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No speaker sound from input chanel in Linux mint maya 13 kde

I'm new to Linux (mint 13 kde) and I don't know how to set the sound system to hear my electric guitar through the computer. It seems that i have an input signal but I don't hear anything from ...
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How to set Bluetooth headset microphone as recording device?

I've got these Bluetooth headphones I have connected with my computer. The deal is, I can either choose them to work as high quality audio output OR a VoIP device in "Bluetooth devices" window. If I ...
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Redirect audio from laptop to desktop over LAN

I want to be able to play a song on my laptop and have it sound through my desktop's (infinitely better) speakers. If you're familiar with Input Director: I want something that is to audio what Input ...
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Remap audio output to other ports?

I have an Asus M4A785T-M Motherboard which has 5x 3.5mm audio ports and one optical audio port onboard. On Windows 7 x64, is it possible to control which channels output to which ports? For example, ...
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I have no sound on my computer The speaker icon has a red x on it and it says: No audio output device is installed

I have no sound on my computer The speaker icon has a red x on it and it says: No audio output device is installed. I have done everything step by step following the Window Help and support, Compaq ...
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Play sounds over microphone?

This is not to spam someone. My friend wants to hear something over my microphone while retaining the quality (obviously playing it through my microphone using speakers would sound horrible). Is ...
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Sound card with Multiple Jacks

If a laptop has multiple output sound jacks, like in HP DV6 series, I am able to get output from the all the jacks. i.e the same output is received. I would like to ask if I can get different sound ...
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Forward Sound Through to Headphone port--Mac

I have a Mac Mini which is connected to its sound output through the sound output port. I was wondering whether I can have the audio output from another computer into the Mac's sound in port and have ...
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Change the audio output device in Firefox

I'm trying to play music through Ventrilo and currently I use Virtual Audio Cable. The way it works is that in foobar2000 (a music playing program) I set the output device in preferences to Virtual ...
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What are usual maximum output frequencies on computer sound cards?

Exactly what it says on the tin. I have a Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook sound card and I was measuring its output frequency using frequency counter connected to the card's output. ...
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Lenovo n200 3000 very low sound on headphone jack

When i plugin my headphones i got very low sound on one side(left), right side has no sound at all. Speakers built in laptop works fine. Output for headphones stop working well few days ago. When i ...
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Sending computer audio output to multiple devices

I'm looking to take an audio signal from a computer (1/8"), or multiple computers if possible, and send its output to some sort of switch/audio box that would allow me to choose between different ...
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Does anyone know a way to play a video file with two its audio streams being simultaneously streamed to different output devices?

I would like to know if it is possible to listen to one audio stream via the audio-jack speakers and to the other via the usb headset (that would just give me an ability to watch movies in English ...
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How do I quickly switch to/from the front panel speakers in Ubuntu?

I have speakers attached to my front panel sound output that I switch to frequently. Currently the process is to open Terminal, type "alsamixer", scroll over to "Front Panel", and press "M" to ...
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USB sound card with 6.3mm jack output

I have a pair of Sennheiser 555 semi-professional headphones. These have a 6.3mm jack and a 3.5mm jack adapter. I wish I could buy an USB sound card for my laptop that would have a 6.3mm output not ...
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Windows 7 does not recognize HDMI audio output

I recently upgraded to Windows 7 on a Dell 545 MT with audio/video output via an NVIDIA 9800 GTX+ to a flat screen television. I have installed/uninstalled/reinstalled all the recent drivers from ...
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Ubuntu Karmic…audio is shady and useless source names

I've got 3 audio outputs (headphones, speakers, and usb headphones) but the source names in all the video players are pretty useless...Pulse, Alsa, Unix, etc. Is there an easy way to get more ...
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How does a sound card determine if headphones are plugged in?

This is actually two questions in one. First, how do soundcards (the cheap ones) "detect" whether the headphones are plugged in? By measuring resistance or by some other technique? Second, can I ...
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Diverting sound output of MCE to SPDIF

I have an ASUS SupremeFX II audio card (which in fact is an onboard audio riser slot) with the default drivers that are pre-installed by Windows 7 x64 for this card. I am able to manually switch ...
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Is it possible to have multiple audio outputs?

I have two screens attatached to my PC, one is a standard desktop monitor and the other is a TV. I dont use them at the same time. The TV is connected via HDMI to my graphics card (ATI Radeon 5750) ...
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How do I enable multiple audio outputs on Windows 7?

For Windows 7, 64 bit: I have a digital SPDIF output to my stereo, which controls speakers in other rooms. I also have a set of speakers connected to the regular audio jack at the computer. This ...
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normalize .wav sounds

When playing counter-strike certain servers will force you to download sound files their server uses. These range from song clips to sounds from other games like unreal tournament and quake. The ...