Questions tagged [alsa]
ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ) is an API of audio functions for the linux platform.
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how to get all alsa devices (aplay -L) in openSUSE TW?
So I've been using ubuntu but want to move to TW but the lack of support for "HiFi" USB DACs is stopping me right now. To explain better, when I ran "aplay -L" in Ubuntu I get this ...
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Muted sound after Linux boot
I am faced with a sound output problem. After I installed Linux (in my case, Kali or Mint), sound is muted. When I run alsamixer, it shows 0% every time system is booted. Could you help me to fix the ...
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Difference between amidi -l and aconnect -l
I would like to use fluidsynth as a player for my Java application. However, fluidsynth creates a port visible via aconnect -l but invisible via amidi -l. Java MIDI, in turn, sees only the ports ...
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ALSA: How to duplicate audio so it comes out of two devices at once
I have two devices playback_bt (Connects to BT chip) and aduplex_rtp (which delivers audio to a device/speaker over rtp). I can use aplay to play sound to them individually. I want to be able to write ...
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Route pulseaudio to more than 2 devices
I have a gstreamer pipeline that tee's audio into multiple sinks (devices). I've a bunch of sinks I want to route the audio to but it doesn't seem to work. When I tee the pipeline to max 2 devices, ...
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During long online video presentation when I was the only one speaking the headphones did turn off
I have really odd issue, but I lack knowledge of the possible root cause. So I don't even know how to test what is the reason behind this.
This year I started teaching on video meetings. Those type of ...
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Pulseaudio combined sinks resulting in latency & poor audio quality
I want to be able to hear sound from 3 different devices.
I have the following cards.
pactl list cards
Card #0
Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_0e.0
Driver: module-alsa-card.c
Owner Module: 1
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Configuring asound.conf for HDMI 7.1 Surround Sound with Channel Remapping
What is a correct /etc/asound.conf for an hdmi audio output that needs to 1) output as 7.1 surround sound and 2) allows remapping the output channels?
The goal is to get ALSA to output some 8 channel ...
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What language are the alsa configuration files (such as ~/.asoundrc) written in?
Here's a brief snippet of an alsa config file (/usr/share/alsa/pcm/default.conf):
pcm.!default {
@args [ CARD ]
@args.CARD {
type string
default {
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Alsa duplicate speaker sound to HDMI
I'm seeking for help or advice to setup my audio on my linux machine.
I would like to duplicate the audio coming out from the speaker to hdmi output.
Please see the settings I have:
aplay -l
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How to set LADSPA plugin in asound.conf in Linux?
I am working on embedded Linux system (kernel-5.10), and the system needs to setup ladspa plugin to deal with audio.
My setting of asound.conf is as follows, which defines a PCM device named ...
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Remove not used sinks in ALSA
Just installed Debian 12 from scratch and Kodi, only using ALSA for sound.
I have two sound devices, the HDMI to my sound receiver and an external DAC.
Every thing runs good with great sound quality, ...
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What is the difference & relation between audio sink and audio card, device?
What is the difference & relation between audio sink and audio card/device?
Can a sink sink into more than 1 device of the same audio card? aka, sink-device ca be a one-to-many relation?
PS: I'm ...
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alsa: decrease volume for specific application
When I play audio or video in Firefox, the sound is always louder than when running my other applications (audio payer, video player, sound notifications and alerts)
This is particularly noticeable on ...
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How to deal with ALSA errors
Using some very simple example code to do speech-to-text in Python it works, but spews out a stream of the following errors and warnings:
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or ...
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