Questions tagged [sound]
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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Headphones not working on Alienware 17R2
I have an alienware 17 r2 with Ubuntu 15.04 installed. I have most drivers working however I can't seem to get an audio from headphones when I plug them in. The sound always seems to play only with ...
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Convert stream video/x-ms-asf to audio and pipe it to stdin of sox
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I'm trying co convert something which seems to appear a video stream (to be precise it's a FM radio streamed to the internet via http://stream.polskieradio.pl/program3) of type video/x-ms-...
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After login, desktop hangs for ~20s before showing Unity. Bootchart suggests pactl. Help?
After I log in to my Ubuntu 14.04 desktop, I see my desktop background for approximately 20 seconds before the actual Unity desktop loads. I installed bootchart and that suggests that the problem is ...
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15.10 - Sound doesn't work, no sound devices after update restart
I clicked on a normal system update and it asked me to reboot my computer, so I did. After the reboot, there's no sound.
Mute/unmute button doesn't do anything (even the notification for volume up/...
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Ubuntu with Kodi -- how do I suspend based on audio output?
Ok, I am running Ubuntu 15.04 with Kodi 15.2 as an HTPC. I have always had problems with suspend and hibernate due to the fact that it appears that the two systems' power management cause some ...
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Voices in videos too low. Random volume changes [Ubuntu 14.04]
I'm having a lot of sound issues and I'm not sure how to debug this properly to find a solution.
Sound volumes are sometimes fine and then they get lowered and the sound is distorted. Then after ...
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Can't hear over Bluetooth headset
On my ubuntu phone when connected to Bluetooth headset or "hands free" in the car at the time of the call I can't hear the caller and he cannot hear me (The device successfully mated). I tried to ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 audio not heard(dummy output)
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 in my PC. The sound setting is set to "dummy Output" and I can't hear any sound through my speakers and headset. I tried many trouble shooting methods but none of them are ...
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How can I record the sound I hear from my soundcard's "Line In"?
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 and I have a SoundBlaster Audigy 2 soundcard.
When I plug a 3.5mm into the "Line In" on the soundcard, I can hear the sound coming out of my computer speakers. However, the ...
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How can I change the standard audio output device?
I use the pulseaudio-equalizer to improve my audio output.
If I only use my laptop with its own loudspeakers I don't have any problems, the equalizer adjusts the sound and sends it to the loudspeakers....
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How can I fix choppy audio?
I have a little Sony VAIO P series computer on which is installed Ubuntu 15.10 running LXDE. I've found that all audio played on the device is choppy, everything from MP4 videos played on VLC, to ...
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Getting a Focusrite 18i20 how do I install with good studio program
I'm pretty stoked my new Focusrite 18i20 is at the PO ready to pick up. What is a great professional audio recording software for ubuntu 14.04? What do I need to do to make it work? looking for a ...
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How do I get sound with an HDA card?
I have already updated ALSA as described in a related question and tried several other troubleshooting methods - nothing works.
Here is my ALSA info:
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=...
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Ubuntu running on a Acer Chromebook does not detect standard audio output, but does have HDMI out
I'm running on an Acer Chromebook 11.
I flashed it with SeaBios and set up Ubuntu (as xubuntu w/ lxde) as the ONLY operating system.
That is to say, I am NOT using chrubuntu. Ubuntu has a direct link ...
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Crackling Sound when playing two distinct Sounds Ubuntu 15.10
everytime I play two different sounds (a youtubevideo and a video from another site, or two distinct audioplayer sources in matlab) the second sound is all crackling and fizzy. How can I resolve this?
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Laptop sound issue. Speakers are working, but the headphone doesn't
I have a strange issue with Xubuntu after a reinstall. Laptop speakers are working, but the earphone does not (sic!). Seems it is more common to have this problem the other way around.
Please help
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How to get to a perfect jackd configuration that works trouble-free and out of the box?
While working on a PPA to provide binaries for Sonic Pi, the users of the PPA binaries keep stumbling over jackd. How to make things easier for them?
Sonic Pi is an educational music tool that ...
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Running 15.04: Sound only working in headphones
Dual-booted ubuntu and w7 on a ThinkPad T420. I was using headphones earlier today, but now the sound does not work from computer's speakers.
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Speaker audio is not working, but headset audio is working
My laptop is a Thinkpad T410 and after using Ubuntu Studio, I've tried to reinstall Alsamixer and PulseAudio to no avail. I'm very confused as to why this problem suddenly appeared (i haven't updated ...
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Chrome and Firefox not playing audio but system does
Last weekish my Chrome, Chromium and Firefox stopped playing any audio, wether it be from an <audio>, <video> or flash player. System tests play audio fine.
I am suspecting Chrome and ...
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Xonar D1 No Sound
Recently my sound card, the Xonar D1, has stopped playing audio through the Front output (on the card itself, not the front of the tower).
It used to work, and I didn't notice which update broke it. ...
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Audio not working with Phillips SHB5500 Bluetooth headset
Hello fellow Ubuntuners!
I have recently purchased said headset and went through the very simple process of pairing my computer with it. Although I managed to pair the headset with the computer I ...
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Why is ALSA only recording in 44100Hz?
I'm trying to setup audio recording on Ubuntu 14.04.3 Server. I need to record audio in 16000Hz and I'm using an external USB soundcard, that definitely supports this sample rate.
However, when I try:...
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LMMS Sound Distorted
I downloaded lmms on to my ubuntu 15.04 system and I started to try to use it, but once I started, all the sounds in LMMS were all distorted and not sounding right. Some even had NO sound. Is there ...
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No sound through headphones but works for internal speakers
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T440p. I'm not entirely sure what happened but my sound decided to go out for my headphones. The sound also went out for my speakers but in the process of fixing it, sound now ...
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I can hear sound only through headphones [closed]
I have installed Photoshop and Kodi on a fresh Ubuntu installation on my HP laptop today.
Everything worked fine before installing Kodi. Then I realized that I coudn't hear anything. I checked for ...
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Cannot select output device from sound indicator
Using 15.04 on a Lenovo Flex 14, new install. Chrome had no sound,while FF and chrome did. to get it working,
sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base pulseaudio indicator-sound
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Sound through HDMI is intermittent when playing MP4 or MKV video using VLC or Videos
I recently inherited a used Acer Aspire 6930g from a relative in the process of upgrading, and since it was almost worthless running Windows 7, I decided to put Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on it. Performance is ...
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Errormessage while playing .wma in clementine: "Could not demultiplex stream."
Me and my clementine 1.2.3 on Kubuntu 14.04 again... ;/
This time it's about a .wma audio file. Clementine plays it half and then shows the following error:
Which translates to Could not demultiplex ...
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Audio Recorder records low-pitched voice
I'm using Audio Recorder to record a Skype Voicemail. No matter which format and frequency I choose, the recorded voice is too low-pitched afterwards.
Is this a known problem and is there a way to ...
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Dell Inspiron 15 5559 hangs at shutdown, wierd start ups
I just bought a new Dell machine. It's awesome! It has a 6th Gen Intel i5, Radeon M335 (4gb ddr3), 8gb of ram< win 10. Nothing special, but still quite good.
Anyways I wanted to install Ubuntu on ...
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Ubuntu 15.10 Headphones No Sound
I have purchased a laptop: Alienware 17 r2
Installed Ubuntu 15.10 (Kernel 4.2.0-18-generic) and am having issues with getting sound through the audio jack using headphones & external speakers.
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Headphone on Ubuntu 15.10 stopped working
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad w541, and a fresh install of Ubuntu 15.10. At the beginning the headphone was working ok, but after a couple of restarting it stopped working out of a sudden, although the ...
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How can I disable the low battery alarm?
I have the low battery alarm disabled in the BIOS settings on my Lemur laptop, but the alarm still sounds when the battery is low. The sound is a very loud and annoying beep that repeats every couple ...
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How to fix broken audio files
using Clementine 1.2.3 on Kubuntu 14.04.
Problem: Playing some titles suddenly skips and the next song in the playlist comes up. if ran by Konsole, clementine shows the following message, while the ...
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How can I quickly change the audio stream to a different device in KDE Plasma?
In Unity, if I click sound settings in the system tray, the window that comes up will allow me to change the default audio device live in one click. In KDE plasma, if I right-click on the speaker icon ...
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Default Sound configuration
On Ubuntu 15.10, why is the default input sound device an open microphone? The microphone should be used only when recording, not for general use. Is Ubuntu into the business of leaving open back ...
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How to strip off all but audio from an mp4 file?
I have an .mp4 file with both audio and visual, however I want an .mp4 file with just audio, so how can I just strip off the rest? Is there an application which will allow me to do that? I am running ...
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How can the login greeter drums be turned off in Ubuntu 15.10?
I want to disable the startup sound effects that play when the login greeter appears after booting Ubuntu 15.10. How can this be done?
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Automatically switching output audio device on 14.04 [duplicate]
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and I recently bought a Schiit Fulla USB DAC/Amp. I want Ubuntu to automatically switch audio output to this device when I plug it in as opposed to me having to manually set it ...
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Remote Desktop Solution for Ubuntu 14.04 host and a Windows Thin Client w USB support?
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Midtower running Ubuntu 14.04 for the host
An HP t610 Thin Client running a stripped-down embedded copy of Windows 7 and VMWare. Note that the client factory resets with every boot.
DAC ...
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Drivers for the Realtek waves maxx audio on Dell XPS 15?
Asking a new question for Do I need any extra drivers for the Realtek waves maxx audio on my Dell XPS 17?
The solution posted here no longer works for the latest linux kernels (i have 3.16). Does ...
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Poor sound Quality - Looking for assistance
The sound quality since I changed over to Ubuntu 14.04.3 is terrible but over all the past week, suing ubuntu has been awesome, only the sound quality sucks. I managed to get a semi ok sound but it is ...
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Mount cd, cd not found when Installing komplete vst on ubuntu
I'd like to know if any of you know how to use komplete vst from Native instrument on ubuntu. this page : https://www.native-instruments.com/en/support/knowledge-base/show/707/using-native-...
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After updating i couldn't hear the sound
I actually updated my ubuntu 12.04 lts after updating all the updates I restarted my system but i can't hear the sound in speaker but i could hear it through headset. could anyone help me to sort this ...
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No sound on Ubuntu 15.10
After a fresh install on a brand new HP Probook 470 G3 everything is working perfect only sound :-( Try to re-install all alsa parts, but still no sound.
If the manual is correct it is a Conexant ...
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VLC unable to open any files
What has happened to VLC. I think it updated when the kernel did recently and now it can't open anything:
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL
The terminal gives:
VLC media ...
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No options in the "play sound through" box of sound settings
I'm running Ubuntu 15.10, and I'm an absolute Linux novice, so I apologize in advance for that.
My sound isn't working. The sound isn't muted. In sound settings there is nothing showing up in the "...
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How to play sound before suspending laptop?
How do you configure Ubuntu 14.04 to play a short sound just before it suspends?
I bought a laptop which I later found had no visible status LEDs when the lid was closed. On past laptops, I've had ...
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no sound for mp3 and no sound for movies
I am using ubuntu 14 and the sound comes out of my speakers when i go into sound on settings but it wont play mp3 or sound in movies. The sound card seems to be working but I was fooling about with ...
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