output device for a specific application
When I open an application it uses my default PulseAudio output device.
I would like to force a specific application to always use a different device, is this possible?
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Headphones not detected as Docking Station analog output in Ubuntu 20.04
I have a Lenovo T490s that I plug into a Lenovo ThinkpadUltraDockingStation. I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 18 to 20.04. The problem is that now when I plug in the headphones in the docking station ...
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How to detect headset sound output and mic input for ALC1220 (asus x570-i motherboard) for Sennheiser HD 450BT headphones?
I just recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a new desktop and making the jack connection (with or without using a splitter) work for sound with mic seems impossible.
I want to use my headphones to hear ...
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No HDMI audio Ubuntu 20.04
I've just installed Ubuntu 20.04 in a desktop computer connected via hdmi with an external BenQ GW2480E monitor. I have perfect video display but no audio output at all. I have checked a lot of ...
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High-pitched, accelerated voice with Logitech C270
I have some issues when recording/videocalling with Logitech C270 USB webcam: my voice is high-pitched, accelerated, squeaky. The odd thing is that this happens sometimes, not always, and ...
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Outputing video and audio from file to virtual webcam and microphone
I'm currently trying to get a simple way to share a video with audio using Zoom (but not using the screen sharing).
The only way to really do it is to have the video sent to a virtual webcam and the ...
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Firefox Not Prompting to Allow Microphone Gmail > Make a Call
I'm running Kubuntu 19.10 (fully updated) and Firefox 75.
Gmail allows you to make phone calls if you have a Google Voice account.
Prior to yesterday, each time I'd make a call, Firefox would prompt ...
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Bluetooth speakers very quiet over A2DP on 19.10
I have a pair of speakers connected to MR230 bluetooth receiver dongle. In Windows there is no problem with the setup, in Ubuntu 19.10 the sound is too quiet. I'd say, with everything maxed out to 150%...
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Sound cards not detected after update to Ubuntu 18.04
Both my external speakers (via headphone jack) and monitor speakers (via displayport) worked prior to the update, though I remember having to fiddle when I first installed Ubuntu. Since the upgrade, ...
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Maximum headphone volume very low on ubuntu 18.04
My headphones are the apple airpods and I am using ubuntu on the asus vivobook f510ua.
The volume is very low even on maximum. This happened a few weeks ago and it was back to normal volume until ...
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sound keeps switching from line out to headphones randomly
I'm using ubuntu 18.04 LTS, the sound keeps cutting off then comes back in an instant but it is still very noticeable and annoying, I've seen that it switches from line out to headphones which creates ...
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Speakers not working - Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio
I've looked at many similar questions but unfortunately the solutions didn't work for me. I have recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 and my speakers are not working nor they are detected in the settings, ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Detecting Blue Yeti Microphone but not processing sound
I own a Blue Yeti microphone and am trying to use it to record some audio with OBS. I have done this in the past and it has worked fine, and I haven't changed any sound settings in between the last ...
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HDAJackRetask gives new audio settings in alsamixer, but they don't work
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The subwoofer does not work on Lenovo Y720 on Ubuntu 18.04, so I have
changed some pins in HDAJackRetask. I tried over 30 combinations,
most of them gave me the same output, so here is ...
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No presets visible in pulseaudio-equalizer
I've installed pulseaudio through the ubuntu repo, ie;
sudo apt install pulseaudio*
then following Arch Linux wiki's instructions appended the following lines:
### Load the integrated PulseAudio ...
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How to identify correct pin assignment for HDAJackRetask?
I am running 16.04LTS with a multi-speaker enabled laptop (4.1 surround). I am trying to get the audio working on all the four internal speakers. The default audio management package alsa-mixer is ...
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Configuring Bluetooth Codecs
What I am attempting to do: get my laptop to send audio to headphones that support AAC over Bluetooth.
I went through a good amount of trouble to get Bluetooth audio to work on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS in ...
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PulseAudio loopback module with crackling sound / noise under Kubuntu 17.10
I tried to get audio from my second monitor into Kubuntu through the line-in stereo jack which is now basically working after fiddling with alsamixer (un-mute Line & getting volume settings right) ...
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How do you make Bluetooth device use A2DP profile by default?
On 17.10, when I connect a Bluetooth device (be it a speaker JBL Go or a headphone MDR-ZX220BT), it is set to HSP/HPF by default.
Moreover, when I try to switch to A2DP with the menu from sound ...
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pulseaudio: Disable automatic mute
My pulseaudio misdetects the audio output. It detects Headphones every now and then, eventhough no headphones are plugged in.
Can I ask Pulseaudio to not automatically mute, if Headphones are plugged ...
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How to configure 2.1 speakers?
I have a 2.1 speakers system that was working fine on Windows 7.
I just installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and now just the front-left and front-right speakers are working. The subwoofer is not working.
In ...
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Pulse audio problems if I start its mixer/controls `pavucontrol`
I have a very strange problem in a fresh installation of Ubuntu 14.04. Audio output/input works fine in all programs, but if I open the Pulse mixer/controls pavucontrol (for example, from the sound ...
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How do I get an Asound-cm106 (USB) sound card to work?
I have a USB sound device asound-cm106 which apparently has the cm6206 chipset.
I want to use it because I give the hell up trying to get my built in soundcard to work with my current setup (it was ...
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Upgrade to Kernel 6.2 broke bluetooth headset microphone
Since my Ubuntu (22.04) was upgraded to Kernel 6.2.0-26 , my headphones (Sony WH-1000XM5) can no longer connect with the headset (handsfree_head_unit) profile (a2dp_sink, i.e. audio only, works fine). ...
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Issues with bluetooth-module-discover
I am not able to use my Bluetooth headsets post I switch from ubuntu 22.04 to ubuntu 22.10. They connect alright but the system does not use them as the output device. In fact, the headsets are not ...
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