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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Loud beep sound in Acer c731 Chromebook (RELM) while playing video: sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 808622A8:00: error
I was watching a video online, and suddenly my computer started playing a high frequency noise. The video did not pause, but the sound of the video was not audible at all. The sound stopped a while ...
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How to record output to speakers?
Is there a program for Ubuntu that can record sounds of only the output of the speaker and not any voices from outside the PC?
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Pairing Apple Airpods as Headset
With Ubuntu 16.04 I've been attempting to pair by Apple airpods as a headset. They come up as headphones. They work fine as headphones, but I would like the microphone to be available
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Can I downmix stereo audio to mono?
I have one speaker next to my computer which I use mostly as a headphone amplifier. On occasion I need to use it as a loudspeaker. Is it possible to quickly change the audio output from stereo to mono,...
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How can I easily switch audio output in Ubuntu 17.10 and later with GNOME?
I am using external USB audio card to handle speakers, also got the headphones connected to jack port. I need to switch them few times a day and getting extremely frustrated, as the only way I've ...
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"Unknown Audio Device"
Every time I plug in my headphones, Ubuntu shows a popup box asking whether I've plugged in headphones, a headset, or a microphone.
How do I get it to stop doing this?
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How can I use PulseAudio virtual audio streams to play music over Skype?
I'm trying to listen to the audio output of a specific process (A) and another process (B) while redirecting A's audio output to B's audio input. This would be the equivalent of playing music into ...
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Laptop headphone jack produces no sound
The headphones are detected, because when they are plugged in, they appear in the sound settings.
The problem is that they just don't output any sound.
Laptop speakers output sound just fine.
I'm ...
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Ubuntu changes sound device after suspend, how to fix?
So my setup currently is using a monitor plugged into my laptop via HDMI and using the speakers in that for audio not the inbuilt laptop ones. When the machine boots it uses HDMI by default, but I ...
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18.04, 16.04 Headphones detected, but not switched on automatically after startup
Edit: the issue seems to also affect 18.04.
I have this issue since 15.10, but it started to really grind my gears after making an upgrade to 16.04.
Let's say that I have headphones plugged in. I ...
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Installing Google Chrome Remote Desktop messed up my box
I was playing around with Chrome Remote Desktop and after a restart of my Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 box, things got really weird. First, I was prompted for a second entry of my password. Then, all my Google ...
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How to fix "No Soundcards Found"
I was trying to get IEC958/SPDIF optical out working on my ASUS P8P67PRO V3 motherboard running Natty and I seem to have wiped out a crucial part of my sound setup.
Here is the output from some ...
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Audio output device, fast switch?
Depending on the situation, I use either my speakers or my headset for audio output. Given that my headset is an USB headset it behaves as its own audio device.
Currently I switch between audio ...
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Headphones not detected if plugged in before boot Ubuntu 18.04
So my problem is basically in the title. If my headphones are plugged in before I boot (I'm using Dell XPS 15 9560, Ubuntu 18.04), they aren't detected. I've gotta unplug them and plug them back in ...
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No sound in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS after upgrade from 16.04 LTS
I just upgraded my Ubuntu desktop 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS. After that it's not detecting sound devices. I have Lenovo laptop.
I've tried these..
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sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base pulseaudio
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Ubuntu 20.04 headphones detected but no sound
So, after my computer started to be a bit slow this week, I decided to do a reboot. After, the sound output of my headset was not working at all and it seems to me that I have not changed anything on ...
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How can my audio input always be the webcam microphone?
Each time I want to use Skype, I have to go in the sound preferences. And there, turn the audio-in to "webcam" and uncheck the "mute" button. It's quite annoying. Is there a way to always keep the ...
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Problem with sound in Ubuntu 22.10
So, I just installed Ubuntu Unity 22.10. The installation was fine, but booting into the system, there was no sound. In the sound settings, I could only find an output called "Dummy Sound".
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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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No sound in Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS after upgrading from 20.04 LTS
I have no sound on my ThinkBook 14S-IWL Laptop running Ubuntu 22.04.1 anymore.
I have tried everything: Rebooting, regular shutdown, apt-update, updating GRUB, trying to install pipewire/wireplumber/...
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How do I forward sound from one computer to another over the Lan?
I have two computers. Computer A is running Ubuntu 11.10 with Gnome Clasic. Computer B is running Mythbuntu 11.10. Computer B has a sweet digital audio sound system.
I want to play music from Banshee ...
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VLC crash on Ubuntu 17.10 Screen Freezes
2days ago I upgraded my Ubuntu from 17.04 to 17.10, all the process went fine and the upgrade was successful. But after some few hours I played a .mp4 video with vlc players the video plays on full ...
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Switching to HDMI Audio when HDMI is plugged into a laptop (14.04)
I'm trying to get my laptop to switch the audio to HDMI when it's plugged in, and back to standard analog when it's removed.
I set up a udev rule to trigger a script to perform the switching, ...
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How to switch 'default' sound device controlled by hardware keys in Xubuntu?
I installed xubuntu-desktop on a 12.04 Ubuntu upgrade after finding Gnome3 lacking. I've mostly been happy, but I've found an odd and frustrating bug. My laptop has two sound 'outputs' - an HDMI-out ...
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2 channel sound when 5.1 is expected
I have this sound issue ever since Ubuntu 10.x. I am on 11.10 now and I was hoping this would have been fixed.
I would like to use 5.1 speaker sound, so I go to the speaker icon in the top right of ...
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How do I turn off audio echo from microphone to local speakers?
From 2 microphone inputs I have only one in use. When I talk into my USB microphone the audio echoes back to my local speakers (my "hello" is getting looped back instantly).
How do I turn this off?
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Selected Sound Output Device Not Persisting Between Reboots in gnome-control-center
Each time I reboot Ubuntu 19.10, I have to open gnome-control-center and set the sound output device back to my Laptop's Built-in speakers. Otherwise, it will typically default to DisplayPort devices ...
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HDMI Audio Issue Ubuntu 22.04
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 from 21.10 today. After upgrade, HDMI Audio setting is not playing any sound through TV Speakers. Video playback on Plex is also broken, stopping and starting and very ...
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Laptop's speakers sound bad. Poor sound quality
Problem: laptop's speakers sound quality is much worse than in windows. How to address this issue in Ubuntu 18.04?
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Lots of static/crackling noises after ALSA HDA DKMS installation
I am using a Samsung Chronos 7 laptop with the following sound setup:
$ head -n 1 /proc/asound/card0/codec*
==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 <==
Codec: Realtek ALC269VC
==> /proc/asound/...
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Enabling 7.1 audio passthru in 14.04 for Kodi
Hardware: Gigabyte GA-A75m-d2 mobo using integrated graphics and soundcard which should be capable of passing 7.1 audio.
Basically, I'm just looking for a way to enable passthrough audio for Kodi or ...
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How to reset setting of Wine, avoiding uninstalling all applications in it?
Foobar2000 volume slider stopped working in Wine
Sound is good but volume cannot be changed from the player's slider anymore.
Is there a setting in Wine that might have entailed this?
I have tested ...
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18.04 issues with X1 Carbon: alsamixer config + Microphone issues: What does "pacmd" do here?
The issue
We deploy 18.04 to Lenovo X1 Extreme 8th Gen and often the first thing to fall off the truck is the audio quality, specifically the Microphone
Under the Sound Settings, by default we can ...
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Lenovo Y50 Subwoofer does no work with Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
I could not get my Subwoofer on Lenovo Y50 to work. Googled around and did not find any solutions. Let me know if anybody has any clue. Thanks!
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Bluetooth headset with poor sound quality on Ubuntu
I've bought a Philips SHB4000 headset (phone+mic) wireless (bluetooth) and It has a good quality when I pair it with my phone or PC Windows but when I pair it with the same PC on Ubuntu (14.10 64 bits)...
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How to play mp3 files from the command line?
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 server.. so command line only.
I need to be able to play audio (.mp3 & .wav) files via the command line!
I've installed the MPD & Audacious packages... and ...
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How to Record Screen and internal Audio?
Is there a way to record my screen, as well as the internal audio? Like, if I were recording a game, it would record the screen, and the sounds from the game.
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Bluetooth Headset: Can't set A2DP (High Fidelity Playback). Poor sound quality
I'm trying to use my bluetooth headset (Bluedio, in the screenshot) in Ubuntu-Gnome 16.10, but I keep getting a horrible sound quality in everything.
Important note: I've just tested with a different ...
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Command line audio players
What are popular audio players for the command line?
How to play a single sound file?
Are there command line players that also index the music library like Banshee, Exaile, etc.?
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Missing sound volume icon on screen top (14.04)
I have recently installed a fresh ubuntu 14.04. But the volume icon is missing.
I can hear all kinds of sounds (rythmbox, youtube videos,...) ...
I have already tried to install the package ...
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Crackling and delayed sound after upgrading to 18.04
I just upgraded to 18.04, and I noticed that the sound from my headphones, whether plugged into front or back port, was very crackling and slow/delayed. This issue didn't exist on 17.04/10. It also ...
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How to automatically change volume level when un-/plugging headphones?
What I want is the following:
When I plug in my headphones, I want the sound to be un-muted and set to a specific volume level.
When I unplug my headphones, I want the sound to be muted (or set to a ...
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Static noise when playing sound
From time to time I get a lot of static noise when playing sound. It stops when no sound is played (e.g. when music playback is stopped).
Seems to be independent from output device (same symptons ...
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Alsamixer: howto disable auto-mute mode
I've tried do undo this but not able to get it disabled. My sound settings need to be redone every boot up as well, but asking that question as well would get neg. feedback.
How to get microphone to ...
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How to carry audio over SSH?
Is there a way to carry audio over ssh?
Say after connecting to remote machine through ssh -X I opened a browser and want to watch a youtube video. Currently I could only able to watch the video ...
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Is there a way to modulate my voice on the fly?
I need a way to modulate my voice on-the-fly (to lower or raise pitch, etc, for privacy) for use in Mumble, TeamSpeak and other such programs. Is there any way to do this under Linux/Ubuntu?
I have ...
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How do I output my audio input?
A few iterations ago, I think this was Jaunty but could've been before, I would plug a 1/8" audio cable from the line-out of a Windows netbook to the line-in of my Ubuntu machine, so I would have all ...
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Bluetooth device paired and connected (no sound)
I've got a Bluetooth headset which works great in both Windows 8 and Android 4.2 however on Ubuntu (13.10) it just doesn't seem to work. I installed Blueman, it paired and connected successfully when ...
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Bluetooth speaker connected but not listed in sound output
I can successfully connect a Mi BlueTooth speaker to Ubuntu, but I cannot play sound through it, because it is not listed in my sound output list.
Bluetooth module for PulseAudio sound server
Is ...
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How can I install and use text-to-speech software? [duplicate]
I want to convert text to an audio file containing synthesised speech that reads out that text. What free (libre+gratis) software is available for this and how do I install and use it?
I don't need ...