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How to use command line to change volume?
To mute:
amixer -D pulse sset Master mute
To unmute:
amixer -D pulse sset Master unmute
To turn volume up 5%:
amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%+
To turn volume down 5%:
amixer -D pulse sset Master ...
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Issues with arecord command: Channels count non available
I found out what the problem was. The command defaults because I wasn't specifying a 2-channel (stereo) 192kHz audio input. Here's an example of a command that did work:
$ arecord -f S24_LE -c 2 -r ...
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Why do you need PulseAudio?
It's all about multiplexing.
I don't need to multiplex sounds from or to several sound cards
Ah, but you do! If you want to be able to play audio from two sources at once, ever, for any reason, ...
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How do I enable sound in this fresh Arch install?
When setting up a new Arch install I usually do the following:
pacman -S alsa-utils
Then fire up alsamixer with
alsamixer
Go to 'Master' then press M and then keep hitting the up key to bring the ...
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How to use command line to change volume?
pactl/pacmd (unlike amixer) allows increasing volume over 100% :-).
pactl set-sink-mute 0 toggle # toggle mute, also you have true/false
pactl set-sink-volume 0 0 # mute (force)
pactl set-sink-...
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Command line per-application volume (maybe amixer or pactl?)
You can get the number of sink Input with pactl command.
$ pactl list sink-inputs
...
Sink Input #7119
Driver: protocol-native.c
Owner Module: 12
Client: 6298
Sink: 0
...
Properties:
...
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How to prevent white noise in headphones on Dell XPS 13 9350/9360
Set Headphone Mic Boost gain to 10dB. Any other value seems to cause the irritating background noise in headphones. This can be done with amixer:
amixer -c0 sset 'Headphone Mic Boost' 10dB
To make ...
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How do I enable sound in this fresh Arch install?
I recommend asoundconf, which will take care of generating a proper .asoundrc .
List the available sound cards:
asoundconf list
Set the default one:
asoundconf set-default-card PARAMETER
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Default sound volume for all ALSA devices
I just wandered upon this post and see you are struggling with the answer to this as I was. This is what fixed it for me:
Go into alsamixer and set everything the way you want it, then exit and ...
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Problem with audio (stuttering/choppy) in every single distribution I've used
It really is terrible that problems that were resolved back in 2008 are still haunting us in 2020 - 12 years on :(. I'm on Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS.
To get rid of choppy / stuttering / skipping audio when ...
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Create virtual device in .asoundrc file
I solved this issue as follows:
First, load the snd-aloop module:
sudo modprobe snd-aloop
This will create a new device called Loopback:
± % cat /proc/asound/cards ...
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Distortion At High Volume On Headphones
Turning all hardware mixers up worked.
Edit: Actually just found another, slightly hacky, work around to this issue after it came back a few boots later by using an ladpsa amplifier and compressor in ...
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Microphone not working on archlinux
Based on correspondence with the poster (see comments), it turned out that the sound card was muted inside pavucontrol.
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Change what PulseAudio calls a device?
To improve upon dirkt's answer, due to the way shell arguments are interpreted, spaces in PulseAudio properties such as the description require double quoting:
pacmd 'update-sink-proplist alsa_output....
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How to tell Firefox to use another ALSA device?
Apparently there is no option for firefox, but you can manipulate the ALSA output through environment variables.
Try for example:
ALSA_PCM_CARD=bluetooth firefox
Alternatively, if this does not ...
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.ogg audio file and aplay white noise
You cannot decode ogg files with aplay. According to the man page, the only formats aplay understands are voc, wav, raw and au. My guess is that aplay interprets the ogg file as raw data, hence the ...
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What is ALSA in the Linux kernel?
ALSA stands for Advanced Linux Sound Architecture, I'd encourage you to poke around their project website if you're truly curious. Specifically I'd take a look at the "I'm new to ALSA pages & ...
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Change sampling rate in ALSA
Alsa by default uses the same sampling rate and format as the source. It is however possible to force the sample rate up (or down).
Here is one way you could do it. (in /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc)...
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Why would alsa sound pop, crackle and be generally too distorted to listen to?
And fixed!
When looking around, the issue arised when I installed GDM to handle logins, which of course has Gnome attached to it, which in turn requires Pulseaudio. That set my default device to ...
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alsa: record everything on given sound card
Is there a simple, application-independent way to record audio on
given sound card?
Yes ! There is !
What you are looking for is to simply record the output of your sound card.
The easiest way would ...
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Lost sound with xmonad
Finally fixed it by going through absolutely every bar in alsamixer, even the ones that I wasn't sure would matter, and unmuting them all. As it turns out, the mute toggle mutes everything, but only ...
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Change what PulseAudio calls a device?
You can update the device.description with update-sink-proplist and update-source-proplist, e.g.
pacmd update-sink-proplist alsa_output.my-card.analog-stereo device.description=MyCard
I haven't ...
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Route application's audio output to multiple playback devices
If you are using Pulseaudio anyway, have a look at Pulseaudio's modules, in particular module-loopback and module-null-sink. In my experience, snd-aloop is a bit of a pain to use, and as Pulseaudio ...
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Audio not working on Gigabyte x570 Aorus Master with ALC1220 and ESS SABRE 9118 DAC
I installed pavucontrol and I discovered that in configuration tab, analog output profile is unavailable for my audio controller. The only profile available was the digital one.
Then I discovered ...
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How to use command line to change volume?
Higher volume:
amixer set Master 3%+
Lower volume:
amixer set Master 3%-
Mute toggle:
amixer set Master toggle
Example keybindings for i3/sway, the commands are after exec:
bindsym ...
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Why do you need PulseAudio?
Since introduction of Dmix in alsa, pulseaudio turned to be useless. Bare alsa with Dmix somehow enabled deep inside (I haven't have to set anything) works much better for me. For example, there is no ...
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ALSA set plughw as default
Backup your ~/.asoundrc - if you have one - and add the following, to a new ~/.asoundrc:
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
pcm "hw:0,0"
}
}
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Loop audio file from the command line (gapless) or into new file
Sometimes it is just good to know that linux-life can be as easy as imagined, in this case by using SoX (Sound eXchange):
sox infile.flac outfile.flac repeat 32
this even works with different file ...
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Pulseaudio no sound from speakers
Looks like it might be the same bug that is known in Ubuntu also:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1812693
This wiki has a suggestion for a workaround:
https://blog....
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How to switch between headphones and speakers without disconnecting
1. Software switching support
Check, if your sound card supports software switching for the front audio panel. Some older motherboards don't support software switching at all. Some sound cards have ...
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