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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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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Bass in Sound fails sometimes
I sometimes have the problem that the bass in my sound is missing/failed. When I restart the system, the bass is back.
Software Info:
Realtek Audio
FxSound
The problem is NOT solved by disabling ...
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HP mute button LED not working
All of a sudden my mute LED stopped working. It was working fine for a while, but then out of the blue, it just stopped. At the same time, I also had an audio driver issue. So, I reinstalled the ...
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Bluetooth 5.0 pairing but not connecting with Debian 11
I have Debian 11 Bullseye and KDE desktop installed on a HP Elitedesk machine, plus an Asus USB-BT500 adapter. I can pair the device with the KDE Bluetooth application, and it shows my Bluetooth ...
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SoundCore P25i works on Ubuntu, but on Debian it disconnects and connects with the same sound settings. Why?
SoundCore P25i works on Ubuntu, but on Debian it disconnects and connects with the same sound settings. Why?
SoundCore P25i is a bluetooth headphone
Is there a package installed in Ubuntu that is not ...
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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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Play audio through 2x HDMI monitors & 1x Aux Monitor
I am trying to get all three of my monitors to play audio out of their speakers however I am having an issue with HDMI connections on two of the monitors overriding the AUX connections
Monitor 1:
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ALSA: How to configure an (virtual) audio device for each channel?
I would like to play different sound/music of the left and right speaker/headphone. I understand that left and right speaker are called channel 1 and 2 in ALSA.
The DJ software I'm using (mixxx) does ...
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Mac: Create one virtual audio device out of the combination of others
So I have just realized, that my Traktor Audio 6 would use EVERY and ANY input labeled device as an input...well, duh, how could I think it'd only use the MAIN in's and out's.
But now I have the ...
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Dell Studio 17 with two headphone outs
I got a Studio 17 with two headphone out jacks.
It also has Soundblaster X-Fi Hi Def Audio Software enabled.
Would it be possible to use one of the headphone outs as a monitor and the other as a ...
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YouTube sound delayed through Bluetooth headphones?
I have a pair of Turtle Beach Bluetooth headphones. They work perfectly on my S3 and old iPod Touch. The only problem that I have with them is when I try to watch YouTube on my laptop, as the sound is ...
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Is there a way to merge the sound level sliders?
In my Windows 11 I now have a growing set of sound loudness sliders which regulate in detail how loud the sounds of given applications are.
The problem is that usually/often, when I have a headset ...
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Normalize varying audio levels in a single video
I have a script to process/encode videos. Some of the videos have varying audio levels (like 2 videos were merged and one had loud audio and other quiet audio). I want to normalize the audio in a way ...
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Windows 10 - Movies&TV app doesn't play videos, Groove doesn't play music
Sorry if this sounds insane, but I've been trying to research this issue for over a month with no results, either the answers I get are from microsoft saying to "reinstall the app" (done ...
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Play multiple audio tracks of a video simultaneously on MPC-HC
I have an MP4 file containing two audio tracks, and would like MPC-HC to play them both simultaneously.
I saw that this is possible on VLC, and would like to know whether there is a way to achieve ...
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How to play multiple audio tracks of video simultaneously on VLC
Whenever I play a video with multiple audio tracks on vlc the first audio track is played. How do I enable both tracks so that I hear both tracks playing at the same time while playing the video?
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Headphone cable connection adapters [duplicate]
Using a four pole headphone cable with a television which has a three pole jack. Can I use this four pole cable with a three pole television headphone jack? Will it work?
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How to use ffmpeg to save video and audio streams to a file in Linux
My computer is Linux OS, and now I have a USB HDMI capture card, the chip is ms2109, it is compatible with UVC, you can think of it as a webcam.
I tried to use obs to do this work, but obs does not ...
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Why is mic audio not working one-way in Google Hangouts on Windows 7 and Chrome
I am using Google Hangouts via Chrome on Windows 7.
Video is working fine both ways, i.e. when in a hangout call, I am able to see the other person and they are able to see me. Audio was also working -...
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Sony WH-1000XM3 are connected only in hands-free mode WIN11
i got OS update to Win11 Pro. I'd like to connect my Sony WH-1000XM3 via bluetooth. I made standard connection process but my audio quality is bad. On win10 i could easiely switch between stereo/hands-...
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No sound from Clevo computer running Debian 12
I have a Clevo PD70SND-G, fresh from China. Installed Debian 12 Bookworm (dual boot with Windows 10 Pro). There is no sound. Switching to Windows, I have verified it is not defective hardware. Debian ...
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Windows 8 HP laptop is stuck on mute
Ever since I ran an automatic update a few days ago on my Windows 8 HP Envy dV6, my computer will not play sound.
The speaker button in the bottom corner says it's muted, but even when I adjust the ...
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Use Bluetooth dongle with Blutooth-enabled laptop
I have a Lenovo Yoga 2 ultrabook running Windows 10 that comes with Bluetooth support but lacks aptX support. I have Sony MDR10RBT headphones that support aptX.
The audio latency I experience while ...
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5.1 audio over SPDIF on Windows 10?
I bought a Xonar DGX to hook it up to my Sony 5.1 surround system with SPDIF. Windows 10 says the SPDIF port only supports stereo and when I start the sound test it plays only sounds on FL and FR. In ...
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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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Why does crossfading audio files in ffmpeg produce just the last input?
I have two input files (track1.m3 and track2.opus) from which I want to extract four clips and crossfade them in sequence. I arrived at this command based on an answer from Gyan on Stack Overflow:
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Windows WSL1: How to disable all sounds?
WSL1 @ Windows 10:
How to disable all sounds / mute a WSL instance ? (for one or all distributions)
I could not find any reasonable guide to setup WSL desktop.
So stock gnome-control-center cannot ...
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Properly downmix 5.1 to stereo using ffmpeg
I have a 5.1 audio track from a film where front left and front right contains music, and center contains dialogue. Playing the 5.1 track in VLC blends everything together nicely.
I'm trying to ...
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How do you remove stubborn (album art) / (embedded images) that eyeD3 misses?
How do you remove stubborn (album art) / (embedded images) that eyeD3 misses?
Running:
$ eyeD3 --remove-all-images . #
Works great 90% of the time but not 100% of the time.
I’d prefer a command that ...
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Export total length of mp3 files in a folder?
I have many folders of mp3 files, and I would like to have a list of the combined duration of all the mp3s in each folder. That would be the ideal solution, but some means of doing a directory print ...
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Realtek front panel audio detection not working?
My front panel on my computer isn't working at all. I know that I can simply fix this simply by Disable Front Panel jack on Realtek but that's going to tie up my Speaker and Headphone in one. I've ...
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Ffmpeg webm YouTube settings command
Is there a .webm still image command in ffmpeg that is best compatible with YouTube I’m currently using:
ffmpeg -loop 1 -framerate 2 -i input.png -i audio.m4a -c:v libx264 -preset medium -tune ...
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How do I access the *remote* microphone in a RDP session?
I'm doing some remote testing of a system. I have an external camera/mic as well as the built-in laptop camera/mic. Using an Remote Desktop session, I can see into the lab, but I'd like to hear it ...
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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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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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Can WIndows 10 make a "virtual surround sound" with multiple speakers?
Can Windows 10 use a soundbar for left/right, the internal laptop speaker for center speaker, and a portable BT speaker as rear speakers? If so, how do I do so?
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Using two bluetooth earphones
I'm trying to use two different bluetooth headphones in order to talk on discord while still being able to listen to music. One headphone is used for the ears, the other for the microphone.
I'm aware ...
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Dell XPS 9550 speakers only detected some of the time when booting Arch Linux
I have a Dell XPS 9550 laptop with an up-to-date ArchLinux installation. I use KDE 6 as my Desktop Environment, with Pipewire.
$ uname -a
Linux red 6.9.3-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 31 May ...
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Set default audio device for RDP connection
I have two computers (client and server), which are connected by RDP (mstsc.exe). The client computer has two audio devices - speakers and headphones - and only one of them can be default audio device....
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Use Thinkpad T440p combined mic/headset jack
My Thinkpad T440p comes with a combined 3.5mm jack for input and output. When I plug in my mobile headset I only get very very low volume, almost inaudible even though I have ramped up all the ...
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Samson Go Mic not working on Windows 10 64-bit
I have Samson Go Mic USB microphone.
It was working on Windows 10, till the motherboard change. All drivers (and devices) disappear after trying reset to the backup point windows 10 function.
I update ...
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Using bluetooth headphones in Debian
I installed Debian 10 today and so far am having a very positive experience.
However, as of right now, I'm having to use this laptop on speaker. This wouldn't be a problem, but I'm blind so everyone ...
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Can't connect to Bluetooth in linux
When I tried to connect my headset to Linux it is telling that Connection Failed: No audio endpoints registered .
The Bluetooth service is up and running
I have no idea what to do
please anyone help ...
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How do I force single (only) channel audio in youtube/flash videos to play in both (left/right) channels?
Occasionally, I find Youtube videos that have only one audio channel (only left or only right); example video (left channel only).
This is quite annoying, especially with headphones on, as I hear ...
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Low volume in Google Chrome
I am experiencing really low volume in Google Chrome and I cannot understand why!
I have checked the version of Flash that Google is using, I have checked all the volume levels in Windows and ...
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Audio device keeps duplicating
I am running windows 11 version 23h2, on a victus gaming laptop with a built in rtx 2050(although I doubt that matters).
I am having an issue with my monitor(Sceptre M24) which is connected to my ...
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Low volume via headphone jack in Windows 10
I have a windows tablet that uses Intel drivers (generic?) for audio, and whilst the built in speakers' volume is fine, the volume outputted via the headphone jack is quite low. I have tried heard ...
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No sound coming from laptop headphone on Kali Linux
I'm running Kali Linux 1.1.0 on UEFI mode and I'm in trouble with headphone jack. The speaker works well, but the headphone doesn't have any sound. It worked perfectly before but suddenly the sound on ...
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How to Mute Windows System Volume on Login
I would like to mute my Windows 8.1 system volume automatically when I log in to my computer.
Preferably I'd do it though group policy, however I could not find anything relating to that. I'd also ...
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Sony's HT-S20R is causing a PARADOX I can't explain in one line
Sony's HT-S20R is a sound system that can be used with Bluetooth, Analog, optical, or USB.
Since I want it to work on my PC, I only use Bluetooth (BT) or Analogue (AUX).
Now, the system works fine ...
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