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Use speakers while headset is plugged in
I want to use my laptop's built-in speakers while my headset is plugged in (because I need to use my headset's microphone).
My laptop doesn't separate my headset from my laptop speakers when it is ...
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How to deal with Windows 7 when it reports "audio device is disabled," but is not?
I have an interesting situation wherein I updated the audio driver for an Asus X54C and now the audio will no longer work on Windows 7. I have uninstalled and reinstalled various drivers several ...
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How do I enable the integrated speakers on my monitor?
I have an HP 2010i monitor with integrated sound. Right now I am using normal speakers but I want to switch to the integrated speakers in the monitor. The operating system I have is Windows 7.
So ...
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Convenient way to switch Windows default playback device
I have loudspeakers and headphones, both of which are connected to the PC all the time (the headphones are wireless so what is actually connected to the PC is a USB cable from the cradle). If I want ...
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Sometimes sounds change the Windows mixer settings
I find that pretty sporadically something will make a sound, and then mess with the audio settings of another applications.
If I am playing music in Foobar2000, and then plug in an iPod which loads ...
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Does there exist a VNC solution with Audio for Windows 7?
I have two Windows 7 machines: one is a laptop that I use regularly and the other is a desktop that's hooked up to a large TV and some nice speakers. I want to use VNC to project my laptop onto the ...
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No DTS Audio output in Windows 7?
Windows 7 supports a ton of video codecs by default, but I've found that some of the videos I have will play video but no audio.
Using the MediaInfo application, It looks like the culprit is the DTS-...
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Can you downmix Windows 7 sound to mono?
I need my Windows 7 64 bit machine to output mono downmixed sound. Downmixed, not just single channel (I'm deaf in one ear).
Is there any possibility to force such behavior. I'm looking for a ...
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How can I get the voice feedback feature on a headset?
One "feature" that I've found on some gaming headsets is the ability to hear yourself speaking in the speakers real-time. This helps you communicate as it's more akin to real-life communication. If ...
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Swap Left-Right channel for USB headset
I have a usb headset and I need to switch left and right channels. The usb headset (hp h8000) does not have a software (it has drivers but nothing I can set options for). Is there any way?
This is ...
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How can I improve the accuracy of Windows Speech Recognition?
Why is Windows Speech Recognition (the app) in Windows 8 and 8.1 so pathetic?
I've been using it since they first put it on their OS years ago and it has hardly improved in the slightest.
It still ...
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How can I tell if a recording is multi-channel without third party tools?
A customer has an audio that is confidential and can't send it to me. He also doesn't want to install any tools.
Is there any way to tell whether the recording is one channel or two channel?
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Mac Mini 1.66 (32-bit) no sound on Windows 7
I've tried everything I could to get the sound working. I've tried to install the drivers from the Snow Leopard disk, then I went and got the latest RealTek drivers from the RealTek website. Then I ...
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Is there some dead simple way to record all audio (input+output) on Windows 7?
I need a very simple app that my non-technical colleagues can use for recording calls made via a VOIP program on their PC.
There are many programs that allow recording audio input and/or output - but ...
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How to use the keyboard's mute button to mute only the speakers, not the headphones?
I have a Microsoft Comfort Curve keyboard (KU-0459). It features a set of buttons for volume control. The interesting one is "mute".
I also have a set of USB speakers (Logitech S-150), and a set of ...
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Merge stereo channels into one side?
I'm listening to stereo music albums in a pair of stereo headphones. The left speaker of the headphones is not over my ear (I can't hear the left side). The right speaker of the headphones is over ...
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Computer sounds, not music to headphones and computer speaker at the same time?
I'd like to have the windows sounds output to the computer's speaker and to headphones, but any other media to output sound to headphones only (when they're plugged in). Is this possible?
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Sound is barely audible
After working great for a long time, the sound on my system is now barely audible. It's not the speakers as it is also really low with headphones. Volume is maxed out on the speaker, in the ...
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Windows 7 lock microphone levels
There are certain applications that use the microphone, but automatically change the volume when I use it which makes it too quiet. Is there a way in Windows to prevent these applications from ...
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Why would sound suddenly stop working on Windows 7?
I'm running Windows 7 RTM on a laptop and sometime between 7pm and 9:30pm tonight my sound stopped working.
I was away from the computer at the time and watched a youtube video with sound just before ...
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Install windows7 on Macbook Air - no sound
I installed Windows 7 on Mac book air, but now there is no sound.
I googled similar issues- one of the finds came out that I have to install realtek drivers, which I did, but still the issue persists.
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Windows reading entire audio file on open
I spotted some slightly odd behaviour whilst playing with some MP3 files under Windows 7 (32-bit) I recently purchased from Amazon. They are stored on a network (Samba) share and, in essence, there ...
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Windows 7 audio service isn't running
Recently I have problems in my audio systems. After startup, there is no sound in my computer. There is a notification in audio service isn't running. Then, I go to services.msc and in windows audio, ...
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Is there a handy alternative to change volume balance in Windows 7?
I need to change volume balance every now and then as my headphones have the right ear too silent (while still very good in all the other criteria) while the built-in speakers are Ok. Unfortunately ...
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Sound not working in VMware player
Guest operating system is Windows 7 and I have VMware player 6.0.1 installed. On it latest version of Mint Linux is run. The problem is Linux never gets sound. How do I fix this? The message "the ...
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Logitech h250 headset microphone does not output voice
My Logitech h250 headset was working for 5 months, then all of a sudden the microphone doesn't output anything but wind. The audio output works fine, but when I listen to a microphone recording, all I ...
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Audio randomly stops working on Windows 7
For some reason, the sound on my computer stops working randomly. Once every few minutes, sometimes down to a few seconds in between, it just cuts out and goes silent. sometimes it will come back on ...
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Weird noise coming out on Windows 7 when harddisk activity at peak?
I'm having a very strange problem. I'm hearing a "choooooooooo kkkrrr" sound (Its not like the normal sound speakers make when powered on) all the time. When there is more Hard Disk r/w activity the ...
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Audio out of sync in multiple parts of one video, how to fix?
I have a video which has various audio out of sync at different times. For example, from 2:00 to 4:30, the audio delay is 6 seconds, and 3:00 to 6:00, the audio delay is 8 seconds & 38 min ti 42 ...
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Playing sound simultaneously over two output devices [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I configure dual headphones under Windows 7?
Here is my scenario. I have a Windows 7 machine. This machine has two wireless headsets (I have two wireless dongles and ...
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Which Windows is best for two concurrent users? [closed]
I'm running Windows 7 in VMPlayer under Linux. I made some changes to Windows 7 to allow it to have two people logged in at the same time. However when I do this the sound lags behind on the host ...
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How can I get Windows 7 to switch audio from a monitor (with built-in speakers) to headphones when they are plugged in?
I have an HP dv5t laptop running Windows 7 64 bit with an Acer H235H monitor connected to it via an HDMI cable. The monitor has built-in speakers, which are a huge improvement over the laptop's ...
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No suitable decoder module: VLC does not support the audio or video format "undf".
I'm playing a video in VLC which has dual audio tracks. It runs fine with one track (Language), but when I change to the second audio track, doesn't play the audio and gives the error below:
"No ...
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Quiet volume on headphone jack on ASUS Eee 1005HA
I have an ASUS Eee 1005HA running Windows 7 Starter. The volume output of the headphone jack is extremely low. Otherwise, the speakers work fine.
I downloaded and installed the most recent audio ...
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How to get sound from a 'record out' sound output into a Thinkpad
The Lenovo Thinkpad T440 (specifications) running Windows 7, and has all the latest audio drivers installed and reported to be working. The machine has what's called a "Combo audio/microphone jack". ...
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Remote Desktop audio desync
I have a pretty simple problem, I do the opposite of most people - I remote home while at work (I really don't like the software environment at work). Everything works fine except the audio lags by ...
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Delay before audio playback starts with digital speakers (Windows 7/8/10)
Windows seems to have a problem with digital audio output (using coaxial/optical outputs) where the audio output goes to "sleep" when not in use and takes a moment to cut back in. I have experienced ...
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Overriding/fixing TV HDMI EDID with Windows
My Samsung JS8500 TV provides a default EDID with only 2 channel audio to Windows/Nvidia. e.g. under audio playback devices, or the monitor device in the Device Manager, the number of audio channels ...
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Audio buzz and video glitch when any update or restore point creation starts the Volume Shadow Service
I have the above problem and see that others do too. I've had no help from Microsoft and am asking if anyone else knows a solution. Please post if you do.
Here is a description of the problem, what ...
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Applications continue to use original audio device, even though I selected a different default audio device
Problem example:
Default Audio Device is my Headset. ITunes playback through headset.
I switch Default Audio Device to Monitor. ITunes continues playback
through headset.
This happens visa versa ...
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Windows 7 sounds tab missing
This "Sounds" tab is gone from my system:
I have sound on my laptop, anything I playback has sound, I can even switch theme profiles and sounds change (as evidenced by the "welcome" sound that I hear ...
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Piping STDIO Output To Audio Device In Windows 7
What I'm looking for is a way to take the stdio output of my short program I wrote and pipe it to an audio device, much in the way that I can with linux. I'm experimenting with short programs that ...
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How can I create a desktop shortcut for "Listen to this device"?
In windows, there is a way to make audio from your input go to your output, by checking "Listen to this device". Is there a way to make a desktop shortcut or start menu shortcut that enables/disables ...
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Windows lists the wrong Directshow Audio Capture Devices
Some time ago the directshow audio capture devices on my Win7 machine stopped updating.
For example
ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy
lists devices that have been uninstalled already and ...
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Remote Desktop microphone forwarding on Win7 Pro
I'd like to use the microphone forwarding over RDP on Win7 Pro. Unfortunately this is only available on Enterprise and Ultimate editions. Do you know of any workaround for this?
I'l like those ...
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How to change the media key sound volume step count from 1% to 0.05%?
My keyboard has volume up and down keys, however whenever I hit one of the keys the volume goes up/down by 1%. That's way too much in my case/hardware/equipment setup.
Is it possible to change the ...
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How can I downmix all system audio to mono? [duplicate]
I'm deaf in one ear and want to use my headphones when playing a game and talking with my friends on Skype/TS/Mumble/etc while also sometimes listening to music.
I need ALL my system audio to be ...
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Why do my speakers get distorted randomly on Windows 7?
I have a studio monitor setup. I have 2 KRK 6's and a Focusrite Firewire Pro 24.
Every few hours my speakers sound distorted and my solution has been go to sound levels > Properties of Saffire Audio ...
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Multiple HDMI Audio Devices in Windows 7
Question: How do I determine which audio capable display gets sound when I chose "HDMI Audio Device" from Playback Devices?
Desired End Result: A three monitor setup with a TV being a clone of one of ...
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Are there any windows softphones that support "mute all other sounds" on calls
Are there any softphones that do as the title asks?
We've been using 3CX and I've tried Blink, EKiga, X-Lite and a few more which I have forgotten the name of. I can't seem to find any softphone that ...
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