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Linux Ubuntu Speakers Popping every few seconds
I'm new to Linux Ubuntu, long time Windows User, and glad I'm making the switch. When setting up my desktop PC, I am subjected to an annoying and repetitive speaker 'pop' about every 2 seconds. This ...
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Headset microphone not detected by Pulse und Alsa
I have an Acer Aspire V15 Nitro Laptop that only sports a combo jack for both microphone and headphones at the same time. It was always a bit tricky but worked until I reinstalled Arch Linux recently.
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Linux realtime audio visualizer
I'm looking for a program that will visualize anything that goes through my audio-output (in this case it's Spotify) and display it on the screen. Does this exist?
I'm running Ubuntu.
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how to hear mic sound over speakers- Ubuntu karmic
I want to hear the sound that goes into the notebook's mic from the notebook's speaker itself.
I am on Ubuntu 9.10
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How do I restore the Gnome Panel volume control in Ubuntu?
I use alsa, and I don't have a volume control applet on my Gnome Panel.
When I right click and select "add to panel", there is nothing that has to do with "sound", "audio" or "volume" in the list, ...
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How to know whether an audio file is CBR or VBR?
File size of a CBR(Constant bitrate) audio recording can be calculated using a formula:
File Size (Bytes) = (sampling rate) × (bit depth) × (number of channels) × (seconds) / 8
E.g., a 70 minute long ...
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Linux command to concatenate audio files and output them to ogg
What command-line tools do I need in order to concatenate several audio files and output them as one ogg (and/or mp3)?
If you can provide the complete command to concatenate and output to ogg, that ...
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Add silence to the end of an MP3
Do any of you know of a way of adding silence of a fixed duration to the end of an MP3, in Linux? For example using MEncoder, FFmpeg, etc?
It needs to be command line as it will be scripted and ...
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Linux - Creating Virtual Audio Device
My question here is rather simple. How does one create a purely virtual audio device in ALSA that would be capable of:
being used as an audio output destination,
being used as an audio input source, ...
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Skype 4.3 without PulseAudio, only ALSA. Any options?
I have been using Skype for over 10 years now, almost since the initial release, and most of my friends/family/colleagues use it too. So switching IM is not an option.
Microsoft has recently changed ...
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setting audio balance from command line
I'd like to set audio balance from command line (linux), I'v looked at 'aumix' (and googled around) but it seems it does not have an option... can you suggest any method?
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Headphones not reproducing bass under GNOME
I have a 2012 Retina MacBook Pro running Arch Linux with GNOME. Normally, I listen to music using the analog audio I/O interface -- the 3.5mm socket.
Recently, I had to attach a USB microphone to the ...
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How can I increase the A2DP bitpool on Linux?
I recently bought a Bluetooth headset (Philips SHB4000), and got it to stop sounding like a phone after I told Linux (Mint) to use A2DP rather than HSP/HFP.
However, there's still an annoying ...
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Sound volume increase beyond 100% whenever possible on Linux
Some audio output from files or streams is too low. It is obvious that hardware is able to play the same sounds but louder but because of the data it just plays it at some low level even at 100% ...
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How to play a movie listening to two sound tracks simultaneously?
I have movie files with multiple audio tracks (in the MKV container). I want to watch a movie while sending one language to the speakers (for the kids) and another language to the headphones (for ...
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