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how do I make my computer only play through my speaker even if headphones are plugged in?
My mini-jack input is broken, so my computer(HP pavilion dv6 Notebook) thinks there is headphones plugged in at all times. If I physically press lightly on the headphone intput location, speakers ...
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Why don't device and app sound mixers match?
My question is specified in the title, to be more exact I would like to show this particular screenshot of the sound mixer:
As you can see here, the volume of the IE reached the maximum level, but ...
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Buzzing noise feedback from speakers when large amounts of text present on monitor?
This is quite possibly the most ridiculous question I've ever asked. I'm not a tech novice by any means whatsoever, but I'm also definitely not crazy.
This has been going on for quite some time now ...
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Reducing volume of an audio device on windows 7
I have a USB headset with a very loud amplifier, but low granularity in its gain control. In order to get comfortable audio, I have to reduce the individual application levels in the mixer to '1', and ...
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Windows 7/8 no sound (after ubuntu dual boot)
So my brother has a Asus laptop(old) which came with Vista Ult. When Win 7 was released i installed it and everything worked fine (all the drivers). Then my brother tried dual booting it Win7 and ...
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Switch speaker configuration between stereo and 5.1 using shortcut
I'm trying to find a way to quickly change speaker configuration between 5.1 and stereo in Windows 7; anything that I will be able to make a shortcut of on the desktop for quick access.
The issue ...
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FFmpeg: can't capture audio from microphone
I use FFmpeg under Windows 7 to stream live video. There are no problems with the camera, but for some reason I can't capture sound from the microphone (I've tested it, it works fine).
I use the -...
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How to get volume hotkeys in W7?
Windows 7 implemented new Win+X hotkeys. These took over the hotkeys used by Sound Volume Hotkeys http://www.softarium.com/soundvolumehotkeys, which I used to use in XP.
I need software control of my ...
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VirtualBox Windows 7 Host, XP Guest cannot play audio
As the subject says, I cannot get an XP guest to produce sound on my Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit host. Sound works fine in the host OS.
If I set the host audio driver to "Null Audio Driver" and the ...
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Previewing audio files in Windows Explorer [closed]
Is there any program that can play audio files by right click/mouse hover directly in Windows Explorer?
**Update:**Please introduce other apps (if any).
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Setting the mouse wheel to adjust sound level
How can I set my mouse's wheel to increase and decrease the sound level of my PC?
Mouse: A4 X-750F
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Mixing stereo audio signal into one headphone can. For computer games [closed]
Hello I'm deaf in one ear but I love to play competitive FPS pc games. The problem is I can't pinpoint where people are in the game. Which makes it hard to shoot them in the face before they shoot me ...
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Searching for a sound snippet in audio files
I have several days' worth of recordings of a radio show, stored in a number of two-hour MP3 files.
I am looking for one specific song that I'm fairly sure is somewhere in these recordings. It's an ...
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Is there a way to cap the maximum volume in Windows 7?
My dad just got new speakers and my sister likes to push them to maximum volume and basically destroy them. He's asked me if there's anyway I can force the software to not let her listen to her music ...
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How to force Windows 7 to output 5.1 Surround?
I'm running Windows 7 SP1 x64 on an ASUS M2N4-SLI, which has a coaxial digital audio output (see my profile for more HW info - it's system PC1).
How do I force Windows 7 to output 5.1 Surround to my ...
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