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I've been trying to figure out how to properly record sound with a program and was messing with various settings, but now I have screwed something up royally. I no longer can get sound using media player applications, whether it be VLC or something else. I get it fine on firefox and chrome. (edit: actually, it totally depends on the site. Youtube doesn't work.)

I've already tried everything in this guide:

https://itsfoss.com/fix-sound-ubuntu-1304-quick-tip/

The only effect is seemed to have is that now in the top-right there is no longer any audio icon.

Maybe helpful as a clue: Adjusting the normal Ubuntu volume bar no longer affects the volume of the sound in firefox at all.

Any help would be really nice. I'm in 16.04.

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  • To enable sound volume again, install unity-tweak-tool and check voluym option at Panel tab. Install pavucontrolto verify which sound profiles are receiving audio.
    – Redbob
    Oct 12, 2017 at 1:22
  • Audio interne Stéréo numérique (IEC958) is working it seems, when I play a file the bar shows activity, but that's the audio device I have selected in VLC and I still don't hear anything.
    – Sorbier
    Oct 12, 2017 at 1:31
  • Did you installed pavucontrol? Open, go to playback tab and see if there's a gauge for VLC at there. Maybe it's muted. Look at my pavucontrol, VLC is playing right now. I use this sound device.
    – Redbob
    Oct 12, 2017 at 1:38
  • Yeah, pavucontrol I already have, this is what mine looks like: imgur.com/a/C7u6I I made sure it wasn't muted.
    – Sorbier
    Oct 12, 2017 at 2:31
  • Edit: I fixed it! I changed the sound exit device in Ubuntu settings and it worked, which is weird because I could have sworn I had tried that before already. Thank you for your help.
    – Sorbier
    Oct 12, 2017 at 2:43

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It suffised to go into Ubuntu sound settings and change the exit device to Analog headphones - Internal audio. Pretty obvious solution, thought I had already tried, apparently not.

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