Questions tagged [alsa]
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system.
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How to make & enable a Pipewire profile for sound card
I have recently switched to using sway window manager, and a key piece of functionality disappeared - which is automatic changing of output from my speakers to my 3.5mm headphone output when my ...
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How to have an online meeting without PulseAudio?
I was silent during the last two meetings I attended because the audio wasn't working. One was with Zoom and the other with Meetecho. I have two mics on my Linux PC, one included with the webcam and ...
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Why is my external 3.5mm microphone not detected on Acer Aspire A514-54G with Ubuntu?
I'm using an Acer Aspire A514-54G laptop running Ubuntu, and I'm having trouble getting my external 3.5mm microphone to work. While audio output through earphones works perfectly fine using the same ...
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Chrome browser - specify audio output device per-process (alsa-audio-device parameter has no effect)
I need to tell a specific instance of Chrome to send sound to a specific device, which is different from the system's default audio device. After some research, I've found the --alsa-output-device ...
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Set a name for snd-dummy device
On Ubuntu 24.04, I created four dummy sound cards using snd-dummy by running
sudo modprobe snd-dummy enable=1,1,1,1 pcm_devs=4,4,4,4 fake_buffer=0,0,0,0
When I use these devices in other applications ...
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Why are there audio channel differences on an Alienware M18 R2 when using Arch Linux and Linux Mint?
I have an Alienware m18 R2 and installed Arch Linux on it. To my surprise the sound was not working out of the box. I have a Linux Mint live USB flash drive and booted with it. To my surprise the ...
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Change Default Master Volume Control to "PCM" in alsamixer on Linux Mint
I am running Linux Mint and whenever I use my system's hardware volume controls (e.g., volume up/down buttons), it adjusts the "PCM 1" level in alsamixer. However, I want it to adjust the &...
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How do you set the default sound device at the shell prompt in pipewire?
Related to this question and this question but with Pipewire not pulse audio (unless it is the same, but pacmd doesn't work):
How do you set the default output device (the radio button below) at the ...
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Error listening to audio on davinci resolve
I am getting these errors when trying to listen to audio on davinci resolve 18 on Debian.
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:972:(snd_pcm_dmix_open)
The dmix plugin supports only playback stream
This is the ...
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No sound issue in Zorin OS 16.2
I've installed Zorin OS to try it out because it's based on Ubuntu and I like the interface and other things in it but I have a problem. My sound card is recognized by Alsa and activated but I have no ...
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OBS studio won't record audio only
I wanted to record only audio with OBS Studio. So I have created a new scene and added just Audio Capture Device (ALSA). Then I clicked on the Start recording...button. It recorded both screen and ...
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Buffer xrun in Alsa while ffmpeg streaming from certain sources
I am broadcasting the audio of my desktop PC (client here onwards) using the Pulseaudio RTP module:
load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp_2_camilla channels=2 format=S16BE rate=96000 ...
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Is there a way to control xfce-pulseaudio-plugin (pavucontrol) with command line?
Trying to setup media control shortcuts in Xfce (Play/Pause, Next track). I have xfce-pulseaudio-plugin which use pavucontrol. Is there a way to switch tracks via pavucontrol command line interface? ...
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Mono audio output with pulseaudio and alsa on embedded system
I am running an embedded system using pulseaudio and alsa.
I need to downmix all audio inputs to a single mono output.
I have seen other answers that involve modifying /etc/pulse/default.pa like the ...
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I can't make my microphone work after switching to pipewire
I have just upgraded from kubuntu 22.04 to 22.10 , wich includes also pipewire as default.
Now the microphone is behaving funny. Sometimes it doesnt pick audio at all, sometimes it stutters like crazy,...
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