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Encode mp3 to playback at 1.5x speed in avconv (libav)

I would like to take an mp3 file and re-encode it to play faster (perhaps at 1.5x speed). I primarily use avconv in debian linux, but can use any other program if recommended. I can use any operating ...
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Why some videos play only in a particular media player?

Our client sent us a couple of videos files for audio transcription work. They said that we should use Player Microsoft application 4.8.0.0 to properly run the two files [right clicking these files, ...
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Inaudible dialogue in video files

When playing some movies in my computer the voices are really, really low - I have to boost the volume to the maximum in order to be able to hear anything. This causes some sound effects to be really, ...
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YouTube web no sound but VLC has sound

On Windows 7, in YouTube web client (in latest Chrome) - videos play, but without sound. IIRC, they used to play with sound some days earlier on the same machine. Pretty sure I did not change any ...
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VLC volume only to 200%?

According to this comment it seems that VLC could boost the audio volume up to 800% in the past versions. Today I installed VLC multimedia player version 2.0.5 and it is capable only to boost up to ...
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Why are slightly different MKA chapter timecodes needed for WAV and OGG?

I am converting an audio CD to OGG format by ripping it to WAV (using cdparanoia) and encoding it as OGG (using oggenc). If I mux the WAV file to MKA with chapter timecodes as reported by cdparanoia ...
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How to play multiple audio track of video simultaneously on VLC

Whenever I play a video with multiple audio tracks on vlc the first audio track is played. How do I enable both tracks so that I hear both tracks playing at the same time while playing the video?
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VLC through a custom ALSA device

How can I make VLC playing through some of my custom ALSA devices? I created several custom ALSA devices (for routing, amplifying, mixing and other purposes) and can use them with Mplayer without any ...
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How to capture audio together with video in VLC?

I am currently capturing my desktop in VLC as such : Ctrl + C ( capture options ) then I choose capture device Desktop then on the bottom I choose Play -> Convert choose a file to save to and some ...
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Per-file volume adjustment in VLC

I used to listen music using iTunes, which allowed me to adjust the audio volume on a per-file basis: Get Info --> Options --> Volume Adjustment (-100% <---> None <---> +100%) ...
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Pulse audio error and strange noise when using VLC on Wheezy

I am trying to play audio files on my Raspberry pi using VLC, but I am getting a "Pulse audio output error" and the song has a huge amount of random noise. Here is a little video that shows what I am ...
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How to encode audio with Opus codec?

The Opus audio codec looks like the best thing ever for compressing audio. It has recently become supported in the latest ffmpeg and VLC players. However, there is no documentation I can find on how ...
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Vlc how to output the audio to a second sound card by ignoring the default sound card of motherboard?

While playing in Vlc any file/music/film. Using VLC configuration file, how to permanently tell VLC when-ever it plays audio use the second sound card or assign the name of sound card? Example: ...
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Is it possible to setup VLC (or another player) for a proper DD5.1 Output with HDMI? How?

After quite some struggles with my Audio setup, I decided to create a reference for any other exhausted souls dealing with this. Situation: Samsung TV connected via HDMI to an ASUS HD7850 ...
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Export audio track from AVI with two channels with VLC [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Remove Audio stream from XVID files I have an AVI file with two different audio tracks (English and Hungarian). I want convert this AVI file to another which has only ...
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Over-Amplification of Volume in VLC or any Media Player harmful to speakers or a myth?

On a laptop purchase from a reputed store, I was instructed not to use VLC Media Player volume more than 100%. I come across this statement very often. I actually see Over-amplifying the volume as a ...
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How to send VLC Player audio to headphones rather than PC speaker?

Similar to this question, except I'm on Windows 7. That question also has no accepted answer, and the answer doesn't work for me. I've tried all the different "Output Module" settings in the Audio ...
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Some songs in my music collection are quieter than others, what can I do?

In my collection of music I have some songs which seem to be compressed nicely. But in addition to those I have songs which are overly quiet compared to the louder compressed songs. So maybe the ...
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VLC player in ubuntu playing videos without sound?

In ubuntu 12.04, sound is not working in VLC player, when i play any videos, but work perfect when i use to play videos in Ubuntu default "Movies Player". does any body know the solution.
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How can I multiplex a video and audio stream?

I have a seperate video and audio stream (coming from IPWebcam on an android device), and would like to multiplex (and perhaps transcode) them into a single video file, using a linux server. How can I ...
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How to generate a 8 bit per sample wav audio file in VLC

I'm using the following vlc command line to extract first 5 minutes of audio from video file "-I dummy -vvv --no-sout-video --sout-audio --no-sout-rtp-sap --no-sout-standard-sap --ttl=1 ...
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How to play an MP3 file with louder sound?

I tried playing an MP3 file with VLC player and iTunes both with largest volume of the player and the Mac OS X system. The former seems to play a little louder (any way to quantitatively measure?) I ...
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How to keep vlc player in minimized mode?

I'm using vlc media player which can play almost all kinds of audio and video formats. While listening to audio, I keep vlc in minimized mode and can work on other windows. But when I select to listen ...
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Transcode from .ogg to .mp3 using VLC media player command line

I am trying to do a command line convert from a .ogg file to a .mp3 file. Here is my command line: vlc -I dummy 0.ogg ...
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VLC Sound boosting

VLC Media Player is one my favourite players. When I had a talk with my friends, they said that it will make damage with laptop speakers. They claim that VLC uses some boosting techniques that is ...
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How can I play .ram audio files without installing the Real Audio Player?

I want to listen to an audio file on this BBC French language learning site. However, the problem is that the audio file is a .ram file and from experience I don't want to install the Real Audio ...
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VLC Pitch Control or accelerated playback?

Is there a method, using VLC, to make an audio track play faster than normal? If so how do I go about doing it? I'd like some audio books I have to play twice as fast (+100%).
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VLC turns down Sound volume when monitor is turned off

I have come to experience a pretty strange behavior. When I run VLC Player and I turn off my primary monitor to watch it on the secondary monitor, VLC Player turns down the volume. If I turn off my ...
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How do I always stream my music using the VLC gui?

I stream my music to a networked computer that is connected to my stereo. The desktop computer I am using has VLC and I prefer to use the GUI. Unfortunately, every time I add something, I have to go ...
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Real time audio streaming

I have a remote computer running OS X. I would like to stream the audio from the microphone input over the network so I can listen to it. Primarily I want to do this because I'm out of the office but ...
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How do I stop VLC from stealing my volume buttons

when I press the volume buttons on my laptop, usually the system volume is changed. However, when I do this with VLC it "steals" the presses and adjusts it's own "volume" instead. The system volume ...
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Recording microphone jack in Ubuntu

Greetings, I'm attempting to record Live TV from a TV capture card to FLV files with FFmpeg. When I first started on this project 2 weeks ago I was expecting something quit simple. Yet, so far I've ...
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When I move the physical volume control on my Toshiba laptop it is triggering the 'c' and 'b' key. How come?

For some reason when ever I use the physical volume control on my Toshiba Satellite P305-S8904 laptop, it triggers the 'c' and 'b' key. So I can be writing an email and turn the volume control wheel ...
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Increase Audio volume on Avi files

Is there a simple way to adjust audio volume in avi files, like using MP3gain so i can set them all the same it is a problem having to keep adjusting the volume. I have tried VirtualDub but it doesnt ...
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Make VLC play all of a sound clip?

In VLC 1.0.5, sound files (mp3 and wav) are not playing completely. I think the leading .1 sec and trailing .5 second, more or less, are not playing. I remember this behavior from some years ago, but ...
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No suitable decoder module: VLC does not support the audio or video format “undf”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this

How to fix this VLC Media player error? I'm running a Video which is in dual-audio. It runs fine with one track(Language) but when i change to second audio track . then it doesn't play second audio ...
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Default audio device gives an error on Windows 7 (x64) when trying to run VLC from CMD (VideoLAN, VLC)

I use Windows 7 (x64) (Russian). I want to stream live audio from my default audio capture device (microphone). When I set up VLM settings using visual enviroment instruments -> VLM settings it all ...
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On the fly volume compression (waveform capping) for VLC or OS X

I'm looking to impose a hard limit on a movie. In particular when I have earbuds in and a reasonable volume set, loud or sudden sounds (gun shot, dramatic sound effects, gun fire, etc) are loud enough ...
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Streaming audio from microphone to network

I have the following problem: I want to stream the audio I record with one machine to another machine in the same network. It seems that vlc is the best shot at the moment. I was able to stream a ...
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Noise when I try to convert flac to mp3 using vlc

I'd like to convert my flac files to mp3s using vlc and it's Media->Convert/Save function. The destination file is written but only contains awful noise. I've tried most of the predefined profiles ...
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Why is QuickTime’s volume significantly softer than VLC’s?

I have a Unibody Macbook running 10.5.5. When I play videos in QuickTime the audio is low even after I raise both the QuickTime volume meter and the system volume meter to the maximum. When I play the ...
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Missing audio transcoding options under VLC for Mac

I'm following the iPod Video Conversion Guide for VLC (VideoLAN) v1.02 on a Mac. I've reached the section where I need to choose which audio transcoding option to use. Both audio format options for ...
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Increasing loudness while using VLC-Player to copy videos

I film via a videocamera with has a microphone that unfortunatly often not loud enough. That camera stores the videos on mini DVD and at the moment I copy the videos from the camera to my computer via ...
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Why is VLC only playing audio when I'm using headphones?

When using VLC media player in my Windows 7 (RC), the audio works only if my head phones are connected. Without the head phones, the audio is not heard at all. Other players deliver the audio ...
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Sound card choppy while read/write DVD drive

Sound card choppy while read/write DVD drive. Whenever I play DVDs via VLC, the sound is choppy. Playing with PowerDVD does not have this problem. I figured it's some kind of buffering problem, so I ...
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When playing DVDs with VLC media player, both video and audio pause several times per second

When using the VLC media player to play DVDs both video and audio pause several times per second. This makes VLC unusable for playing DVDs. Windows Media Player works without any problems. Is ...