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Questions about sound issues with Ubuntu spanning from sound cards, microphones and speakers/headset to the transfer of audio signals via audio port, bluetooth and HDMI.

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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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4 pin jack not detecting microphone on Ubuntu

Please do not mark this as a duplicate as no posted solution has resolved this issue. Issue: My machine (Asus GL502VM) is only able to detect an output device but no input device from my headset (...
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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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There's a significant delay in Ubuntu responding to volume up/down from my keyboard (about 1 - 3 seconds) in Ubuntu 20.04

this one's got me a bit stumped. Note that this is on a fresh install of 20.04, not an upgrade. The issue can be summarised as: At any time, if I attempt to use the keyboard's volume keys, there is ...
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low volume and poor sound quality on lenovo thinkpad 7th generation x1 carbon with dolby atmos speaker system and ubuntu 20.04

I have installed a Lenovo Thinkpad x1 Carbon (7th generation) with ubuntu 20.04. When I play music through the integrated Dolby Atmos speaker system, the sound quality is pretty poor and the volume is ...
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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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No default controller available bluetoothctl

I am having a strange issue with my bluetooth (headset). It connect but then the connection drops only on HSP/HFP profile and I won't be able to connect again and Bluetooth is disabled and can't ...
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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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Disable "Handsfree" and "Headset" profiles for specific bluetooth device?

I have Sony's WH1000XM2 Bluetooth headphones. Unfortunately , with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, the only connection procedure that works is as follows: Turn on the headphones. The headphones connect, but to all ...
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Low audio output on Lenovo laptop

My laptop's audio output is very low compared to Windows. If the volume percentage is 22~ there is no sound. I tried setting everything to max on alsamixer, but it does not make a difference. There ...
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Why does Speech to text websites are not working in my Ubuntu 18.04 laptop?

When I select to search by voice of Google search, it is saying No Internet Connection as shown below. Along with Google voice search, dictation, voice notebook, Speech notes, Google voice to text, ...
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HDAJackRetask gives new audio settings in alsamixer, but they don't work

Problem(s): 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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snd_hda_intel spurious response on audio start/stop

My kern.log has tons of entries like: snd_hda_intel 0000:00:03.0: spurious response 0x200:0x0, last cmd=0x1f0500 snd_hdac_bus_update_rirb: 67 callbacks suppressed I'm running 18.04, but I have ...
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Can I use an Xbox one controller for audio headset

Can a single Xbox One controller be used as an audio output, via the controllers headset connection? If so will an afterglow brand controller make a difference?
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Cannot connect Beoplay H9i headphones to Ubuntu 18.04 (Lenovo T460p Laptop)

I cannot connect my Beoplay H9i to my 18.04. Ubuntu. The device shows up on the device list, but whenver I click to "connect" the loading symbols shows up like this: But most of the times it does not ...
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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 increase sound over 100% on Ubuntu Budgie

How to increase sound over 100% in Ubuntu Budgie I know you can do it in terminal but I wanna be able to use Super Key+F12 to do it. Like in regular ubuntu 18.04 you can check in settings allow sound ...
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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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Difference between pcm and ctl in alsa ~/.asoundrc

I need to write an ~/.asoundrc file to configure some Audio devices because I need to be able to select single channels from these devices. Because I am not very experienced with alsa I started to ...
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Sound output device changed after resume from suspend/restart in 17.10

After resuming my computer from suspend/restarting it the sound output is allways changed to another sound output device in list found in the sound settings after the upgrade to Ubuntu 17.10. To be ...
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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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what now... when alsa force-unload fails

I'm having trouble with the sound on my laptop. (Not sure if it is platform specific, I have a System76 Lemur). james at james in ~ $ sudo alsa unload Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-hda-...
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Linux supported 5.1 SPDIF out external sound cards

My only requirement is to get 6 channel (5.1) digital audio out from USB and output it with a S/PDIF (optical/coaxial) port. So I'll connect the receiver (DAC) and it does the decoding + playback. I'...
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Issues with CuteSpotify in Ubuntu Phone

I have recently bought an Ubuntu Phone (I am one of the few lucky ones with a BQ 4.5 Ubuntu editon) and I am finding some issues when using Spotify's unoficial client, Cutespotify. First of all, ...
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Why is my mobile's headset not detected properly on my laptop's combined mic/headphone input?

I'm using an HP EliteBook 9470m. It has one single combined input jack for microphone and headphone. I get clear nice sound with headphones missing a microphone, i.e headphones with only a three ...
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Bluetooth speakers in Ubuntu 14.04

I have successfully paired Microboom bluetooth speaker to Ubuntu Laptop, using Blueman 1.23. However, even when connection is ON, I do not see the Microboom speaker in Sound settings to direct audio ...
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Why is `alsactl store` not enough to persist sound levels?

My sound levels in alsamixer, e.g. Mic boost are not saved after restarting. Many people tell to use sudo alsactl store to save those levels, but that has never worked for me in any machine I own. ...
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Macbook pro volume keys not working

Macbook Pro 5,4 volume hot keys no longer change the volume. Numerous reboots, remapping of the keys in system settings, still not working. mute key works fine but volume up and down are not ...
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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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Switch between two 3.5 mm audio jacks

In my desktop computer, I have two audio jacks. One of these is connected to my speakers and one to my headphones. Windows allows me to set the output to use only either one of these jacks (they ...
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Squeeking noise issue with Asus laptop. Found working solution for Windows, now how to do this on Ubunutu?

My Asus laptop makes a high pitch squeeking noise/sound. It turns out that is has something to do with the CPU and its power saving settings. I have my laptop on dual-boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu ...
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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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How do I get my laptop speakers working?

My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite A215-S7422 running Ubuntu 12.04. The command cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec gives the result Codec: LSI ID 1040 Codec: Realtek ALC268 My headphones work, ...
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Crackling and feedback with Presonus AudioBox USB on 12.04

I'm using the Presonus AudioBox USB with the packaged microphone and headphones (AudioBox Studio Bundle with M7 High-Definition Condenser Microphone and HD7 Professional Monitoring Headphones). I ...
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How to boot muted?

How can we boot muted as sometimes booting and start up sounds will disturb people around in a silent environment (libraries etc.)? I know I can remove the start up sound effects but that's not I ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 How to cast the entire screen with sound

I recently updated my Ubuntu version to 22.04, and I would like to cast my desktop to Chromecast. I tried the following things: With Google Chrome I'm able to cast a browser tab. Sound and image ...
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Rnnoise not working in PulseEffects

I am using PulseEffects for mic noise reduction, and I have to install it from flathub because Rnnoise is not available in Ubuntu repos and noise reduction is grayed out in PulseEffect app available ...
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How to add additional .m4a plugin to gstreamer1.0-plugins-*?

In the app. called Audio Recorder, I can't record in .m4a format. The app says, "Please install additional plugins(from gstreamer1.0-plugins-* package) to support the m4a format" How do I ...
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Unable to use bluetooth headset, but "connecting" works. Yet, no Audio Profile

I have a Sony WH-CH700N Bluetooth Headset. On my previous Ubuntu it worked perfectly fine. Now I'm using a different notebook with Kubuntu on in and I can't use it. It's detected immediately. ...
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bluetooth issues after upgrade to 21.10

I have the following bluetooth issues after upgrading to 21.10 - there were no issues running 21.04 (Ubuntu standard desktop with Gnome). Sound quality for HFP When I switch from HiFi to Headseat mode ...
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Automatically switch audio output (and ignore some outputs)

Not sure whether this will be a duplicate question since some aspects of it are case-specific. I've recently installed Ubuntu 20.04.3 on my HP laptop. When I plug my earplugs in and out the output ...
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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 via HDMI on Ubuntu 21.04

I've installed Ubuntu 21.04. I've followed a few AskUbuntu guides to no avail. My monitor is connected with an HDMI via an AMD RX 580 (Ellesmere) video card. I do not have any proprietary drivers ...
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