Questions tagged [audio]
For questions about the recording and playback of speech and music on your computer, as well as for problems about the sound component of videos.
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Change Windows sound volume via the command line
Is it possible to change the volume in Windows XP via the command line?
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How can I normalize audio using ffmpeg?
I want the loudest peak sound in a movie clip to be as loud as the codec allows, then have every other sound amplified accordingly.
What's a practical example in order to accomplish this using ffmpeg?...
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How can I control the master volume in Windows?
Some keyboards have volume controls on them that can be pressed anytime to control the master volume. My keyboard does not have that. Is there a way that I can create a key macro that will work like ...
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Force Windows XP to output only mono sound
So, the 'right' half of my pair of headphones broke (the transducer+wire are fine, but the earpiece broke on the headband and so the earpiece won't sit over my ear). So now the right channel is being ...
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Bluetooth handsfree better quality
Is it somehow possible to get better audio quality sound when Bluetooth headphones are on hands-free mode? When it is audio only, sound quality is good (16-bit 44 kHz) but when I talk through the ...
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Windows 7 lowers applications' volume automatically
Every time I run some of my games, if the media player is open and playing, Windows 7 lowers the volume of both applications (the game and the player). All other applications are not affected. I tried ...
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Combine one image + one audio file to make one video using FFmpeg
This should be pretty trivial, but I can't find a way to get it to work.
I want FFmpeg to take one JPEG image and an audio file as input and generate a video file of the same duration as the audio ...
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How do I enable multiple audio outputs on Windows 7?
For Windows 7, 64 bit: I have a digital SPDIF output to my stereo, which controls speakers in other rooms. I also have a set of speakers connected to the regular audio jack at the computer. This ...
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Windows keeps making these random "device connect" and "device disconnect" sounds
Throughout the day I notice that my computer makes apparently random device-connect and/or device-disconnect ("boink") sounds.
I suppose it is the same sound you hear when connecting or ...
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How to use two audio devices simultaneously with Windows 7?
I have an audio connector on board (Asus P8H67-I) and an USB audio card (Teufel). How can I use the two devices simultaneously?
As far as I can see I have to set one device to the standard output ...
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HD Audio or AC97 connector - Which to use when, and what's the difference?
I'm currently setting up a older system in a new case (i'll be upgrading it in stages, and the old parts then go back into the old case ;p), and i'm having a bit of confusion over which cable to use, ...
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Use all 5.1 speakers with a 2.1 audio source
I just bought a 5.1 surround sound speaker set for my computer in my bedroom. The rear speakers are next to me in bed while the front speakers are at the other end of the bed at my feet. While I enjoy ...
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Bad sound through bluetooth headphones
I have a problem with the sound quality of a pair of Acoustic CHP600BT Solutions Bluetooth Headphones - Black.
When I connect these headphones to my phone (Samsung S2 plus), the sound quality is ...
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Windows 8 turns program sound volume down randomly
I recently upgraded to Windows 8 from Win 7 64 bit and have started to encounter a strange issue.
When I have any program running which plays sound, such as a game or spotify, after a random interval (...
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Routing Applications sound to different sound device? (Windows)
Anyone know how I can set for an application to output its audio to a specific device in Windows? I'm dealing with applications where it's not possible to go into their settings and choose which ...
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Does it make sense converting a file to a higher audio bitrate?
When a certain file (mp4, flv, etc) has a 95 kbps audio bitrate - does it make sense outputing to a higher bitrate when converting to mp3 or other format (be it lossy or not)?
Would this result in ...
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Microphone volume at maximum yet too quiet
I have got a reasonbly basic desktop microphone, however for reasons that I don't understand it is extremley quiet. I dual boot, both systems run Windows 7, one system is working just fine although ...
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FFmpeg command to convert MP3 to AAC
I can issue this command:
ffmpeg -i input.mp3 -acodec alac -ab 128k -ar 48000 -ac 2 -y output.m4a
to create a m4a file.
But when I issue this command
ffmpeg -i input.mp3 -acodec alac -ab 128k -...
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Play audio over network with Windows 7?
I have seen software for Linux systems that allows me to send the audio from one system to another over the network, is there such a software (a driver likely) for Windows, specificly XP but Vista and ...
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Is it possible to use a bluetooth headset mic while having High quality sound [duplicate]
I have a Plantronics BackBeat Sense SE bluetooth headset. When Connecting it to Windows 10, it installs two profiles in Playback devices list:
PLT_BBTSENSE Hands-Free.
PLT_BBTSENSE Stereo.
The ...
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Where are the Vista/Win7 Volume Mixer settings stored?
Vista/Win7 appear to persist the sound level settings per application. I'd like to have a look at that list.
The reason?
According to a Microsoft blog, the settings are stored against the PID of the ...
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How to determine which program is making a certain sound in windows 7?
I'm experiencing an annoying "female robotic" sound effect saying "loading complete" at uncertain interval in windows 7.
I want to shut down that noise for good. To do that, I have to determine which ...
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How to create a virtual audio device and stream audio input with it
Here's my concrete problem:
I am broadcasting a game via XFire and it uses the Windows audio device to capture any audio I receive. As I am broadcasting, other users who watch the video stream are ...
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What's the reason behind "Stereo Mix" becoming a missing option?
Several newer computers I've worked on (Dell, mainly) are using IDT or Realtek drivers which lack the Stereo Mix option in audio recording devices.
I've tried all kinds of methods including ...
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How do I manage multiple audio playback devices on Windows Vista/7?
I've got speakers (audio in) and headphones (USB headset with it's own soundcard) connected to my desktop computer. Under Windows 7, I can right-click the Audio Mixer and select Playback Devices and ...
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Windows 7 Audio Too Loud
In Windows 7 (64-bit, Ultimate) the default audio output is extremely high. This has been an issue for a while but I was able to get around it as my previous headphones took more power to drive so it ...
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Bad sound quality of 3.5mm headphone with mic on laptop
I have a set of headphones that have a built-in mic for hands-free calling. They work great on my Sony Ericsson Cedar cellphone.
The problem is that when I connect headphone to my Dell N5010 laptop ...
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Is there a program that allows me to send audio output to a microphone input (either real or virtual microphone)? [closed]
I've tried using VAC virtual audio cable, as well as virtual audio streaming.
Unfortunately, none of these solutions provide a way to send audio output to a microphone input. None of the virtual audio ...
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What process is making that sound?
My Windows 7 system makes an intermittent ding sound (like a single chime, or bell). I don't know which process does it. So, my question is: Is there software/method out there that can tell me which ...
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What is the cause of interference noises in my PC speakers and how can I get rid of them?
My PC's desktop speakers are periodically producing interference noises induced by my cellphone.
Even if I move my phone away from the actual speakers, the noises are still present with the same ...
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How do I disable audio jack detection In Windows 10 without using Realtek HD Audio Manager?
I have a headphone jack with a broken sensor. The headphones are normally supposed to turn on when they're plugged in. Because the jack is broken, however, my computer only detects that my headphones ...
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How to make Windows 7's volume mixer save individual volumes again? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where are the Vista/Win7 Volume Mixer settings stored?
Windows 7's volume mixer is normally saving the volume levels for individual programs, as long as the exe file doesn't ...
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Transcript creator OR Speech to text [closed]
I listen to a daily podcast that is about 4 hours long. I think it would be a cool project if I could come with some way to generate transcripts of it automatically. Is there any software that will "...
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How do I play audio through a Bluetooth headset in Windows 7?
I recently did an in-place upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 RTM. For the most part, things have gone brilliantly. The only issue I've been facing is regarding my Bluetooth headset, a Dell BH200. The ...
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How to make the PC speaker beep from the Windows 7 command prompt?
I'm running some lengthy video encodes using the Handbrake command line interface. After all my encodes are done, I would like to have the PC speaker beep, as I usually turn my large external speakers ...
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Switching default audio device with a batch file
I'm trying to write a batch file on Windows 10 that allows me to switch between my headset and my speakers as default audio device when I run it. I don't want to use any third-party software.
I tried ...
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Changing the size of the audio volume increment of the "volume up" / "volume down" keys
Same as this question but for Windows: How can I adjust by how much the sound volume changes every time I press the volume change keys?
I'm on a Windows 7 laptop. It has "volume up" and "volume down" ...
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How do I disable microphone volume auto-adjusting?
My coworkers started yelling at me today because apparently I started screaming in their ears during a Google hangout. And sure enough, when I go to the Microphone settings dialog, I can see the level ...
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Easy way to switch default sound output device
I want an easier way to change my default sound device from my sound card to my usb headset.
Currently it takes a very precise right click, a left click, another right click, and two more left clicks....
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How to keep VLC player in minimized mode?
I'm using VLC media player which can play almost all kinds of audio and video formats. While listening to audio, I keep VLC in minimized mode and can work on other windows. But when I select to listen ...
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Disable Mac startup sound
Anyone know how to disable that cheesy startup sound when I power on my Mac?
If it makes a difference, I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.
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What lossy audio formats are more (or less) "efficient"?
This question is related to the answers I got to this question.
The bitrate-efficient format (see the question's most voted answers and their comments thereunder) would be one that assures a good ...
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From a quality perspective, what is better: turning volume up in the software, in the OS, or on the speakers?
If music isn't loud enough, how do I get the best quality (even if the difference is in fact so small it's negligible)?
By making the music louder in my music player, game or other sound-producing ...
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Add audio to video using FFmpeg
I’m trying to add sound to a video using FFmpeg, but for some reason, when I play the resulting file, it doesn't have any sound. I also tried doing it with an aac audio file, as well as leaving out -...
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Windows 10 volume randomly jumps to 100%
Today I installed Windows 10, and I love it except for this bug:
The volume has a bug. When I'm watching YouTube videos on Microsoft Edge and I click next video, my ears will be blown off because, ...
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How do I swap audio output of the left and right speakers?
I have two speakers stereo speakers but when I use the sound control panel applet to test my audio configuration I get sound in the right speaker when the user interface indicates the right speaker ...
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How do I split an MP3 file without re-encoding it?
I have a 400 MB MP3 file at 96 kbps, taken from a CD.
I want to split this into many files.
Is there any way to do that without affecting the quality of audio,
or maybe without re-encoding the file?...
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Play a sound (maybe WAV?) from Windows line command
How can i play a sound (CPU Beep or wav, don't matter what) using the Windows cmd?
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Windows 7 / 8 tool for amplifying sound / equivalent to pavucontrol?
I'm watching live streamed videos, but the volume sometimes is barely loud enough.
With Windows, I can only turn the system volume and the flash volume up to maximum, and then bad luck if that's ...
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What is Stereo Mix supposed to be used for in Windows?
I have added Stereo Mix to my recording devices on my laptop running Windows 7 after I have installed the driver for my soundcard (the sound was working until then with the driver from Microsoft, but ...
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