Questions tagged [volume-control]
Questions related to adjusting and controlling the volume level of a computer system.
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how to change left and right volume levels using pactl
The output of anything I record from my system sound using portaudio or parec is very low in volume.
With a maximum volume as -49dB when seen using ffmpeg -i video.avi -af "volumedetect" -vn -sn -dn -...
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Internal Microphone is not working can't click it
When I open the input tab in sound settings the drag won't move at all I can't click it. Thanks!
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How to change step of volume in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS [duplicate]
How can I change volume step in my Ubuntu? I have tried next ways:
dconf
gconf
some scripts
Third way didn't work, but if it would works, it doesn't show current volume value, I think
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Kubuntu 20.04 Popping Sound brokem
after kubuntu 20.04 upgrade (from 19.10 on a Lenovo L580 laptop), it seems that popping sound (Audio Volume Settings -> Play sound when volume changes) does not work anymore: any feedback about this ...
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How to disable the mouse scroll wheel by controlling the volume?
The scroll wheel on my mouse is controlling the volume of the system instead of controlling the scrolling of the pages. How to fix this?
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Setting input volume easily
In Ubuntu 20.04, to change the input volume through the GUI, one can go to top-right icon > settings > sound > input volume. In older versions, one can go to top-right icon > input volume (...
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Output volume locked with clients - PulseAudio
When I change the volume inside a pulse-audio client like VLC , the output volume in the pavucontrol->Output Device->Built-in Audio analog Stereo gets adjusted accordingly.So when I increase the ...
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I want to adjust a specific volume but it keep disappearing before I can adjust (ubuntu 20.04)
For example, discord notification pop ups with notification sound.
The chromium one is the discord notification.
It was really loud so I want to tone it down.
(I can't post an image due to the ...
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Fn Volume up/down keys not working
I have just installed Kubuntu 20.04.
I want to adjust the volume using Fn + F2/F3, but it isn't quite working. It does work for adjusting the brightness of the screen and the key back lights.
What ...
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There's a significant delay in Ubuntu responding to volume up/down from my keyboard (about 1 - 3 seconds) in Ubuntu 20.04
this one's got me a bit stumped. Note that this is on a fresh install of 20.04, not an upgrade.
The issue can be summarised as:
At any time, if I attempt to use the keyboard's volume keys, there is ...
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Unable to change volume on second pair of internal speakers - 19.10 - ASUS ZenBook 14 UM431DA
I've recently instaled Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS, then 19.10 and finally I updated to 20.04 beta (currently 19.10). I've incouneter same issue on all of them.
This laptop has harman/kardon quad speakers and ...
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Audio adjustment level not synced for usb transmitter
I have bought this Audio transmitter, so I can support aptX LL - https://avantree.com/wireless-adapters/leaf-bluetooth-usb-audio-transmitter
It works like a charm, quality definitely improved, but ...
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kento yu2 speakers with integrated DAC PCM2704 low volume
its was plug and play BUT the volume is ridiculously low at 100%
using the built in DAC compered to AUX on the speakers
the reason i got them is noise on the computer audio out so this is frustrating ...
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Media keys not registered
I just installed Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS. I am using a Creative Sound BlasterX Vanguard K08 keyboard. I have issue that media keys not working for me. It worked before with windows and manjaro.
I want to ...
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Bluetooth Headphones Volume Too Low
The Samsung Galaxy Buds have built-in volume and when connecting to a new device are not at full volume. The manufacturer's way to increase volume is to install an app on your mobile device called '...
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How to view Physical volume files?
I have the two physical volumes:
PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
/dev/sdb1 main_storage lvm2 a-- 74.53g 0
/dev/sdc1 main_storage lvm2 a-- 74.53g 0
And this physical ...
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Volume control KDE widget - how to load?
After a recent KDE update in Kubuntu 19.10 I lost the ability to control volume using my laptop keyboard specific volume buttons. It turns out that for the volume control via keyboard to be restored I'...
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What is exactly executed when the Volume Up/Down/Mute keys are tapped?
What is exactly executed when the Volume Up/Down/Mute keys are tapped?
I known that the system volume can be changed in a variety of ways (pactl, amixer...), however, I see that what Ubuntu does when ...
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Adjust volume change step in Ubuntu 18.04
In Ubuntu 18.04, when pressing media buttons on my keyboard, the volume is (de/)increased by around 6%. How can I make the change smaller?
Every solution I've found on the internet doesn't seem 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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How to make osd volume widget smoth on ubuntu 18.04?
OSD widget shifts from left to right while I am changing sound volume. Please write how to fix it. I d like to make it more pixel perfect like on Mac OS.
Source: https://media.giphy.com/media/...
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How to adjust all volume levels
Everytime an application is playing audio it gets it own audio level e.g. one chrome window with youtube another with spotify, they get each they own audio level control and always starts at 100%.
I ...
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Lenovo - Volume buttons stay pressed
When I press the volume buttons, just once, it acts as if I've hold the button down and volume goes all the way up or all the way down. I don't know how to demonstrate it, I'd use KeyMon to show which ...
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Sound troubles with ASUS ZenBook UX490U
Well, my problem is that I press the volume control on the keyboard, I see the bar in the screen going down, but it doesn't do anything until it's at 0. So the volume is on 0 or 100%.
I have done ...
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Sound either max or mute. Volume changes not working properly at low levels
The same issue was present on Ubuntu 19.04. I have recently upgraded to 19.10.
At first, my sound was either full-blast (max) or muted. Volume controls would have no effect, only once volume was ...
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Map Pause button for Volume Up and Scroll_Lock for Volume Down
I have the volume keys on the keyboard as FN+F3, FN+F2 respectively.
I would like to map the Pause button to volume up and SCRLK as volume down since those two buttons are useless anyway.
I tried ...
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Re: LUBUNTU Disco Dingo - Is there an easy way to adjust volume with mouse-wheel
...especially when watching video through external monitor (i.e. some distance from laptop)?
I realize there are a couple of answers for this but they are beyond me, a relative beginner. Is there a ...
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Very low volume in headphone output
Output sound without headphone, is normal and acceptable, but the headphone output volume is very low. Headphone output in Windows OS is OK. I also checked the alsamixer and every channel are at the ...
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Is there a program for controlling your audio volume with keys?
I am looking for a way to adjust my audio in different applications while playing games. For example, I play a lot of Rainbow six sieges and I would like to be able to control how loud my friends are ...
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remove the volume OSD in Gnome
ubuntu 19.04
when I scroll the mouse over the sound icon. in the middle of the screen pop up volume icon.
I just want to remove it from my system. it is useless and disturbing while watching movies.
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Subwoofer Sound Settings revert back to default when sound level is set to minimum (mute/off), causing blown sub woofer speaker
I am having an annoying and destructive problem with my Subwoofer Sound Settings, it keep reverting back to default when the sound level is set to minimum (mute/off).
This problem has blown my sub-...
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Completely disable the volume OSD in Gnome
I'm trying to completely disable Gnome's on-screen-display overlay for volume (I would also like to disable the other overlays too, e.g. Keyboard illumination and screen brightness).
The reason being,...
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How to find command used to implement “Volume Up” shortcut in Ubuntu 18.04?
In Ubuntu 18.04, there are keyboard shortcuts for "Volume down" and "Volume up", which, on a laptop computer, are usually bound to the media keys (e.g., XF86AudioRaiseVolume).
When I press the ...
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Keyboard volume control stopped working
Running Xubuntu (actually Ubuntu Studio) 18.04 LTS on a Toshiba Sattelite p850
Until recently I could control volume by Fn + F9/F10/F11 but the function stopped working. Other keys in combination ...
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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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All keyboard keys locked to Volume control
Somehow all my keyboard keys are locked with the volume control , so on each and every keypress my volume is toggling between mute and loud, disturbing my work. Tried alternate keyboard but problem ...
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All files in my new volume locked by sudden
I am new in linux and i used dual boot. Few days ago i just realize that my new volume become locked and i can't do anything to all files and folder inside except read. Even though there is no problem ...
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Horizontal scrolling controls volume (Ubuntu 19.04)
I am on Ubuntu 19.04, GNOME Shell 3.32.1, on a Lenovo laptop. I have installed libinput-tools and some touchpad gestures work fine. However, there is a gesture that I cannot find in the libinput ...
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16.04 unity: How to control chrome volume?
I'm on ubuntu 16.04 unity, every time I'm watching youtube in chrome and want to increase or decrease the volume, I have to go to PulseAudio and change it from there.
The volume control has no ...
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How to make change volume of connected device and not of laptop speaker?
Whenever I connect my earphones to my laptop, sound output comes through them by default as I have set them as default using pacmd set-default-sink "" command. But when I try to change the volume ...
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Control volume using right click and wheel, like volumemouse and volume2
Ubuntu 18.04:
Coming from Windows, I had these 2 apps I could use (volumemouse, volume2) to control the volume using this gesture:
right click + wheel
is there anything like that for ubuntu?
Thanks
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Ubuntu 19.04 - Turn off volume change sound
Every time I change volume I hear "beep" noise. How can I remove this ?
There is no way to remove "Alert Sound" in the settings. I am forced to select any of the 4 choices. I'm not sure whether alert ...
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Ubuntu Studio Keyboard Shortcuts Audio Volume
I'd like to control the master volume with the designated volume buttons. I'm using Ubuntu Studio and it's got both Pulse and Jack.
Now, I think I would be happy if I could control PulseAudio ...
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Ubuntu 19.04 trackpad swipe gesture keeps opening the volume control
Since upgrading to 19.04 yesterday, annoyingly often when scrolling with 2 fingers on the touchpad the volume control pops up and before I know it I'm at full volume somewhere.
As I'm using this on a ...
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How to keep volume popup from showing when volume isn't changed?
The volume popup shows every 20 seconds or so. Sometimes it flickers a bit. How do I disable that?
I tried to unbind the Volume Up and Volume Down keyboard shortcuts, that didn't fix it.
This ...
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System volume control reaches max volume pretty fast
I am using Xubuntu 18.04.1 and have a problem with my system audio level. The volume control max volume is reached pretty fast, at ca 6% of the volume control bar.
This leaves me with roughly three ...
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AudioEngine D3 USB DAC - volume slider and alsamixer volume don't map correctly
This question is related to this one asked by willem.hill.
In a nut shell, the problem here is that volume slider in sound doesn't map correctly to alsamixer's volume for AudioEngine D3 USB DAC.
The ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 strange sound volume behaviour on MSI GD63 7RD Stealth
I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my new Laptop (MSI GD63 7RD Stealth). The sound volume control is working perfectly until I plug my headphones in. If I do so the sound is also coming from the ...
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Compressor/Limiter for master volume
looking for something that makes the volume of youtube, netflix, etc. behave in such a way that when watching an action movie the dialog becomes very loud and the explosions, machine guns, etc. sound ...
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AudioEngine D3 USB DAC - volume either 0% or 100% via volume keyboard keys, alsamixer works fine
Like the title says, I have a USB AudioEngine D3 DAC and headphone amplifier with software volume control. I can control the volume fine via alsamixer in a terminal, but that is rather inconvenient. I ...
