Questions tagged [volume-control]
Questions related to adjusting and controlling the volume level of a computer system.
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Terminal command to set audio volume?
I have an external sound card which mostly works fine, except that when its first plugged in, or when I turn on my laptop, the volume gets set to 100%. That is, the overall system volume, as shown in ...
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Automatically adjust the volume based on content?
In different audio sources the level of sounds are different. It's very annoying to set the level of sound on almost every media content. Sometimes, when previously you had something quiet, you had to ...
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How can I reach over 100% volume with a keyboard shortcut?
sometimes the sound of videos isn't enough for me. so i reach the sound indicator , over sound preferences and change it to a level higher than 100%.
the question is how can i do it from the keyboard? ...
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How do I set a custom keyboard shortcut to control volume?
I would like to be able to set three custom keyboard shortcuts to be able to decrease, increase and mute the volume in Ubuntu 12.04 (Unity). On my old Ubuntu 10.04 (Gnome) system I made CTRL + [, CTRL ...
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adjust max possible volume in pulseaudio
Somtimes some sound/movie/music on my Ubuntu_12.04 system is at a very low volume by itself.
Henceforth I increase the volume of the sound output. I can use the following setting (see screenshot)
It ...
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Enabling Mic Mute button and light on Lenovo Thinkpads
I have a mic mute button on my Lenovo Thinkpad T420 , but it doesn't work.
So I tried xev command to monitor press event, and that key wasn't captured.
Is there anyway to fix it , like add raw key ...
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Volume keys are working in unity but not in xfce4
My volume keys are not working in xfce. When I used them it shows an indication on the screen that the volume is being changed, but the volume is not changing at all (same thing with the mute key).
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Using Amixer to control volume
I'm running 14.04, and I was told I could use amixer to control volume via the command line. For example, to mute sound you would use
amixer set Master mute
The output for me is
amixer: Unable to ...
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Why can the volume go higher than 100%?
How come the maximum volume on the sound menu isn't actually the maximum volume possible?
If I select "Sound Preferences..." and look at the volume slider in the window, it can go quite a bit higher. ...
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Is there a volume mixer?
I was using Windows 7 and decided to replace it with Ubuntu 12.04, but I couldn't find any program with similar functionality to Volume Mixer in windows 7:
if there is any program or a way you ...
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Is there a program that edits audio files to have the same volume?
When listening to music in Banshee or any other player, I always have to up the volume for certain songs and turn it back down for others because they don't have the same replay gain.
Is there an add-...
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Using headset controls like a smart phone
I have a generic pair of smartphone earphones that have the button (along with a microphone) and I would like to use the button as a pause/play key in Ubuntu, like I would on an Android phones music ...
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Prevent light-locker from setting volume to 100%
I'm on 14.04 with XFCE.
When I lock the screen it appears to mute the system volume (or perhaps just mute anything from the locked session?).
When I log back in the volume is reset to 100%. This ...
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Missing volume app from notification area in Xubuntu panel!
The volume control icon is missing from the panel. The n/w and battery icons are shown. When I try to edit the Notification Area from the Panel preferences I see the volume is not available as a known ...
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Headphone output is far too loud
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), with a "Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)" sound card.
When I plug headphones into the front headphone port, the sound ...
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Volume mutes when set below ~20% 14.04
Since updating to 14.04, I'm unable to set a lower volume. According to the alsamixer, it automatically mutes when I try to go below 18%.
How can I restore access to the quieter volumes?
Ubuntu 14.04 ...
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Inconsistent Sound Volume Ubuntu 20.04
I upgraded from 18 to Ubuntu 20.04 a few days ago. I listen to music through Google Play Music's website which I load in Firefox. I noticed that now Ubuntu has app specific volumes (cool). Since I ...
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How to boost volume in Lubuntu
The audacious audio player volume is fine, but when I try to watch videos on youtube the volume is far too low. Is there a way to boost the overall sound? THank you for your time.
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Is it possible to lock the volume slider?
I was wondering if there was anyway that I could lock the volume control for a user because I have a computer hooked up to a sound system but if the computer does any amplification at all i.e. above ...
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I hear clicks whenever the volume of some audio stream is adjusted
(Almost) whenever the volume of an audio stream is adjusted, I hear a clicking sound.
I was using a web application that emitted multiple streams and adjusted their volume frequently (and should be ...
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Adjust volume level of individual application
How can I adjust volume levels of individual applications? Everyone suggest using PulseAudio Volume Control, but it only allows to adjust volume of applications like video/music players, etc. How can ...
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How can I reset audio settings to the original / default mode?
I messed up the audio settings and now I can’t use Skype because the computer doesn’t “listen” to the microphone (plugged or not). I can hear, but they can not hear me, as if my microphone is off, but ...
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Finer volume control in 14.04
In 14.04, the volume slider (controlled by HW switch) seems to move in very large jumps: for instance, from
to
in a single keystroke. Sorry about the tricky screenshot, but that looks like ...
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Volume control keyboard shortcuts not working in 14.04?
I run Ubuntu 14.04 on a Sony Vaio CS series laptop.
Normally, the volume is controlled by pressing Fn+F2, F3, and F4 for mute, volume down, and volume up respectively.
I accidentally reassigned ...
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How to map volume buttons on Apple EarPods
I cannot control volume using Apple EarPods's buttons. Is there any way to do so?
My system: Ubuntu 14.04 64bit.
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Disable volume auto adjust in pulseaudio "module-echo-cancel"
Important: this question How to disable microphone from auto adjusting its input volume doesn't cover this scenario.
This question is about the volume auto adjust feature of pulseaudio "module-echo-...
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Is there another volume control sliding bar for Xfce?
I'm on Xubuntu 13.10 64 bit. I've recently had this issue. As a result the sliding bar that is used to control the volume is gone. I can live without it, I can control the volume from my keyboard but ...
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Ubuntu sound volume is 40% lower than in Windows
I have 2x 2.1 speakers connected to the computer where I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed. On the software side I've set all the volume controls to 100% with the alsamixer program.
The speakers have ...
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Volume key repeat stop working
When I hold down an ASCII key on the keyboard, it will repeat.
However, if I hold down the volume function key, it will not repeatedly increment the volume.
How can I fix this? (Ubuntu 16.04 64bit)
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Set default pulseaudio volume
When I reboot, the volume on the PulseAudio sinks is set to 100%. I know how to change the volume using pactl set-sink-volume, but that is only set temporarily. I could write a script that is run at ...
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Xfce Volume adjusting sound applet for 12.04
Recently I upgraded the Mythbuntu 10.10 to 12.04 which uses Xfce, and realised there is no one click volume adjusting sound applet with a slider, like in 10.10.
Is there something else to do this? Or ...
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Is there a way to control the JACK Output volume via terminal or get a PulseAudio Input?
I have a bit of a specific question:
Being a musician, I use Ubuntu for software monitoring and I would like to control my output master volume with my mouse wheel.
For this purpose, I currently ...
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Volume widget issue with sound card hotplugging
When plugging a USB sound card may sometimes cause the current audio output (ie. Banshee and PC speakers) to switch immediately. But the volume controls (sound widget in systray, volume keyboard keys) ...
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How to make volume levels universal
I have noticed that my volume level is device-specific. For instance, I have 100% volume before plugging-in my headphones. After plugging my headphones in, if I change the volume down to 40%, the ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Volume control keys
I've used Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for 3 weeks. My laptop's(Samsung RV510) function keys did work for volume changing until now. Yesterday they suddenly didn't work anymore when I turned on my computer.
I ...
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How to use(/enable) FN keys to adjust volume at my asus laptop?
I have an ASUS laptop (ASUS X53S series) and I want to adjust the volume by using the FN key and F10 (mute), F11 (vol down), F12 (vol up).
Also F9 key is not working as well(this is for enabling/...
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How to get sound quality and volume level on par with windows?
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I am running Ubuntu 18.04 on a Lenovo Yoga ThinkPad X1 Gen4. The audio quality is noticeably lacking compared to what the same hardware shows off on windows. And the volume maximum on Ubuntu ...
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My volume is either max volume or muted, no middle ground
Asus Zenbook UX550, running Ubuntu Gnome 17.04.
Like the title says, my volume is either max or muted. I tried following this, but nothing helped. In fact, prior to applying that fix, I could hear ...
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Adjust the volume using the mouse wheel
Please tell me how can I adjust the volume control with the help of Ctrl + Scroll up / Ctrl + Scroll down? Need a solution that would use NotifyOSD.
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Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless on Stereo very quiet
so I recently have got Linux. I am very new to all of this. I am currently on Kubuntu 20.04 and I have an issue with my headset.
I have done quite a bit of searching and found out that pulseaudio ...
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Set a max volume for the Terminal bell
Is there a way to set the max volume the terminal bell can be? That us say it is at volume x when system volume is at 50%, when I go over 50% I want the bell sound to stay at x volume. There does not ...
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Enable [Fn]+[cursor arrows] on lock/login screen to change volume and brightness
Having a new Acer Aspire E17 E5-773G with Ubuntu 16.04 on it, I experience that the keyboard combinations to adjust volume (Fn + ↑/↓) and brightness (Fn + ←/→) do not work on the login screen or lock ...
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How to use amixer to change the volume in pulseaudio?
I suspect that the volume of pulseaudio is off so I want to use amixer to turn it up from the command line. Can I do this? The amixer syntax is a bit confusing.
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Voice audio comes weird and very low with a headphone
I had no problems watching videos until yesterday when I rebooted Ubuntu after an upgrade. Now when I watch a video with voices I only hear the background sounds normally but when someone speaks in ...
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Deactivate volume amplification?
I would like to deactivate the amplification feature on my sound volume slider. Using any amplification makes the sound really bad with clipping sounds taking over.
It's really annoying to have to ...
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LXQt panel Volume Control doesn't switch to actual output device
After switching audio output to a bluetooth speaker the Volume Control widget in the panel cannot be used. A manual setting is needed to select the new output in the widgets' configuration.
I could ...
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Pulseaudio resets volume control to 100% -- doesn't save volume
Running Ubuntu 13.10 and each time I login, my volume control is reset to 100%. Pulseaudio never saves its state.
I can run pacmd set-sink-volume 0 26000 on the cmd line to set it back to 40%, but it ...
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How can I make xfce4-volumed keep giving notifications in Lubuntu?
I'm using Lubuntu 12.04, with xfce4-volumed installed, see this question. When I'm changing the volume using FN+Vol-, a nice notification balloon pops up. This is what I want. However, when I try to ...
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Volume sometimes goes to maximum
If I turn up the volume on Ubuntu 17.10, it sometimes continues to the maximum. Given that I only pressed the button once, it should theoretically increment the volume only by one step. Note that I am ...
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How can I view a live volume meter?
I want visual feedback of the sound that is currently coming out of the computer. How can I view a live volume meter?