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How to setup an audio/sound output monitor/listener?
I am working with an Arduino and am trying to get it to respond to sound when it is played on my computer. I'm communicating with it over a serial port.
I need to know if there are any audio/sound ...
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volume hot keys in Crunchbang don't work
I've spent 2 hours on this and still can't figure this out. It's driving me insane. Please save my sanity.
When I press mute, the pnmixer control in the top right shows that I've pressed mute, but ...
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Losing sound after installing wine 1.5 (+python 2.7)?
I have a desktop and a laptop computer. Since I wanted to run IrfanView (that works great now!), I installed wine 1.5.22, which involved installing 1 GB of dependencies. The desktop continues to work ...
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Testing, from a script, if audio devices are in silent?
Is there a default program where I can check if my audio devices are in silent?
Edit: By silence, I mean that if there is something playing on that (not just activated or opened)
Something like ...
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Does SDL require any sound server like PulseAudio to play audio?
I'm trying to make an MP3 player on top of the Linux kernel and busybox using the SDL and SMPEG libraries.
Does SDL work on top of the kernel or it needs PulseAudio?
I have just built a C program ...
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Pulseaudio rapidly switches ouputs at high volumes
I'm using Pulseaudio. The image is of the Output Devices tab and shows the Port set to Analog Output. This is fine and works great. There's another option called Headphones but if you try and set the ...
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Set default sound card in Pulse Audio
I have two soundcards on my systems and pulseaudio always picks the wrong one. How do I set up the default soundcard in the pulse audio preferences?
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Set default Soundcard Centos
How do I set my default soundcard on Centos/Linux? I have two soundcards installed on my system and it always detects the wrong one, upon boot.
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No volume control in Nexuiz fullscreen mode
While playing Nexuiz on my Ubuntu in full screen mode the volume control buttons on my laptop don't work at all, externally after minimizing the game increasing/decreasing the sound solves the problem ...
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How can I view and play shared audio files through a network?
I've come up with a quick pet project (which might, maybe, even end up being useful at my home someday); the idea is to allow users of a Linux device (I'll call it A, and it'll probably be a small ...
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No network in slackware
I have just installed Slackware. I am not new to Linux but new to Slackware.
I wonder how to install network in it.
After the Slackware installation, audio and network were not working.
This is ...
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Fn+F2 does not UNMUTE
I am using Lubuntu 11.10 (original, not Ubuntu + LXDE) on a Vaio VPCEG series. After install of some network manager, my key Fn+F2 got a different function.
It's printed on it the blue symbol for ...
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Is there a checklist for getting the “beep” program to work?
Debian has a program called "beep" available, that lets you make the computer beep at whatever frequency or time you want. http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/beep
The problem that many people seem to ...
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Using Creative Sound Blaster on Ubuntu Server
I just got a Creative Sound Blaster for playing audio wirelessly. I connected it to a virtual version of Ubuntu desktop and just had to go into the sound settings and switch it to the USB and the ...
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To which audio format can I convert aac lost-free with ffmpeg?
Since I did not manage to get the audio work with
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -acodec copy -vcodec copy out.avi
I'm searching for an audio format to which I can convert aac lost-free.
Does such an ...
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ffmpeg: problems when copying the audio
When I run this ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -codec copy video.avi I get a broken audio: a crackling like a stuck LP. The input-audio is aac
When I re-encode the audio like this ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -codec:v:0 ...
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Where can I find the Linux driver for headphones in the kernel tree?
I have headphones with three buttons on them which allow me to control my music player with my phone. I want to write a driver for my headphones to make it control my music player on my pc (Ubuntu ...
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Restricting sound control
I need to restrict users so that they cannot output sound from built-in speakers. They should plug their headphones to hear any sound. They should be able to control headphone volume level, but not ...
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Is it possible to redirect system-beeps to the normal audio?
When I run this script I don't here any beeps - I suppose it is because there is no speaker attached to the mainboard.
Is there a way to redirect this beeps to the "normal" audio?
#!/usr/bin/env perl
...
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Volume on Linux much lower than on Windows
I dualboot Slackware64 and Windows 7.
The volume under Linux when maxed seems a lot lower than when it is maxed on Windows.
My soundcard chip is Realtek ALC662. Volume is set to 100% for PCM and ...
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No sound with fresh Kubuntu install
I've just taken the plunge and installed Kubuntu as my main desktop env but I can't get the sound to work, and was wondering if anyone would be so kind as to help me work out what the problem is.
I ...
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Command line audio - piping for simultaneous playback and recording
I am trying to generate sound data, convert it and store it to a WAV format. I'm almost there - except I'd like to hear the generated sound "while" it is being "recorded".
This command line just ...
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Have working headphone controller under Linux?
I have headphones with a controller (+/- volume, play/pause). They work when using an iPad. My question is if it's possible to make it work under Fedora 16 (using GNOME 3)?
I assume some drivers ...
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How do I display the name of my audio card driver from the command line in Lubuntu 11.10?
I am running Lubuntu 11.10 and I want to display my Audio / Sound Card Driver from the command line.
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G722 in gstreamer is not available or its need to be activated? How do i do that?
Gstreamer how to use G.722 enc and dec? Is this not available or missing in there implementation?
$ gst-inspect | grep ffmpeg
ffmpeg: ffaudioresample: FFMPEG Audio resampling element
ffmpeg: ...
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How do I know if my microphone is mute or unmute when I have more than one microphone?
How do I find out if my microphone is muted or unmuted, when I have more than one microphone such as Motherboard, USB and HDMI?
1) I can't find it with this:
$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [PCH ...
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Detecting headphone connection/disconnection in Linux
I am trying to detect a signal when a headphone is connected or disconnected from the system.
What is the best way to do this?
If there is a special board with drivers, that will be my preferred ...
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Why is this ALSA configuration file preventing aplay and arecord from listing PCM devices?
In my embedded system I have this configuration file in /etc/asound.conf:
pcm_slave.sl2 {
pcm "hw:0,0"
rate 48000
channels 2
format S16_LE
}
pcm.rate_convert {
...
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1answer
551 views
Samson Meteor Mic under Linux/ALSA
Has anybody gotten a Samson Meteor Mic working under Linux/ALSA?
I tried to google it but I found no mention of Samson Meteor under Linux at all.
Kernel/ALSA/Audacity see the device. Unfortunately I ...
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How to use command line to change volume?
I am trying to control the volume using my programming script. How can I do the following in Fedora 15, Ubuntu linux?
Mute/ Unmute
Volume up and volume down
Note: Please note that I use a web USB ...
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Is there a linux distro that uses Jack audio server all the time?
By this I mean a distro that does not use pulse audio at all. So when you are runing programs like miro or mumbles you do not lose audio playback becuase Jack took over the audio stack.
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How to turn microphone jack to headphones jack?
I've picked out my headphones jack. Can i change my microphone jack to headphones jack only by soundsystem configuration? My soundcard is Intel82801I (ICH9 Family) HD.
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Output sound by writing to /dev/dsp
I know that it is possible to write arbitrary data into /dev/dsp and a noise will come up from the speakers. But whatever data I pass to this file the noise is the same. I wonder is it possible to ...
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How to get Debian's volume control working with Pulse
I finally configured Pulse to work with every application, however using the volume control on my keyboard still controls the default ALSA selected device. How do I change it so it adjusts the current ...
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How to disable the beep sound system-wide
If I want to disable beep sounds from stuff like bash, I add this line to "/etc/inputrc":
set bell-style none
Sadly, this doesn't work for some other events like GDM start-up and shut down. I ...
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Changing default audio device in Pulseaudio
I would like to use HDMI on my graphic card for audio output. ALSA shows it as a card with 4 devices and I can get sound through one of them (the other three are different channels, perhaps? I have ...
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Fedora 15 - Audio Configuration
I have a Macbook Pro 6,1 that I have dual booting OSX and now Fedora 15. I'm working on getting the audio working.
In System Settings > Sound > Output there are two options for audio devices:
High ...
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Sound input issue with skype, selecting a microphone?
Ok, Skype yet again has issues with sound. This time, it is unable to record audio. The system is using PulseAudio and I am using a web cam as a microphone. Actually, I tried another web cam and ...
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alsa and 5.1 surround through three front stereo jacks on the Dell Studio XPS 13
I know this is not a tech support forum, but I am not etting an answer from alsa people and have tried much, if not everything.
I can upload the alsa-info output if needed, but here is the info ...
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Mouse click sound on fedora
I have a USB touch screen system with Fedora 14 installed. I couldn't get to play sound on any mouse click (on touch). Is there anyway to play a click sound, either by changing some configuration or ...
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Free/Open Source secure Skype alternative on Fedora & OpenBSD?
Criteria:
Audio/video calls
Encrypt the whole traffic [with a good encryption]
ported to windows 7 too
runs on Fedora, OpenBSD
Does anybody know a good alternative?
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Flash running in Chromium and FF at once, why no sound in the second browser?
I work as a student assistant Linux admin and I just packaged up Adobe's "Square" plugin to get 64bit FF running flash pretty well (first time I've seen it work this well), but there's one little ...
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Is the Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Surround 5.1 SB1090 USB sound card supported in Linux?
And to what extent does this card have support in Linux?
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Sending music directly from MIC to LS
How can I tell linux to send directly from my microphone to my loudspeaker?
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How to rip scratched audio cds?
What is currently the best way to rip scratched audio cds under Linux?
What I find complicated, is that there are several tools available but it is not clear if one tool has better error correction ...
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How to disable system beep for non-privileged user
How to disable system beep on Linux? I don't have superuser powers so I cannot recompile kernel/unload module.
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Is there something that will generate keyboard's click sounds?
I miss using a clicky keyboard at work. It's a fairly quiet office, so I'm stuck using a nearly silent keyboard. The upshot is that I can wear headphones. Is there something in Linux or X that can ...
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How to integrate sound with desktop events?
On Windows, the Sounds & Multimedia control panel allows the connection of sound snippets to various operating system events, like window movements, process start/stop, and start-up/shutdown.
I ...
