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How do you create an ffmpeg lossless image without re-encoding?

I'm using the command below but not sure if it’s really lossless and without re-encoding? Is there specific command to create lossless image and without re-encoding? I'm new to this. ffmpeg -lavfi &...
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Whenever I record or listen with earphones, there is a constant sound that can be heard

I have noticed a weird constant sound that can be heard when wearing earphones or headphones, it's really faint but can be heard. It's not a buzzing sound or static sound. It's something electric type....
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Is there any way to make Windows always start on a specific audio output?

Sometimes I turn off the computer using the headsets, but I usually use the speakers more. This would be a quality of life feature.
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No Audio Output after Windows Update

I am running a Windows 10 Pro Version 22H2 desktop with a EVGA Z97 Classified Motherboard (EVGA 152-HR-E979). Recently, I installed these Windows updates; image Currently these are the Audio input and ...
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Can you add new conditions for notifications sounds in Windows?

Let me be clear; I don't want to change the actual sound when I disconnect a device or something. I want to be able to add a new condition that Windows can play a sound for. Mainly, I'd like Windows ...
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Why does my microphone only work when 'listen to this device' is checked?

The built in Realtek microphone on my Windows 10 laptop is not working. If I go to Microphone Properties and go to the 'Listen' tab and check 'Listen to this Device' then I will hear the test input ...
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System Volume OSD shows unwanted meta data & controls

I recently noticed that my system volume OSD has become polluted with meta data and a control interface that I do not want to have. This extra data seems to be present when a tab in a web browser ...
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How to prevent Dell desktop from making a chime whenever my monitor goes to sleep?

I have a Windows 10 Dell desktop which makes a chime whenever its monitor goes to sleep. The monitor is shared with another PC and the Dell is connected via a DP-HDMI cable. The Dell also has an ...
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All audio stopped working after connecting Bluetooth headset

Running Windows 10 22H2 (Build 19045.3930). Earlier today (and for months beforehand), I'd been using the laptop speakers or ordinary plugged-in headphone (using the RJ-45 jack) without issue. Then I ...
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Bluetooth audio on windows 7 is horrible but on windows 10 it works properly

I have a Toshiba Protege R700 which has windows 10 installed. I decided to install windows 7 and daily drive it for fun. Everything sailed smoothly except of the bluetooth audio. I tried every driver ...
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Strange volume issue on Windows 10 I can't solve - across all audio devices (virtual or real)

For a few weeks now, my laptop is randomly alternating between the below two states of this problem: State 1: If I use the system volume keys (i.e., the dedicated volume up/down buttons on my laptop, ...
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How do I prevent my audio from cutting out when I open another program

If I have spotify open and a song is playing, and then I open up a browser and go to youtube, for 3-5 seconds all audio from my computer will stop being played through my bluetooth speakers (anker ...
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Windows 10: How To Turn Off The Error Sound On A Failed Auto Complete?

Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise When you try an autocomplete in a shell, on Windows 10, where there is no completion Windows 10 plays a harp/chiming sound. I would like to turn that off. I found a ...
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The Windows shutdown sound task I created is cut off

I am doing a little project to challenge myself as I love messing around with computers. A project I started long ago was to try and create a shutdown sound for my Windows 10 OS on my computer. I did ...
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Moving the volume bar up and down has no effect - Windows 10

When I move the audio volume bar up and down it doesn't change it at all, unless I bring it zero in which case it mutes, but other than that the loudness of the speakers stays the same. When I plug my ...
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"Hands-Free AG Audio" outputs audio but "stereo" doesn't

I have a Sennheiser HD 250BT wireless headset. When I connect it to Windows 10 through bluetooth, it shows connected as two different devinces: "Hands-Free AG Audio" device and "stereo&...
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Windows 10 laptop is filtering out any recorded music on any microphone

My Windows 10 Alienware laptop is filtering out any sound that isn't "voice-like" when recording on any microphone. I'm confident that this is some sort of noise-blocking enhancement feature ...
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earphones mic doesnt work when plugged into audio jack

For some reason, when I plug my earphones into my phone, the mic works, but when I plug it into my laptop, it doesn't work. I have tried: installing, reinstalling and updating drivers allowing apps ...
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Windows 10 volume slider trigger location

I need to create a desktop shortcut for volume slider of windows 10 which is currently triggered by system volume icon located in system tray. Can anyone help me to find the location or create a ...
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Cannot hear the sound while I'm recording the screen, and a Bluetooth headphone is connected at the same time

I'm using ZDSoft as a screen recorder on Windows 10. When I connect my headphones using Bluetooth and start the screen recording simultaneously, the sound kind of gets muted. There's no sound anymore ...
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Monitor sound output option disappeared [UPDATED]

I have a double monitor setup in Windows 10 Pro. An AOC monitor (DP) and an HP E243m (HDMI). I've always had 4 output options: monitor AOC, two options for monitor HP (all NVIDIA) and headset (Realtek ...
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Wireless USB mouse dongle causes in built speaker not to work?

I have this HP Elitebook G4 laptop with Conexant ISST Audio speaker. I also have a wireless mouse that has a USB dongle that goes into the a USB port on the right side of the laptop. The mouse and ...
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win10 Remote Desktop Connect audio recording devices disappear

before I RDP into my laptop, the audio devices tab looks like this: But when I use the Remote Desktop Connection Manager program on my win10 desktop, and connect to the laptop, the recording devices ...
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Audio interface huge blast of distortion every couple seconds to minute

for the past year I've been having trouble with audio through audio interfaces. Scarlette solo 2nd gen and then a Scarlette solo 3rd gen (one after the other). Every couple seconds when sound is going ...
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Windows 10, Volume does not change unless audio is playing

I am using a sony bluetooth headset and when I press the buttons on the headset to increase or decrease the volume. It does not change unless there is audio playing on my PC. How can I change it so ...
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Bluetooth keeps disconnecting my headset

I have a headset that I use most of the day. For some reason, it, or the bluetooth service itself keeps disconnecting the device. Sometimes I can reconnect, but other times the bluetooth & other ...
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windows 10 Audio Bug - Red x on speaker icon

I'm having a red x on speaker icon. I know few manual way to fix this but this is not permanent solutions. I have to try these steps every time I reboot the PC. This is a bug that has been reported ...
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Play sound when pressing keyboard shortcut in Windows 10

I want to play a sound (from a sound file I have) when I press a shortcut in Windows 10. Is that possible ? Maybe using some third party software ?
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Why is my audio no longer working after disconnecting HDMI?

Recently when I connect my laptop with Windows 10 to my tv through HDMI and then disconnect it, I no longer have any sound until I restart my computer. I have tried restarting the audio service in ...
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Do the Realtek Audio drivers have anything to do with USB headset volume?

I have three entries in my Windows 10s Device Manager that have Realtek in their label: I'm trying to troubleshoot a long-lasting audio issue with the volume of my USB headset speakers (the USB PnP ...
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Headset volume randomly changes to loudest setting despite Windows 10 saying it's at 2%

There are a lot of similar questions to mine, but I haven't found any describing mine exactly: The most popular question I found is Windows 10 volume randomly jumps to 100% but that answer (a RealTek ...
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Windows 10 Sound Mixer: Is it normal for only speakers to show activity?

I can open a cmd.exe terminal in windows 10 and echo ^G to make the terminal beep. When I do this, the Windows 10 sound mixer shows activity for my speakers (first column), but NOT anywhere else. I ...
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Delay in audio signal being sent to headphones (Windows 10/Realtek Audio/3.5mm jack)

When I first plug in headphones (any headphones) to the 3.5mm jack, the sound is very tinny and distant with no bass; after maybe 30 seconds it corrects itself and the normal signal with the bass ...
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Music playback is breaking up in Windows 10 but does not affect online meetings

When a playing back video on a Dell Latitude 5410 running Windows 10, audio will often break up (stutter) when I am doing some other stuffs. e.g. using the browser, etc. This happens even if I am ...
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Windows 10 System sound won't let me play Test button

So, I have my brand-new Sony headphones in my house, I used Windows 10 on my HP laptop, so the system sound of Windows 10 won't let me play the/a Test button. I go to the Start menu, Control Panel >...
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Bose QC45 Stopped working as mic

I have been using my Bose QC45 on my work machine for video confrencing over Teams for a few months without issue and then one morning a while back they will no longer function as a mic, only ...
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System beep runs through desktop speakers, I want the motherboard beeper [duplicate]

I've decided to have some retro feeling and ordered a motherboard beeper. The one like this: I've connected the red wire to +5v pin on motherboard and the other one to a pin labeled as "speaker&...
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How to make Windows 10 Bluetooth audio devices work more consistently = not stop partially working at "random" moments?

This has been a quite annoying issue for me for a while, but not necessarily worth fixing as it's not that common. The frustrating part is that it's "random" and can occur at the worst ...
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Any video or audio misses the few first couple of seconds; I must scroll back to the beginning to see/hear the first few seconds

When I play any media (audio or video) in any software, the first two or three seconds are skipped. The media starts at 00:02 or 00:03 or so. The only way to access the first few seconds is to ...
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Is there a way of permanently disabling a device without using a GPO / Device Manager?

So I have an issue with the Intel Smart Sound for USB Audio device keeps getting re-enabled and is causing all kinds of USB issues. We can solve it by manually disabling the device; however this doesn'...
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ffmpeg how to record desktop video and audio in windows 10

I'm trying to record desktop video and audio in windows 10 with ffmpeg. I Use this command: ffmpeg -f gdigrab -framerate 30 -i desktop -f dshow -i audio="Stereo Mix (Synaptics SmartAudio HD)"...
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Audio issue during zoom calls

I've a Sony WH-XB910N bluetooth headset which I use a few months ago. Since a few weeks ago I started to have audio issues with it during zoom calls. I just don't hear anything and zoom displays ...
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Give Windows 10 music metadata to non-audio files/directories

I currently have a large directory with a ton of subdirectories, each one has an MIDI file, PDF (sheet music), and MP3. I'd like to add metadata to these files (such as artist name, song title, album, ...
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Dell XPS Audio Dropouts - ACPI.sys Latency

As documented across the internet, many users of Dell XPS laptops encounter a problem of high DPC latency, which manifests as clicks & popping sounds when audio is played on the system. For these ...
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I dont want the potplayer remember playback position in playlist

I use translate software to dicribe my question, it may hard to understand, I'll try my best. I creat some playlist in my potplayer(L1,L2,L3...) and I use hotkeys(like z is for L1,x is for L2,c is for ...
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USB Microphone Shows Up in Device Manager, but not Windows Sound -> Recording

I have a blue snowball usb microphone, and it shows up in device manager under "Sound, video, and game controllers". However, when I go to the sound control panel, under the "Recording&...
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how to completly control audio devices in windows?

i am unable to find any switch application or system setting that i can use to switch between audio devices on my laptop. Sound control panel(recording), Sound control panel(playback) windows has only ...
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Is it possible to cause the physical PC speaker to beep in Windows 10?

I'm wondering whether it's now possible to cause the physical PC speaker to beep in Windows 10. There are existing questions on this but their answers appear to be out-of-date; none of the methods ...
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Disable volume control Win 10

I work at a hospital and one of the nurse managers over a department is wanting the volume set to a specific level and to prevent users from adjusting it. It's a Windows 10 computer. Is there a way to ...
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"remote audio recording" greyed out in Windows 10 remote desktop

As thte title, "remote audio recording" is greyed out in the Windows 10 remote desktop connection setting What can I do?
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