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The Stereo Mode of my Headphones Can't be Activated on Windows 11
I have a problem since I installed Windows 11. The sound of my headphones suck. So I looked at a lot of forums to understand the problem.
What I understood is that on Windows 10 there were like two ...
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ffmpeg with libfdk_aac: AAC-HE-V2 profile doesn't work for mono sound?
Whenever I use ffmpeg with libfdk_aac to convert a piece of audio to AAC, I noticed the aac_he_v2 profile does not work if the source audio is mono. For example:
ffmpeg -i mono.wav -c:a libfdk_aac -...
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FFmpeg audio normalization from multi-channel audio to stereo to fix the quiet dialogues
When playing 5.1 surround sound audio on stereo, the dialogues come out quiet low but the other sound effect comes out heavily loud. Fortunately, FFmpeg already has built-in filters to fix this issue ...
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How can I properly normalise surround audio to stereo(2 channels)
This question has been asked before but my query is different and more specific. In MPV player I use this command af=format=channels=stereo,dynaudnorm which is like live normalising the audio. However,...
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What is the recommended way to downmix 5.1 or 7.1 to 2.1?
I've been trying to downmix a 5.1 DTS HD-MA (specifically arranged as C L R Ls Rs LFE) track into 2.1 (with LFE), but I'm not sure of the recommended/standard way that doesn't mess up the audio.
I ...
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How do I check if a 2-track WAV file is "really" in stereo?
I have an audio file (WAV format to be specific). When I open it with an editor (e.g. audacity), I see two channels I suspect that the recording is actually mono rather than audio, i.e. I suspect the ...
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Is it possible to set Windows to downmix all 5.1 surround audio to stereo on driver level?
I have about 2000 media files that I run through Plex on my laptop, which has stereo speakers. The problem is most of these files have the audio track distributed through 6 surround channels, which ...
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Low stereo volume from pc sound
Not sure where to put this but I'm having an issue with the sound from my stereo. I have a standard set of 2.1 pc speakers hooked to the pc and an rca plug ran to my stereo. Sound from 2.1 is perfect ...
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How to duplicate audio device
The situation is as follows:
I recently bought Sennheiser GSX 1000. The device has two main modes: 7.1 and 2.1.
The 2.1 supports 24bit, 96000Hz (Studio Quality) input. This setting I use for ...
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ffmpeg take channels 7+8 and make a stereo
I have a 8 audio track mov file which I want to encode to mp4 using ffmpeg BUT take the tracks 7+8 and put them as stereo with 320k and 48KHz to that mp4.
My line is this:
ffmpeg -i %source% -map 0:0 ...
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Split Stereo Input Device to 2 separate Mono Input Devices
I have a Focusrite Scarlet Solo 3rd Gen that I am using to connect my microphone and console audio from my monitor so I can have all my audio in one place. It sends the audio as an input to Windows 10 ...
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Left/Right Audio Balance Locked Together on Bluetooth Headphones
I'm using Windows 10. I'm a bit deaf on one side so I need to change volume balance of my bluetooth stereo headphones in Window's settings.
For some reasons, recently the L/R volume controls become ...
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Is LFE channel completely lost when downmixing 5.1 to stereo using ffmpeg?
so, I've been reading a lot about downmixing 5.1 to stereo, but as documentation provides, it creates L and R channels, so is the LFE channel being included down the mix? Is it completely lost? I've ...
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How do I increase the stereo mode volume of my headphones when they're already at max?
I have an MDR-1000X headphone and on opening the sounds option for it, I see two options to be used for the output audio: the Hands-Free and the stereo part (as shown in the image below). Now when I ...
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MP3 CD compatibility with older MP3 capable car stereo system
I have MP3 files recorded on CD-R. The files play on a newer (2012) MP3 capable car stereo, but not on an older (2006) MP3 capable car stereo. The following caveat is in the User Manual for the older ...
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