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Hulu - Sound Effects too Loud, Dialogue not Loud Enough
Whenever I watch things on Hulu, I am always adjusting the sound because the sound effects are extremely loud and the dialogue is way too quiet. At first I thought that the issue was with crappy ...
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Why does play/pause on my Bluetooth headset not work with Spotify on Windows 8.1?
In Windows 8 (8.1 specifically) the play/pause button on my Sennheiser Bluetooth A2DP headphones does not play or pause Spotify. The track skip buttons work, but not the play/pause button.
Windows 8 ...
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Flash player in firefox doesn't update playback device without a refresh
In firefox, while a video (flash player) is playing, I cannot immediately change the playback device. After I set the new playback device, the video continues playing in the previous one, and a ...
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Windows 8.1's audio service chokes on threads and handles?
-- snipped as the hibernation thing seems to be invalid now --
Edit: I found this...
This process is using 52,552 handles and 6,065 threads when I took the screenshot.
At the time of writing, 52,913 ...
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Google Chrome Missing from Volume Mixer
I have Windows 8.1, and Google Chrome is missing from my Volume Mixer (it does not show up on it). I cannot hear any audio from that program. I've tested both Flash audio (e.g., YouTube) and HTML5 ...
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Use laptop microphone when headset is plugged in, not use headset mic
I have a Razer Kraken Pro headset with a microphone, but want to be able to use the internal laptop microphone when I have the headset plugged in.
When I unplug my headset, the internal microphone ...
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Headphones stopped working in windows 8.1
So, I installed Linux mint 15 mate 64 bit on other partition, and a weird thing happened, I booted into Windows 8.1 and my headphones do not work. Realtek softwares notification pops up and recognizes ...
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Windows 8.1 unable to play Music or the Audio from videos through Optical Out
I am having an issue with my audio output, where any music file, and the audio side of videos are not being played through my optical audio output. I am running a Realtek HD Audio device built on ...
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After upgrading to Windows 8.1, none of my music plays
Amazon Cloud Player just won't play the songs and fails silently.
Windows media player says: "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not ...
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Recover data from HDD
Out of the blue, when I plugged in one of my external drives, I could only see a part of the contents in File Explorer; after trying to open the volume again a few times, I rebooted and was greeted by ...
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