Questions tagged [audio]
For questions about the recording and playback of speech and music on your computer, as well as for problems about the sound component of videos.
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why the command in ffmpeg with dshow is not working ? i can't list devices and can't capture/record audio only video. using windows 10 pro
I want to capture video and audio. I can capture video no problems but I can't capture the audio, and when I type thw list_devices command i get this error:
ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i ...
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Microphone Unmutes Itself on Sound on Win11 24H2
I have a Shure MV7 microphone, which also acts as a sound card. It's plugged into my computer via USB, but also has my headphones plugged in. It has a physical mute toggle, and also the ability to ...
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How to compress video but also preserve audio track names?
I have a series of MP4 files that I intend to compress into x265. The files have two audio tracks, to which a name and language is set.
I want the files compressed the video but keeping the audio ...
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PI 5 os VLC media player no HDMI sound
I have a PI 5 with dedicated HDMI monitor and keyboard and mouse.
I can play YouTube video with sound using Chromium successfully. So HDMI HW does work.
But when I use the VLC media player and try to ...
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Can I use this old LG as an android tv? [migrated]
I have an old monitor that is still working ok (LG W2361V).
Is it possible to make it into a TV by using an android box or is it too old for that? What about the sound?
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Why is the audio output of docking station not detected when connected a screen to the docking station?
I bought this docking station:
SZPACMATE: 4,2 4,2 su 5 stelle (6.137)
HUB USB C, Docking Station 12 in 1 con 4K HDMI, VGA, 3*USB 2.0, USB3.0, USB C Data, PD3.0, Porta Ethernet RJ45, SD/TF, AUX da 3,5 ...
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How can I disconnect Bluetooth headphones so that it stays disconnected until I reconnect it myself?
When I disconnect Bluetooth headphones, it automatically reconnect after a while (about 1 day? I don't know exactly). How can I disconnect Bluetooth headphones so that it stays disconnected until I ...
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How to merge video stream from one file and audio streams from another one?
Situation:
I did encoded a h.264 input_original.mkv file to h.265 output_hevc.mkv
After long encoding process I realise there are wrong audio streams was choose.
I need to get new output_hevc_2.mkv ...
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Pulse Audio - Docker Fargate Container (XVFB FFEMPEG Selenium)
i'm having some issues about pulse audio, in my local enviroment windows using docker image i can deploy a application that can open a browser using selenium (this works fine) and capture the audio ...
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Remote desktop audio needs fixing after sleep
Weird thing. I remote into a local Windows 10 computer every day. I put both computers to sleep at night and wake it in the morning. Every morning, the audio doesn't work until I right-click on the ...
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Audio not working in my PC
I checked my volume multiple times and troubleshot my speakers, but I couldn’t find a solution. I even restarted my PC, but that didn’t help either.
In my sound settings, the speaker is set to ...
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Multiple copies of Realtek audio codec in device manager causes low sound
In
c:\windows\system32\DriverStore\FileRepository
I have the following folders:
realtekhsa.inf_amd64_d715...
realtekintapo.inf_amd64_8a55...
realtekservice.inf_amd64_c607...
realtekservice....
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Shows Invalid URL After Clicking Download on Realtek Audio Driver
I am trying to download the Realtek Audio Driver from the official site (https://www.realtek.com/Download/List?cate_id=593&menu_id=369) due to audio issues following a recent Windows update. I ...
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Why is audio and WiFi not working after Windows 10 update?
I'm facing an issue where my audio device is not working after installing Windows 10 and Realtek drivers. I initially installed Windows 10 on my system.
After the installation, I found that my audio ...
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iPhone (iOS18) often fails to switch Bluetooth audio devices - anyone else seen this? [migrated]
Ever since I updated to iOS 18, my iPhone often fails to switch bluetooth audio devices. Mostly this means that after I have used my AirPods at the health club (and then put my buds in their case) it ...
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Windows 11 suddenly not recognizing Bluetooth device as sound output device
I have two Bose Headphones Quiet Comfort (2024)
Both of them connect fine on one laptop with Windows 11.
But on another laptop with Windows 11 only one of them works. It worked fine before but ...
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Windows 11 - Doesn't show Hands-free option when connect a bluetooth headset
I've bought a bluetooth headset and tried to connect in a Lenovo Laptop with Windows 11.
The fact is that it works perfectly to listen songs and videos, but when enter in an application that uses the ...
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how to set audio output device for ffplay on Windows?
I try to use this code to setup audio output device:
ffplay -audio_device "Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)" "C:\Users\me\Desktop\file.mp3"
but it does not work;
I have ...
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How to force or mimic surround sound for center speaker when only stereo is available?
My setup is:
Denon AVR-X1700H 7.2, with 5.1 speaker config
Roku ultra
Spectrum App
The spectrum app, and many others, only provide stereo audio. And since my AV receiver is physically setup for 5.1 ...
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How to use 5.1 speakers with a laptop/docking station?
I bought a speaker system with 5 speakers and a subwoofer.
The green plug from the speakers is plugged into the green port on the docking station, but the 2 rear speakers are not being fed input.
Do I ...
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Force ffmpeg to select libfdk_aac instead of native aac decoder via C API
I have an audio decoding application written using ffmpeg's C api. This decodes compressed audio and converts them to unsigned 32 bit PCM data. I have libfdk_aac linked to ffmpeg, and ffmpeg is ...
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How do you use HRTF for VLC?
I have a movie that is in 5.1 surround and I have some SHP2500 headphones. I want to use HRTF function of VLC to make the movie be like how it is intended be in straight of the action.
I tried reading ...
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Why does my microphone only records white noise in CentOS 9?
After upgrading my Linux kernel I have noticed the microphone records only noise. Of course I have checked my microphone is working in Windows but not in my current CentOS Stream 9.
Here are my system ...
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Facing issues with recording audio for 2 applications in Linux Mint
I am currently building a small-scale project to record audio during online meetings/calls with clients and use the SpeechRecognition package in Python to get the transcript.
To record audio, I ...
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Sound device disconnected
I use Lenovo T430 Thinkpad (Type 2349) laptop.
Allegedly, I have a Realtek HD Audio device.
My sound device is disconnected.
I am not being able to fix this issue.
So far I have tried:
Removing the ...
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How do you disable an audio device on chrome OS
I have a room full of ChromeOS boxes. We are using a usb audio device for connecting headsets but chrome os keeps switching the default audio device to the built-in audio whenever a user logs out. Is ...
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how do i add audio padding
I'm making a custom intro for a game I play and for the intro, it wants a .webm format I have a .webm format but for some reason, the code of the game cuts the audio off 1 second early so I wanna know ...
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Is there any way to trick the kernel think the sound card is ALC898 and not 897?
Recently I upgraded my computer with AsRock Z790 Pro RS. This motherboard comes with Realtek ALC897 which has no support in the linux kernel yet. As you can see in this link ALC897 is not listed. ...
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ffplay reading PCM data from pipe - pause when no data available instead of continuing to seek
I am using ffplay (and I suspect ffmpeg is also necessary somewhere in the pipeline) to play audio from an audio byte stream produced by a Python script, which may produce bytes (raw PCM16LE, single ...
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How can I automatically remove all of a single audio track from an MKV and then verify that the audio track has been removed?
This is a bit of a multi-part question, so please bear with me.
My NAS is filling up with TV shows, so for the purposes of saving space, I'm trying to remove all dubbed audio tracks from my multi-...
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Stop apps/websites changing your volume
I have searched and searched this issue and came across a number of "solutions" that do not actually do what I need done.
I tend to keep my volume on my PC muted until I need it, as I have a ...
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Is there a way to find all programs that produced a sound in the last X minutes on Windows 10+?
I have a problem that my laptop has started seemingly randomly producing a certain sound and I can't find which program is causing it. Since it's random (at least I haven't been able to find the ...
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FFmpeg audio stream selection error
[STREAM] index=0 codec_name=h264
[STREAM] index=1 codec_name=aac
[STREAM] index=2 codec_name=mp3
ffmpeg.exe -y -i "C:\Temp\MultiAudio\Test0V1A2A.mkv" -map 0:v:0 -map 0:a:2 -map_metadata -...
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Sound suddenly stops working while microphone is still usable
I have a Logitech H390 headset. One day, while using it, my headset suddenly stopped playing anything. The device name was changed to "Hi Res USB-C AUDIO". I can still continue to customize ...
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Connect Sony HT-S20R to Windows and disable front speakers
I have Sony HT-S20R 5.1 sound system. It has HDMI ARC (currently connected to TV), 3mm audio and SPDIF jack (connected to laptop)
My desk is very close to front speakers and it's very annoying to ...
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Why doesn't Ubuntu 24.04 recognize jack headset as audio input?
I recently encountered a problem on my Ubuntu 24.04 where a jack headset that I connect via AUX is not recognized as audio input. I don't know whether it worked before at some point or not.
In Pulse ...
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How to unfreeze the audio menu in Windows 11 without restarting the computer?
One of the common issues that I've seen on multiple machines in both Windows 10 and Windows 11 is that when an audio device is disconnected, or when an application tries to change Bluetooth mode ...
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How to make USB devices work better on an aging desktop?
I have a 7 year old desktop computer (Dell XPS, i7-7700, 16Gb, Windows 10) which is still working very well and my preferred work computer.
However when I plugged a new Logitech USB webcam into it, ...
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Why am I unable to play video when switching audio, after FFmpeg processing?
Usually I use command like this:
ffmpeg -i video.mkv -i audio.mka -i subs.ass -c copy -map 0 -map 1:a -map 2:s out.mkv
To add additional audio and subtitles to a video while still keeping the ...
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Issues creating a thumbnail stream for dash.js?
https://cdn.dashjs.org/latest/jsdoc/module-MediaPlayer.html#provideThumbnail
I understand correctly that when called with a timestamp. Will it return the miniature?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...
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FFMPEG conversion from .ts files to .mp4 playback issue
I am converting a bunch (990) of .ts files into an .mp4 video file using ffmpeg.
The resulting .mp4 file will play perfectly fine in vlc, however when I play it in QuickTime on Mac, or more ...
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How do I convert a WAV file to an MP3 file without adding a split second of silence?
I am currently making a mixtape where every song transitions perfectly into the next one.
I made sure to check the zero crossing so that there is no clicks (or silence) at the end of the tracks, and ...
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What can be done about input on Windows system not working as expected on MacBook (2015)?
I have a MacBook Air (2015) with 256 GB of storage, on which I installed Windows.
And because of the storage, I had to delete the system drive, and only now Windows is installed on it.
But ...
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Automatically quiet my devices to a "silent mode" based on time and location? (1 x Win11 + 2 x Android)
I have set up a situation here where I have installed Whatsapp v2.24.19.82 (of the same number on my phone, tablet and laptop), I have also set up Phone Link between my laptop and phone. So, whenever ...
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Sudden appearance of audio problems under Windows 10. How can I solve this?
I've been using a desktop computer for many years without audio problems. Last time I used the audio was a few days ago. Never a problem. Today, no program can deliver audio output to my headphones. ...
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Both pavucontrol and pwvucontrol throw segfault errors post system update
Still pretty new to arch but I ran a full system update this morning (sudo pacman -Syu and yay -Syu), and since, both pwvucontrol and pavucontrol just return the following output when run (program ...
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Linux, How to stop or fix vlc messages in bash?
VLC media player in GUI works fine on final.mp3
GUI = graphical user interface
Thus final.mp3 audio is playing ok.
But, vlc messages via a:
bash script or
CLI command line interface.
commands issued:
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Merging multiple mp3 files into one long mp3 file [closed]
I have a collection of audio files in mp3 format and I'd wish to merge some of them into a one lengthy mp3 file. For example I have 20 audio files and I need to merge them into 1 long mp3 file.
My ...
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how to add audio track to video with multiple audio & subtitle tracks?
I have a video with 3 audio streams and 4 subtitle streams, all switchable with the QuickTime player. Now I want to add English audio that will also appear in that switchable list.
Here are the ...
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How do I prevent a specific external device (e.g. keyboard) on Mac from controlling the volume?
The volume control wheel on my keyboard seems to be broken. It randomly keeps changing the volume on its own. Is there a way I can prevent the keyboard from adjusting the volume while maintaining ...
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