A.K.A. audio card, the sound card is an expansion card that provides extra audio capabilities to a computer. Once a separate component needed by older computers, newer machines tend to have these sound capabilities built into the motherboard, making them unnecessary.

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VIA Vinyl Envy24 audio drivers help

I need assistance in Locating drivers for my sound card. If anyone has knowledge about this particular sound card please help. Sometimes it plays well on my headphones, and sometimes it's only the ...
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Pulseaudio crashing over and over how to fix it for to make it stable?

Playing audio such as flv file and seperately using VLC to view RTSP stream. Suddently like after 5 minutes VLC cause crash to Pulseaudio over and over. I have this strange problem, trying to do ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 alsamixer not found

I have a Lenovo Y500 with Windows 8. I successfully got Ubuntu 12.04 installed alongside Windows 8 and the nvidia drivers just worked from the start. The sound wasn't working at all however, and ...
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no sound in HP 620 laptop speakers

I had Windows 7 32 bit installed, but now installed Ubuntu 12.04 64bit. I lost sound in internal speakers - headphone sound works correctly. I tried almost everything - no effect. Alsamixer shows ...
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Pulseaudio works at 100 percent at all time

My headphones started to rattle recently. Then I opened pulse audio volume control I noticed that blue line indicating loudness of sound is always stuck at highest and it doesn't matter how much I ...
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USING TWO PCM's IN ALSALOOP

I am new to alsa, i have a doubt in alsaloop command, i am working in a gsm project in that i have two pcm in the board, i need to capture the data from PCM-1 and want to playback in PCM-2, and also ...
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Sounds doesn't work

Sound does not work on my computer, neither did it on the other version of Ubuntu. I suspect it is a problem of the sound card, although it worked when using Windows. Anything I can do? Download ...
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How can I get onboard Intel AD1981B audio adapter to be recognized in Ubuntu?

Ubuntu 12.04 does not recognize a sound card it recognized in Ubuntu Lucid, however Fedora 18 does. The output of cat /proc/asound/cards on the system, a Dell GX620 SFF system. 0 [ICH7 ...
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Sound card problem after upgrading to 13.04

I upgraded Ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04 and the sound card isn't working anymore any help ?
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problems after upgrading to 13.04

i upgraded Ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04 and the sound card isn't working anymore and the computer become too slower and there's a big line on the left on the screen and it doesn't go at ever any help
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Getting my sound from my HT Omega Striker 7.1 sound card to work in Ubuntu 13.04

I have a dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.04 (was beta testing, just upped to final release). In Win7 the sound card works great (I output through the optical cable). In Ubuntu the card is detected ...
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Bluetooth headset and soundcard on same time [duplicate]

I get a litke Bluetooth campingspeaker that i wish to use as bathroom speaker. but every time i connect it to PC the normal sound output get disabled. how could i use them together?
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ALSA fails to recognize on-board audio card

In Mythbuntu 12.04.2, ALSA (1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1.1) fails to recognize the A88GMV on-board AMD 880 HD Audio (card). This system is fully updated. The system also contains a NVIDIA graphics card ...
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Cannot access the hardware

Last night I did a very stupid thing by changing the owner of the directory /usr using the following commands su password: chown username:username /usr Now the problem is that I cannot access the ...
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No soundscards found in my HP 630

Hi I am new to use Ubuntu. I faced one problem in my HP 630 Laptop for using Ubuntu 10.04. I am not able to hear any sound from my laptop after installing Ubuntu 10.04 where as when I restart my ...
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No sound on ubuntu 10.04

I have windows7 and Ubuntu-10.04 in my laptop (lenovo z580 modle). I have proper sound in Windows by not in Ubuntu. There is no sound while Ubuntu boot. I tried this command : sudo aplay -l output : ...
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Disable HDMI sound out, for decrease power consumption

I have Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop I'm looking for a way to decrease power consumption. This is output of powertop command Power est. Usage Events/s Category Description 1.30 W ...
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SB X-Fi Alsa 2.0 to 2.1

I think it's fixed now.. Someone confirm this? I still have problems to make it work with pulseaudio (stereo ok, LFE mute) should understand how to merge alsa and pulseaudio for this purpose # ...
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How to get EMU 1212m, EMU 1616m, or EMU 1010 to work with Ubuntu 12.10?

All of these models actually use the same exact PCIe card. I happen to have the 1212m model. It worked great in Windows, but unfortunately, Creative Labs E-MU only offers Windows drivers for this ...
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Ubuntu Studio, no sound on any device

It's been two days I have tried to make this work. I have 3 sound output : regular audio jack from my soundcard, USB MOTU soundcard, USB Logitech speakers. The latter two seem not to be detected at ...
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I have no sound in my computer

The sound card seems disabled. How can I fix it? I reinstalled my system but when I wanted to watch some videos, there was images but no sound. I hope you can help me. Thank you in advance. Phil.
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How to change the soundcard output on-the-fly?

One feature I miss the most in Windows 7, is the possibility to change the soundcard output on-the-fly. In Xubuntu 12.10, I have to unplug my headphones to make the sound come out of the speakers. ...
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Clicking sound settings crashes gnome-control-center

I am a new Ubuntu user, having only just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on a few PCs and using it for basic stuff (web/mail, music, video, etc). I love both the idea of open-source and the actual system ...
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problem with alsa installed

I'm using linux for the first time. I installed alsa 1.0.24 in my system running Ubuntu 12.04. After installing, I tried to play some files using command aplay -vv abc.wav, it started playing but I ...
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my sound quit working today works with fresh install but now shows dummy output device

how do I reinstall sound for default ubuntu 12.04 with sound card 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS880 Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 ...
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System won't route audio to USB audio device despite (apparent) configuration

Ubuntu 12.10, HP Pavilion laptop, KDE desktop environment (but it's not a Kubuntu install, which I doubt bears on the issue; sometimes I run xfce4 too) I've got a Griffin iMic USB audio device. ...
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WinFast TV2000 XP Global TV Card

please help me i know that this isn't the problem in most of the countries as they don't use this card/tuner, but i do.. It worked perfectly with windows 7, and now i've installed TVTime Television ...
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After Soundcard clock change, Ubuntu can't boot

I have Creative X-Fi sound card and I've done some mods on it. (Changing caps, OpAmps etc.) Yesterday, I changed crystal resonator on the sound card with a crystal oscillator. After this change, my ...
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aplay: device_list:252: no soundcards found

I used to have sound using Ubuntu 10.04 but after I installed some software from synaptic package manager all the sound is gone. I upgraded it to Ubuntu 12.10 hoping that would fix it but still the ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 spdif output doesn't support multichannel sound

I'm a relatively new Ubuntu-user, and I need a bit of help. I just recently discovered that my laptop (an Acer Aspire 5670), has an optical-spdif output and since it's connected to a 5.1 Yamaha ...
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How can I fix distortions from my laptop speakers?

Incident: When, I start to open Skype default sound, distortion sound heard unclearly. Same like play .avi video. I was playing the video movie player & open with Movie Player. While the video ...
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Sound doesn't work with VT8237S VIA chipset

I have no sound on Ubuntu 12 with VT8237S VIA chipset. On sound settings there is dump output. How do I resolve this?
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What can I do to fix sound stopped working with my VIA integrated sound card?

The sound card concerned appears to be unstable. At certain times it works and some it does not. Restarting the operating system or run the command sudo alsa force-reload helps returning sound. This ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 64bit for professional DJing?

I want to have ubuntu as my main system for DJing as a professional. So, i was wondering if programms like traktor or ableton can run on ubuntu via WINE as a stable solution. I want to have ubuntu and ...
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No Sound Using Ubuntu 12.10 on Toshiba Satellite P100

I'm using Ubuntu 12.10, and I'm not getting any sound from my Toshiba Satellite P100's internal speakers. I have an Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller, and it's recognized by the ...
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Sound disappears after a while (5-10 minutes)

I'm on Kubuntu Precise (12.04) with all the latest updates installed. According to lspci, the sound device is: 00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) ...
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How to separate Headphone Output from Speakers output

I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my PC after hearing of steam for linux, and now currently have an dual boot going. Now my question is on Teamspeak: In windows i could have teamspeak out put to my ...
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I can't get my soundcard running with Ubuntu Studio

I have a Dell XPS 8500 and I'm running an Ubuntu Studio virtually. The installation went well except for my soundcard. I can't get my soundcard installed in Ubuntu Studio. So making music or listening ...
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Only HDMI Soundcard listed, not onboard (Ideacenter Q180)

My Ubuntu 12.10 system on Lenovo Ideacenter Q180 sees only the HDMI soundcard, but not the onboard one. How can I fix this? lshw output: Audio device /0/100/1c.3/0.1 product: Caicos HDMI Audio ...
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How do I output my USB audio input?

I have a record turntable which has an audio output cable so I've connected it to my 12.10 box. Says there's no drivers required and checking pulse audio I can see that there is sound coming in ...
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Buzzing sound - need to keep sound card port active when headphone is plugged in 12.10

I just started using 12.10 64 bits. I have a Realtek ALC 1200 audio chip which works OK when I just play sound over my speakers, and plugging in the headphone is recognized as well. The problem I ...
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Sound Issues: No Sound in 12.10

I'm currently having issues getting my sound to work. I've read others have had luck with upgrading their kernel and I've done that: noahc@blackbox:~$ uname -r 3.7.0-030700-generic I get this for ...
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HT Omega eClaro sound card (C-Media CMI8788) won't load in Ubuntu 12.10

Disclaimer: I also posted this question at LinuxQuestions.org. I have Mint 14 (based on Ubuntu 12.10) installed right now, but this problem exists with stock Ubuntu 12.10 as well. If you insist, I ...
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Sound is Jerky, choppy and distorted in Ubuntu 12.10

I am using Ubuntu 12.10 and I am getting jerky sound. The sound works perfectly in Windows 7 so it is not a hardware issue. I am using a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value sound card with a 5.1 ...
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No sound in Ubuntu 12.10 [Or any distro], mb soundcard

Integrated motherboard sound card. One day sound stopped working. No boot sound, no nothing. Laptop's microphone works. Installed 4 different distributions, including Debian, yet no boot sound - ...
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Help please … My sound card does not present

Since i have got my laptop ( Dell - Latitude E6510 ) back from grantee ( which they change its motherboard ) My laptop worked fine for couple days ... but after couple days my sound card does not work ...
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Can't load sound card

I have installed Ubuntu 12 and i cant see any volume control; no audio player can detect any sound card and nothing shown on the System Settings -> Sound -> Output tab. However, I can see my hardware ...
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Sound card stop responding

A few days ago I installed the latest version of Ubuntu in a computer of mine, that it has installed the "Sound Blaster Audigy 2ZS". After the installation and up to yesterday everything was ...
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record soundcard with arecord (not microphone)

I'm trying to records what my soundcard is sending to my speakers (from the command line), so I've read HOWTO: Recording audio from the command line However, when I do: arecord -f cd -t raw | lame ...
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How to change defaulkt soundcard getting past password silliness on MY OWN computer [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: My main username is not in the sudoers file. "[sudo] password for metta: metta is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. You have new mail in ...

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