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Virtual Audio Cable 4.10 gives me a BSOD
I've tried using VAC to have a Stereo Mix option with my CONEXANT sound card. (It's a Lenovo T500 notebook.)
No luck. No matter which app I use (kernel or windows), it gives me a BSOD as soon as I ...
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Windows 7 asus p5b audio driver
I just upgraded to an Asus P5B running Windows 7 64 bit. For some reason, I can't play any sound.
I tried installing the Asus Audio Driver but it didn't seem to work.
I also get "no audio device ...
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How can I set sound to mute by default, but automatically “un-mute” when I plug in headphones in Windows 7?
I want my Windows 7 machine to autmatically un-mute when I plug in headphones, and then return to mute when i unplug them.
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Fedora 16 - speakers make weird noise when restarting/shutdown
Laptop model is HDX16-1155CA
CPU: Core 2 Duo P7450 2.13 GHz
RAM: 4GB
OS: Fedora 16 64 bit
Video: GeForce 9600M GT
Sound: IDT something. I don't normally pay a lot of attention to this. Built in ...
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How to track down the source of strange funny noise in Windows XP?
I have very strange issue of hearing a "froggy" sound from my Lenovo laptop built-in speakers on Windows XP every 20 to 30 seconds. If I turn down the volume, the sound is gone. Obviously, there is ...
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Disabling the internal microphone of a Laptop
My laptop is an Alienware m5500 with Windows Vista 32 Bit and it has a built-in mic. The issue with this is that I have an external mic that I need to use.
Whenever I try to use Skype or Ventrilo it ...
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Sound Mixer on Windows to mix sound over several output devices
I am looking for software that primarily let me mix sound over all devices, sound-cards etc.
For example to have sound mixed over a blue-tooth headset and laptop speakers.
It should also be possible ...
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Digital audio doesn't work under Linux
$ uname -a
Linux nbb 3.2.1-2-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jan 23 12:40:01 UTC 2012 x86_64 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU W3520 @ 2.67GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
I have an Intel ADA198x HD Audio interface (I believe ...
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Getting microphone to work with ALSA/Kubuntu 10.04?
I'm running Kubuntu 10.04, using KDE as my desktop. I've got a headset mic and I'm trying to get it to work so that apps (like Skype, Audacity, etc.) can record from it. So far I'm not having a lot ...
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System sounds work and others don't
I have a problem where system sounds work (If I type a non-existant application/file into run, I hear a error sound) and when I test the sound with the Realtek HD Audio Manager, it also works, however ...
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Use internal speakers without unplugging headphones?
At work I have a Lenovo X220 in a docking station running Windows 7. I have my headphones plugged in most of the time. Occasionally I want to enable the speakers so a co-worker can hear something. To ...
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Archlinux sound not working
I installed Archlinux recently. I have instaled flash, vlc, alsa-utis. But there is no sound.
I tried un-muting using alsamixer but there are no difference. Can you please let me know how to fix this ...
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What causes this sonar sound on OS X?
Both of my Macs play this sonar sound that sounds like "ping ping ping ping" with a small amount of delay / echo. It occurs to me that it is played once a day but I'm not sure why.
I checked iCal but ...
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How to disable the start up beep (on a Windows machine)?
When I turn my computer on it makes an annoying beep (even if the speakers are turned off).
Here's what does not work:
Disabling the Beep-Device in the Device Manager
I'm not talking about the ...
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Centralized PulseAudio setup
I want to do a setup, so that all my computers and TV use one audio system. Like this:
Where media server is connected to acoustics and TV is connected through sound-card input and other systems ...
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Can't use microphone and speakers at same time [closed]
I just got a new microphone and I was messing around with the settings to get this to work, but I can't seem to get my microphone and speakers to work at the same time. If I'm playing music on my ...
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How to use an iPhone as a USB Sound Card
I know this is highly irregular... but this is actually what I am trying to do, you understood correctly...
I have a computer running Ubuntu 11.04 which does not recognize my earphones, and I cannot ...
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Laptop sound card glitch
I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop that recently started making a strange sound on a pretty regular basis (about once a minute for half a second) when playing music (from any source... iTunes, ...
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No sound in any media player
No media player has any sound. If I try to play any video file there is only video, and no sound. This happens with Windows Media Player and Media Player Classic. I have K Lite Codec Pack version 8 ...
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How can I disable the startup sound on OS X Snow Leopard 10.6?
How can I disable the startup sound on OS X Snow Leopard 10.6?
I have tried using Psst (deactivated now because it didn't work)
And also the Startup Sound Preference Pane:
Looks like Psst works ...
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WiFi Static Noise Through Speakers - N only
I replaced my G wifi card for an N card and now I have static through my Creative 4400 speakers.
Any idea how I can solve this without changing the speakers? Strange that the shielding works with G ...
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Wireless headset deactivates sound from my speakers
When I plugin the USB-Stick for my Asus Travelite HS-1000W Headset the sound for my speakers is deactivated. Is there a simple solution how to hear the sound from my speakers and my headset ...
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Since plugging in a screen using DVI, speakers in green socket now “not plugged in”
I run a set of RCA/phonos from the green socket in the mainboard to my hi fi. All was fine until I unplugged the monitor and plugged it back in. It is and has always been DVI.
Now Windows 7 thinks it ...
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HP Pavilion dv4-1225dx Sound Driver
I have an HP Pavilion dv4-1225dx with Win7 32 bit. I went to the HP drivers page at ...
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“Volume” and “Advanced” boxes become inactive with Alesis iO2
I have Windows XP. When I make my Alesis iO2 my default device in the sound and voice recording box, the Volume and Advanced boxes become inactive.
Anyone know what the problem is?
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Windows Media Player volume extremely loud
Windows Media Player plays audio almost unbearably loud, even when volume is just barely above mute. The Windows system volume is also barely above mute, and the hardware volume slider is way down.
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Internet audio does not work, audio from other programs work fine
I am not getting sound from any internet application (You Yube, Pandora, etc.), however, general sound on the computer works fine (iTunes songs are able to play).
The problem exists in all browsers ...
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Hard drive repeatedly making a series of sounds when PC is online
For the past two months, my hard drive has been making a number of strange sounds. I can't determine a specific pattern of when they occur. When they do, I close every possible task/program on my PC, ...
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No sound on Windows 7 Professional x64
I have an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 with the latest drivers installed. Every once in a while, unpredictably, audio stops working. I usually work around this by rebooting and everything goes back to ...
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Soundrecorder get wavein volume
I use soundrecorder in batch files to auto-record audio at my radio station.
Is there any easy way to get the waveout or wavein volume? It would be useful in setting up
alarms that sense silence at ...
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Measure sound input loudness on Linux
Is there a way to measure sound input loudness, specifically from a mike, in dB, on Linux?
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Constant popping sound while playing music under Linux?
I have a rather complex setup here, so while I'm usually pretty good at finding these problems, I don't have a clue where to start. There are a lot of places here (not all relevant to this site) that ...
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Skype blocks the audio of other applications during call with headphones
I am trying to play a sound and talk on Skype at the same time. The problem is that Skype seems to be blocking the line, so when I am on Skype talking to someone and playing a game, the sounds from ...
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Pavucontrol “detects” plugging the external microphone in and out, but nothing else
I am remotely debugging a sound system. Until they can test with another microphone, I wonder: Apart from the fact that the microphone is broken or muted, is there anything that could explain why ...
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Normal Stereo Output to ALL Speakers
I have headphones and some simple AmazonBasics stereo speakers (like $13).
They both work great. The AmazonBasics speakers are amplified, powered by USB or batteries. The headphones (Razer), ...
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My PC Speakers/Sub Stopped working
I have a simple setup 2 speakers and a sub. Just recently the volume control led wouldn't show up and when i tried playing music through my computer nothing happened. The only way i can play music is ...
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How would speakers work with dual Thunderbolt displays?
If I connect a Thunderbolt MacBook Pro to two Thunderbolt displays, would it output the sound from four speakers, i.e. 49 watts x2?
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Sound doesn't work after hibernate.
The last few times that I woke my PC out of hibernate, the sound wasn't working. I re-enabled the sound card and reinstalled the driver. It still isn't working. When this happens, Flash will crash ...
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How do I safely reinstall a (audio) driver?
I suspect my audio driver to be misbehaving. As my previous question didn't return anything useful, I'm trying to do anything I can think of.
I now want to reinstall my sound drivers. But I have no ...
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Sound driver/sound card or something else is crashing everything that uses sound
It isn't the first time this happens. It usually happens after I woke the PC out of hibernate. When i then try to do anything that has to do with sound (like youtube in flash, iTunes, games, ...) it ...
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How can I test my chassis speaker on Ubuntu?
I have an Asrock AD525PV3 with a chassis speaker connected. I want to test it, but have no idea how.
I have Ubuntu Server installed and tried to use espeak, but it failed with an error:
ALSA lib ...
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ffmpeg: video file played OK on Ubuntu, but no sound on XP
I created a video clip using ffmpeg (vcodec: mpeg2video, acodec: AC3 5.1).
The file can be played normally on Ubuntu, but when I play it on an XP machine, there is no sound. I can play AC3 files and ...
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Annoying Sound From Headset
Hey guys I have been trying to solve a problem with my headset, I hear a buzzing annoying sounds all the time. I don't think it's my microphone because it's brand new and when I unplugged the ...
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Windows App update failed install, constantly beeping
Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate, stable system... was just doing normal computer stuff, was NOT installing anything, downloading anything, etc.
Suddenly, I get a small popup on the taskbar. It is the kind ...
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linux - sound from different apps going to different speakers?
My computer has a headphone jack on the front and back of it that have the same output. Is it possible to have music going to the front headphone jacks and white noise sound going to speakers from ...
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Audio recording background noise
For a long time time I've been trying to get rid of the background noise that appears in every audio recording I make with my computer. Tried different microphones, different sound setting, drivers.
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Control Panel Sound Settings Keep Switching Back After Reboot of Windows 7
Every time I reboot my computer the Control Panel -> Sound settings switch back to their default-install state. See the attached screen capture below. I can change the default Playback device to ...
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sound drivers don't work or I can not fix my settings
I tried both headphones and speakers and I plug them correctly I am sure.
I can't hear anything and I can't record my voice either.
here is the snapshot of my device manager
I am newbie about ...
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How to configure ALSA?
After switching from Unity to XFCE, I ran into difficulties with my sound configuration. I have multiple sound cards on my system, the one that I want to use is the last one to be loaded by the ...
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Can I identify what process plays random beeps in Windows 7? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Strange Intermittent Background Sound in Windows 7
What process is making that sound?
I am have a random (seems random) beeping sound from my speaker in my Windows 7 ...
