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Set default headphone output level on boot

I have a headless Raspberry Pi running Debian that's used as an audio player. I'd like to boost the output of the headphone device at boot time. I've found the command amixer --card 1 sset 'PCM',0 0 ...
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How to keep Ledfx and Moode Audio from blocking audio output device

I have a Raspberry Pi with a Hifiberry Amp4 that runs Moode Audio OS. If I pick Pulse as they audio device in LedFx and play a sound file with aplay sound_file.wav my leds react to the music. The ...
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Configuring ALSA using loopback to output audio through both audio jack and program simultaneously

I’m having a lot of trouble configuring ALSA and loopback on my system [ubuntu 22.04]. I want to combine the headphone and loopback streams so that when I play any audio, I can hear it from the audio ...
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Change Default Master Volume Control to "PCM" in alsamixer on Linux Mint

I am running Linux Mint and whenever I use my system's hardware volume controls (e.g., volume up/down buttons), it adjusts the "PCM 1" level in alsamixer. However, I want it to adjust the &...
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How to reroute line-in of one sound card to line-out of another one on LINUX

Well, what the title says. I want to reroute the line-in (mic) of an on-board soundcard, to the line-out of a USB-connected one - ON LINUX. I have tried with JACK2 and jack_connect but I think it ...
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Error listening to audio on davinci resolve

I am getting these errors when trying to listen to audio on davinci resolve 18 on Debian. ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:972:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream This is the ...
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No sound issue in Zorin OS 16.2

I've installed Zorin OS to try it out because it's based on Ubuntu and I like the interface and other things in it but I have a problem. My sound card is recognized by Alsa and activated but I have no ...
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OBS studio won't record audio only

I wanted to record only audio with OBS Studio. So I have created a new scene and added just Audio Capture Device (ALSA). Then I clicked on the Start recording...button. It recorded both screen and ...
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Is there a way to control xfce-pulseaudio-plugin (pavucontrol) with command line?

Trying to setup media control shortcuts in Xfce (Play/Pause, Next track). I have xfce-pulseaudio-plugin which use pavucontrol. Is there a way to switch tracks via pavucontrol command line interface? ...
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Mono audio output with pulseaudio and alsa on embedded system

I am running an embedded system using pulseaudio and alsa. I need to downmix all audio inputs to a single mono output. I have seen other answers that involve modifying /etc/pulse/default.pa like the ...
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Really loud sound input on PopOS 22.04 on an old Positivo Sim+ laptop

My laptop (Positivo Sim+) is really old, but I never complained about audio input quality when I used Linux. Some BSODs later and a miraculous fix, I got my laptop again and installed Linux on it ...
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After Linux OS upgrade audio is 20% quieter - how to get back to previous level?

I just upgraded my OpenSUSE OS and the volume output is not as high as before. I would say it's 20% quieter compared to before the upgrade. I'm guessing its a matter of selecting the right option for ...
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Linux ALSA intel_hda_snd on Celeron J4115

first of all thank you for the attention. I already uploaded info about my cconfiguration in the following link http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=10a60835f6027cf2e6eb06a319895739f2cccd34 The PC is a ...
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Only one side of my headphones works

The distro I'm using is Arch, and my headphones are Sony's WH-H910N model. These headphones are connected by a jack rather than using bluetooth, and they work properly with or without this jack on ...
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VMWare no sound

I have Debian Buster amd64 installed as guest in VMWare Fusion on Big Sur host. My problem is, I do not get any sound. Sound output in principal should work (I also have a Win7 guest with working ...
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How can I be sure that my auido isn't down sampled?

I want to play audio without downsampling or without any resampling? How can I do that? My audio files are 192kHz and 32 bits. I wan to play those music files without losing quality. My DAC supports ...
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Sound not working on Alfawise X5 with Linux Kernel 5.4.0-60-generic

I have an Alfawise X5, which has two sound devices installed, one is HDMI sound delivered by the Intel Atom X5-Z8350 processor (a system on a chip, Cherry Trail series), and a headphone jack that ...
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Pulseaudio loopback into headphones

I have headphones and a mic attached to my computer. My headphones are tight and block out external noise far too well, and so I find myself shouting at the mic. Is there any way of setting up ...
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Redirect arecord output and send it with netcat

I am trying to redirect sound from a microphone from one computer to another in my local network. I did following to achieve that In one terminal: arecord -t raw -c 2 -f S16_LE -r 48000 | nc -u #...
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how to use alsa device hw:0 on xubuntu

I have an audio processing sw designed to use alsa's hw:0 device. On my xubuntu machine I get the same error as this command line: $ aplay -D hw:0 440.wav aplay: main:830: audio open error: Device or ...
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Is there a way to improve sound quality in Linux?

Total noob here, I did do some research before posting this question here, been using Linux since long and not satisfied by the audio quality that the Windows Counterpart provides (proprietary Dolby ...
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Clone sound from Chromium to ALSA Loopback and also speakers

I have working setup on my RPi3 B+ with Raspbian where is sound from Chromium browser send directly to ALSA Loopback device (enabled by modprobe snd-aloop as kernel module) by this Chromium's ...
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How could I find out what sample rate/bit depth my headphones are capable of?

I'm using some USB headphones (Sennheiser GSP 350) and want to make sure that I am using the highest sample rate and bit depth possible for them. I ran pacmd list-sinks and it said that I'm using 16 ...
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No audio devices under linux

I'm using Fedora 32, but the issue started from version 31: I simply do not see any sound device under Settings -> Sound.1 These are the outputs from commands I have seen requested on the internet ...
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ALSA not playing sound over speaker

I have an application that sends voice packets of PCM data from one node to another. The program also plays a wav file at the startup. The wav file is heard but none of my audio. I added the following ...
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No Audio output in Linux Mint 19.2 Xfce 64x(Intel HDMI/DP LPE Audio soundcard)

I am using a fresh install on my laptop. After setup, there was no audio output and the pavucontrol app was giving me the message: Establishing connection to PulseAudio. PLease wait After hours ...
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How to mute only back panel audio?

I have a desktop PC where the front and the back panel are available. Usually the front is for headphone while the back for speakers. This PC's headphone detection is not working so I need to create a ...
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ALSA Error: ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1713:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card

Hey there dear community, I have been struggling with getting a Raspberry 3b+ and microphone setup to run for a few days now, interestingly getting the same error on both projects simultaneously even ...
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Alsa external io plugin not working with pulse aludio

I am developing ALSA plug-in based on ALSA PCM External Plugin SDK. Plug-in is source plug and has to convert PDM signal from microphone input to PCM used by Linux. I have succeeded to compile it ...
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How to get alsa dummy soundcard on debian in Docker

I am trying to configure a dummy sound card in a Debian docker container. Unfortunately the documentation I find on the internet is incomplete and old. I was mainly looking at this post on reddit and ...
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No master in alsamixer

I have problem with sound in Arch Linux; alsamixer worked well for one month. Then after a reboot, I can't find Master and other controls. Here is a screenshot: I installed Xubuntu and the sound ...
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Pulseaudio device name changes

I would like to set my default sink/source in pulseaudio but the name constanly changes. It's either alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.stereo-fallback or alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo and ...
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Ubuntu 19: No sound at the Headphone Jack - Audio

I've a problem with the sound at the Headphone jack on my Optiplex 9020m after installing Ubuntu 19.04 on it. Here is what alsa says. My soundcard is not in the list, and lspci | grep -i audio ...
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Sound card driver not detected on Linux Mint 19.1

This question may be a duplicate, but I have tried the suggestions given elsewhere to address this problem and nothing has helped. Here is my system info: System: Host: justin-Z97M-D3H Kernel: 4....
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no sound when I restart ubuntu cosmic (system76 box)

I'm having this problem that I lose sound when I restart my computer (It's a system76 box with system76's kernel and goodies). I checked this page https://support.system76.com/articles/audio/ and the ...
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sound – Turn off sound except beep (ALSA, Pulseaudio)

I use short beep tone in X.org. I want to keep sound muted (or at minimum volume) except the beep. I use ALSA. I need beep from xterm or applications that beep using X.org (xscreensaver). How can I ...
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Noise in beginning of alsa application

I have ALSA driver for capture device which works fine with VLC. when I try to capture and render using own application having some issues. Issue is:When I start play, it has some noise in beginning ...
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Linux: Soundcard not being released by some application

so I have a computer running Linux Mint and to play loss-less audio-files I use DeaDBeeF, which I have configured to not use ALSA up-sampling in order to listen to allow my external Audio Interface(...
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ALSA won't detect card when it exists

I am a bit stuck with fixing my audio in Kubuntu 18 (same was with Kubuntu 16). The only sound device I have in tray is "Dummy output" kosyakov@kosyakov-XPS13:~$ sudo lspci -v | grep -A 10 -i audio ...
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Where did snd-aloop go?

I'm on arch linux and I've been using snd-aloop to create a virtual audio devices without issues for a year now. Since yesterday's system upgrade to the new Linux kernel (4.18.3) however, the module ...
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Linux Ubuntu ALSA issues; after reboot sound is turned off

I'm using Ubuntu with Xfce, ALSA, pavucontrol, … After I reboot the system my sound always goes off. And my speakers in alsamixer are listed as Headphones (which I have to always increase the ...
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Multiple audio sources to single ALSA device on different bit rates

I am building a audio streamer based on linux for high quality audio. I have several applications that i want to be able to have acces to the audio device at the same time. (like shairport-sync, roon ...
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Sharing LADSPA filter output with different processes

On a Linux + ALSA microcomputer platform I'm trying to filter my microphone input for all my applications through a LADSPA filter. The filter takes a certain amount of CPU processing. Below is an ...
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Just left side of my headphones work (Manjaro)

I tried to hear music and only the left side of three headphones work. I found the same problem here Just one side of my headphones work (Arch-Linux) but, in my case, alxamixer is showing same number ...
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Headset microphone not detected by Pulse und Alsa

I have an Acer Aspire V15 Nitro Laptop that only sports a combo jack for both microphone and headphones at the same time. It was always a bit tricky but worked until I reinstalled Arch Linux recently. ...
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alsa softvol does not show up in amixer

I have a orangepi pc and need to setup an alsa softvol pcm to control the i2s dac volume. Therefore I have create the following /etc/asound.conf pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm "softvol" } ...
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How to prevent users from using ALSA directly?

I setup pulseaudio in system mode and it currently works fine. However, I noticed that users have access to ALSA directly, e.g. this works: ogg123 -d alsa song.ogg ArchWiki mentions this: Usually, ...
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Using a ALSA PCM as an input device for Chromium?

I have a Matrix Creator which I want to use as an input for a speech to text platform, running through Chromium (using webkitSpeechRecognition). My problem is that I do not have it available as a ...
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Trouble shooting audio - soundcard issue

I just booted up a raspberry pi using this image: ubuntu-16.04.3-preinstalled-server-armhf+raspi2.img It seems that the sound card is not detected or configured 'out of the box' root@ubuntu:/home/...
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Can I pipe input from a Linux soundcard into 2 different applications?

I have an Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS system with an ASUS Xonar DGX soundcard, and a generic USB sound card. At our church, we want to be able to broadcast a service as well as record it as a WAV file. To ...
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