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Questions tagged [audio-player]

relating in general to questions about all audio/music-players

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Prevent MPRIS from recognizing an application

I often have my audio player (usually Audacious v. 3.9) running while the Chrome browser is also running. If I open a video in Chrome, it seems to "claim" MPRIS controls from the audio player. The only way to get my shortcut keys to control…
Dɑvïd
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Any music players with folder browsing for ubuntu?

I am looking for a music player with folder browsing capabilities. I want the folder list on the left side and the all the music files on the right side. Decible, Amarok - ok they are fine, but i am seeing both the files and the folders on the left…
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Play and encode audio in reverse?

Using tools available to Trusty Tahr how can I play audio files in reverse (play them backwards)? I would also like to know of tools that will allow me to save or create such reversed audio files...
andrew.46
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what to do after installing "ubuntu-restricted-extras" to play MP3 and MP4 files?

I am trying to play MP3 and MP4 files, I found that I must install ubuntu-restricted-extras package, but Rhythmbox and the video player still don't want to play musics or mp4 videos. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04
Taoufik Elka
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How do I change which application is controlled by the audio controll keys?

I'm sorry if this is an obvious question. When I have a video open in my browser and an mp3 file playing in VLC, how do I change which application is controlled by the play/pause and forward/backward keys? Intuitively I would expect the last…
Emil_M
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How to start the preferred audio player via the command line?

My bash script should call the user preferred audio player instead of vlc or mplayer directly. How can I call it from bash? I assume something like audio-player --play music.mp3
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How to change the UI language on Clementine?

The title says it all, really. I've recently moved to Ubuntu, tried a LOT of audio players, and I'm liking the features on Clementine so far but... It's the only program that isn't on English and it's an eyesore. Doesn't appear to have a language…
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Loading ac3 files in VLC player

Possible Duplicate: How to view video file with external ac3 audio track? I have mkv and english.ac3 files. That mkv plays with the default audio stream which is not english. How do I load english.ac3 and play it with mkv at the same time?
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Customized Audio Visualizer for Ubuntu 20.04

I'm look for an audio visualizer for ubuntu, mainly for spotify. The only thing I could find was Glava - https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/11/embed-audio-visualizer-on-your-linux.html Which is great but it needs to be configured, and I lack any…
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music player with audiobook support

Hello I'm looking for a nice audio player with audio-book and network support. I know banshee has that but i rather use something that isn't coded in mono. Another no no is KDE programs, Qt is fine but not a program that was especially developed for…
Kempe
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No sound on Ubuntu 20.04

I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04. After reboot audio is not working. I tried to reinstall pulseaudio and alsa but still not working: sudo apt-get install --reinstall alsa-base pulseaudio sudo alsa force-reload Still not working.
paul erick doroy
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shnsplit failing to split multiple .flac files

I am on Xubuntu 17.10 trying to split a .flac album file into tracks. When running the command shnsplit -f "Master Of Puppets.cue" -o "flac flac -s -o %f -" "Side A.flac" shnplit responds with: shnsplit: warning: discarding initial zero-valued…
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Can I install PulseEffects (v3.0.6 or newer) to Ubuntu 16.04.3? If yes, how?

I want to install Ubuntu 16.04.3 (desktop amd64) to my PC and I would need a good compressor & equalizer program, so I decided with PulseEffects, but they wrote in their GitHub wiki this: Debian 9 / Ubuntu 17.04 and older Older Debian based…
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Audacious error pertaining to OSS4 on Lubuntu 16.04

The error reads: OSS4 error: The device file is missing from /dev. Perhaps you have not installed and started Open Sound System yet. The file plays regardless. What should I do?
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Audio player that supports ZIP archives

Is there anything better than rhythmbox, which does not support navigation between tracks inside archives?
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