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Use ffmpeg on linux, without administrative rights
I'm a beginner linux user, and I don't have administrative rights on a linux system, but I would like to run ffmpeg somehow. I know, I can't install it, so I'm looking for some installed binaries to ...
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Ubuntu: how to get audio to work in both Spotify (under Wine) and Flash (in Firefox)?
I'm running Spotify on Linux using Wine.
Sound worked great (even though the sound test in winecfg failed!), until I installed alsa-oss package yesterday to get Flash sound working in Firefox.
Now ...
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How can I record sound from Linux?
I have Linux (ubuntu). And I would like to record a sound. Does anybody know how to do it? I tried to use "Sound Recorder" program which I found in "Sound & Video" menu. First I press "Record". In ...
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Read wav file header - possibly with audacity - on linux
On ubuntu linux, I want to be able to inspect a wav file such that I can read the wav header to determine the format. I have the tool audacity which, as an audio tool seems pretty good, but I can't ...
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How can i can create a virtual pulseaudio soundcard on Linux with no audio hardware?
I have a Docker that's running Alpine Linux. There is no hardware audio device at all.
I've managed to get pulseaudio running seemingly fine under the user.
I've been experimenting with trying to ...
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Real Time Sound Leveler
Lately I've been annoyed with Hulu as the commercials are significantly louder than the actual show. This has caused me to wonder if there existed any application either generic or specific to Hulu or ...
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ALSA PulseAudio sound output when switching between headphones and laptop speaker
Since I installed PulseAudio on my Gentoo system I've been having no audio output from my laptop's speakers when un-plugging the headphones jack.
I suppose the problem lies in how ALSA and PulseAudio ...
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PC as Bluetooth speakers
I know that:
There are Bluetooth speakers for my phone and for my iPod
My desktop computer has Bluetooth dongle
My desktop has speakers attached to it;)
So, my question is: can I use my desktop PC ...
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I want a headless music player that I control from my laptop
The laptop is a Mac, the music server is Ubuntu.
Music is stored on the server and the audio comes from the server. The laptop is just to control things.
Tried Airfoil. Despite the inefficiency of ...
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Is there a way to raise/lower the volume in Linux without using a graphical tool?
Is there a way to raise/lower ALSA's volume without using a graphical tool? I am currently using MPD along with MPC mapped to hotkeys to change the volume, but I recently switched music players and I ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS no sound on LG Gram 2021 (a lot of troubleshooting attempted)
I got a new LG Gram laptop (see specs -> 1) and immediately replaced windows with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I had no issues with installation other than I have no sound. I am aware of many threads ...
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Conditionally encode or copy audio stream using FFMpeg
I'm trying to batch convert a set of video files where some have aac audio and some have wav, raw PCM or other similar formats.
I'm looking for a way to:
Copy the audio stream if it's already aac (-...
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Record audio when sound is detected, like "motion" does for video
For those not familiar with the "motion" project it monitors your camera and when enough motion is detected in the video field of view it records that to a video file. The project website is here What ...
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Disabling built-in speaker in Linux
My workstation has a built-in speaker that, surprisingly, plays audio very well. I also have external speakers hooked up to the audio out jack which are easier to hear. Unfortunately, when I try to ...
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Pipe System sound to another computer
i have no speakers in my PC(Cent-OS 5.5) but there is a stereo speaker connected to the computer next to my Computer(Cent-OS 5.5). Both computers are networked. Is there any way to pipe my system ...
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