Questions tagged [audio]
Questions about audio hardware and software in Linux and other UNIX operating systems.
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Audio skipping in Tauon music player for Linux (Flatpak)
Audio sometimes skips or stutters during playback in Tauon music player for Linux. It is installed as a flatpak.
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Audio randomly skipping on Kubuntu 24.04
Audio playback on Kubuntu 24.04 will randomly skip when watching videos in browser and audio players. This issue is independent of browser and audio player, which indicates a deeper issue within the ...
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How to get bluetooth headsets working in Debian Trixie Mate Desktop
On a reasonably plain vanilla Debian 13 Mate install on two old laptops, how to use a bluetooth headset?
Laptop one is a Lenovo Thinkpad T440 laptop with a built-in bluetooth adapter
Laptop two is a ...
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Sound card disappear after restart
I have a problem where my main sound card (Realtek ALC236) would disappear after reboot, leaving only my HDMI output (ATI R6xx HDMI). It will only restored after full shutdown. This problem appears ...
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Gnome settings menu vs browser input source
When I want to use my microphone on a website (say Google Meets), there are 2 places I can specify it:
In the Gnome settings panel:
In the website itself, on the browser (ie. https://webcammictest....
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How to disable Gnome click sounds?
I'm not using Gnome as a desktop environment, but I use some Gnome-related programs. When I press one of the buttons in the title bar in e.g. GEdit, GThumb or ScreenKey or go to the parent folder in ...
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Adding a playback delay with PipeWire
Using PipeWire, I'm trying simultaneous playback from the laptop speakers and a Bluetooth speaker.
Creating temporary links on the PipeWire graph with qpwgraph or coppwr works.
However, Bluetooth ...
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How to control volume for 4-channel audio with alsaloop when softvol plugin only supports 1 or 2 channels?
I’m working on audio forwarding between sound cards on my development board using alsaloop. Previously, I used a 2-channel configuration, which worked fine with the softvol plugin for volume control. ...
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Bit perfect audio on Debian 13
I am trying to install bit perfect audio. Up to and including Debian 11 that was not much of a problem.
However, now I am on Debian 13 (Trixie) and Pulseaudio and Pipewire are giving me a hard time.
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logs for active audio device changing (pipewire/wireplumber)
(Pipewire/Wireplumber, KDE Plasma, Aurora (Fedora atomic/Silveblue))
Where can I find logs related to the current audio device changing, or devices being added/removed, etc?
(background)
every few ...
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How to isolate the audio tracks (vocals, separate instruments) from a music file?
With Deezer's spleeter seemingly not being in active development (in addition to requiring some past version of Python) and demucs not being actively maintained (4.0.1 runs into errors on my system, ...
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Realtek ALC662 rev 3 mic problem
I'm running void Linux and I'm having troubles with my headset, I'm using jack 3.5mm TRRRS connection into my PC's headset port. Prior to switching to linux headset worked fine (both mic and audio) ...
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Is there a way to snoop on what is changing the audio volume?
Something is adjusting the volume. This is a recurring problem for me on Linux. I've had Zoom do it. I've had Discord do it. A lot of programs try to auto adjust my volume. I'd like to know if there ...
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PipeWire downmixing 7.1 audio on KDE neon, tried all standard config and pactl methods
Operating System: KDE neon User Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.16.0-061600-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: ...
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Is it possible to record audio on a wayland desktop with ffmpeg?
I've figured out a way to capture video on wayland (hyprland) with ffmpeg, but that method does not cover audio.
Most people on wayland will be using pipewire, pipewire has a compatibility layer for ...
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