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How to disable media controls on Windows 10 lock screen?

Windows 10 (I'm using version 1903) enables handling of media playback from the lock screen. It would be fine if it limited itself to audio explicitly played by me, but this has recently for some ...
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Applications continue to use original audio device, even though I selected a different default audio device

Problem example: Default Audio Device is my Headset. ITunes playback through headset. I switch Default Audio Device to Monitor. ITunes continues playback through headset. This happens visa versa ...
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Is there a video player program that allows me to play 2 audio tracks at the same time?

I'm watching a bunch of videos that have a commentary track and I want to hear both the regular audio and the commentary audio at the same time. An option to be able to adjust the volume of both ...
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Windows 7 playback of dvr-Microsoft files stutters

I've just had to install Windows 7 on my Media Center machine because my Vista installation had a faulty drive. I've got the latest drivers that I can find - Intel 945GM integrated Graphics, Realtek ...
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What is the difference between 16bit 48000hz with dvd quality and without dvd quality?

As the attached image, when I plugged Yamaha pjp-20ur on my Windows 8.1 notebook, the default format has two option: '16bit, 48000Hz' =>seems to be default '16bit, 48000Hz (DVD ...
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VLC: Play on Fullscreen

(Mac OS 10.6.8 Snow Leopard) Is there any way, to configure VLC to start playing paused videos when it enters fullscreen mode like in older versions of QuickTime (or newer versions with this ...
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Preview 4K video on a smaller screen without scaling

I want to test some 4K videos and inspect their detail. However, I don't have a 4K monitor. What I want to do is zoom in the vide to preview parts of it in native resolution. Each pixel of the video (...
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How do I create an AHK that disables a specific bluetooth device?

How do I create an AHK script that automates the following process: 1.Right click audio icon and enters "Playback devices" menu 2.Right click a specific bluetooth device 3.Disables this bluetooth ...
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Playbak device not recognized when using HDMI

I recently purchased a new laptop that came with windows 8.1 . When I first got the computer I tested that when I plug in my HDMI cable into the computer and connect it with the TV, the TV is ...
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Audio playback device already in use

I have a headset: Creative SB Recon3D. Since today (after power went out) sound doesn't work through my headset on the PC, it works fine on a Playstation 3. I have Windows 7 64x. When I go to "...
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Can I switch between playback devices without having to restart programs?

I got a pair of USB surround sound headphones. Unlike 3.5mm jack headphones, when these are plugged in they don't "hijack" the audio playback channel; instead I have to manually switch the default ...
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Full HD video playback acceleration with mplayer on Ubuntu Lucid

I know that for an NVidia card I can sudo apt-get install nvidia-current mplayer, reboot, and then use mplayer -vo vdpau -vc ffmpeg12vdpau,ffwmv3vdpau,ffvc1vdpau,ffh264vdpau FILE.mkv to get ...
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windows live playback left and right audio channel

I have a multichannel (4x stereo) audiocard (m-audio delta1010lt) and want to playback /playthru some of the channels live. But I am only able to playback/playthru the left channel on each stereo-...
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Problem playing multiple files in MPlayer OSX Extended

I have certain video files setup to be opened by MPlayer OSX Extended by default. If I click on one of these files, and the video finishes playing, then when I click on another file, it won't play. I ...
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Why can my device through PLEX only play one of these two 4K files?

I have two 4K .mkvs consisting of both video and audio tracks - my device seems to be able to play 4K content just fine for a movie, but won't playback upscaled 120 fps content. Both videos are x265 ...
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Pulseaudio not working Debian 12

Pulseaudio 16.1 doesn't work on Debian 12 using no GUI and only the TTY terminal. Upon checking, the daemon is running. Tried apt-get purge pulseaudio and reinstalled it, same problem persists. No ...
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VLC Media Player synchronization over network

I need to sync 4 players over a network. These are 4 pieces of content which are combined to create a 360 degree immersive experience. Each Windows PC is a mosaic feeding multiple projectors. I simply ...
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Bluetooth, two sources to two different ouputs simultaneously

i want to play sound from two different sources to two different Bluetooth simultaneously. Can this be done? With Bluetooth-5 you can connect two speakers simultaneously, can i target my output to one ...
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Quickly toggle microphone playback (sidetone)

first post here. I would like to quickly be able to toggle microphone playback through speakers (side tone). The specific steps and settings I am referring too can be seen here: https://superuser.com/...
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I can't get vlc to play from where it left off in windows 10

I'm unable to get vlc to resume a video from where it was previously stopped in the playlist. It always starts at the beginning of the play list.
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4k Video Supported by Chrome but not on Local Video Players

I am using Linux Mint Cinnamon 64 bit on my laptop which has Intel HD graphics along with additional 2GB graphics card Radeon R5 M330 with 8GB RAM along with Intel i5-5200U CPU @ 2.20GHz*2. On my ...
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Monitor playback device - Windows switches between playback devices when monitor is switched on

I have headphones (Razer Kraken X with virtual 7.1 surround sound) plugged in to my desktop, I also have a monitor (MSI Optix) connected via HDMI. I have regular stereo speakers plugged into my ...
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Using playlist playback in VLC

BACKGROUND I'm using VLC to listen to an audio book on win10, which have hundred .mp3. So, I put all of the .mp3 file into a playlist in VLC. Obviously, I can not have enough time to play all of ...
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Is there a way to automatically play music when headphones are plugged in? (Windows 10)

Is there any way to configure the audio driver (on windows 10) in a way that it will automatically start playing music when it detects that headphones have been plugged in to the audio jack?
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How do I play a 4:3 video stretched to 16:9 on FFplay?

I want to play a 4:3 video stretched to 16:9 in FFplay. What is a command line for that?
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Can I lock my PC(Win10 OS) and still run audio in my DAW and playback softwares?

Is it possible to lock the PC without it quitting or muting my Digital Audio Workstation(FL Studio 12) and audio playback? I've tried it several times... but the audio just kept on muting. It's very ...
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How to add a playback device in Windows 10

Recently, with greatest reluctance I upgraded to Windows 10 and now I cannot see my secondary playback device when I insert audio jack. I tried built-in audio troubleshooting and it didn't help. I ...
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cannot set 'independent dual headphones' as default playback device

I sometimes listen music from my phone and sometime from my laptop via headphones. I figured out that my laptop is not giving a stereo output through headphones. After a little research I figured ...
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One keyboard two computers

I believe in order to send keyboard protocol commands to (2) computers at the same time I would need to sort of "host USB" device. I am trying to control 2 video playback computers sending space-bar ...
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How to switch audio from computer to TV (hdmi)?

At the moment my laptop is connected to the TV via hdmi. Both devices are active and can play sounds. Although I'm quite tech savvy, audio has never been my forte. My conundrum is this: While ...
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Send data from file to local UDP port

I've got an application, A, that listens on a user-defined UDP port for a specific message that normally comes from another application, B. Application B has a tool that allows recording these ...
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Stream Playback Error?

When listening to a radio station, such as http://www.wgst.com, sometimes after a while I get a modal error box with a "Stream Playback Error"allowing only an OK response. What causes this and how can ...
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Video playback crashes Elonex netbook system

My netbook crashes when playing video files (avi, wmv). I thought it was a Windows Media Player issue, so I downloaded latest codecs, but it still didn't work. VLC player plays ridiculously slow, and ...
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How to play HD videos with ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics card?

I have a Windows 7 machine equipped with ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics card. I have a LCD monitor capable to play 1080p Full HD material. I have a 3000mhz intel processor, and 4G Ram. I am trying to ...
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Apple Quicktime skips during video playback

I'm on Windows XP SP3, and I'm running Apple Quicktime v7.6.5. When viewing MPEG-4 videos, every 30 seconds or so, the playback will halt for 5 seconds, and then resume at a point 10 seconds or so ...
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It's possible to show different content on notebook lcd an vga output connector?

I want to do a program that on notebook LCD show a controller of what we see on VGA output connector, it is possible to do that? For instance, on LCD you can see a remote control (play, stop, volume) ...
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Windows Media Center Codecs

I like Windows Media Center but I find the codecs limited for it and when I install a codec for Windows Media Player, Windows Media Center doesn't seem to pick it up. So my question is: how do I ...
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