Questions about inbuilt laptop, tablet, smartphone or external speakers.
Questions tagged [speakers]
384 questions
60
votes
17 answers
Stop sound from speakers when connecting headphones
The problem is that I can hear the sound from my laptop's speakers even if I plugged in my headphones. Headphones is just standard stereo headphones. And the most interesting thing is that all was working just a week ago.
I tried to play with…
Ilay
- 877
55
votes
7 answers
Bluetooth speaker: preferred mode "High fidelity playback" (A2DP) is not getting saved
UPDATE Aug 2017: The solution marked as accepted by me apppears to have worked until Ubuntu 15.10. For 16.04+ choose one of the more recent solutions.
For 16.04+ the config file is /etc/bluetooth/main.conf NOT /etc/bluetooth/audio.conf .
I have a…
knb
- 5,292
28
votes
7 answers
Ubuntu 20.04 - After last update, speakers are buzzing unless I open the sound settings window
The last update that came through looked like a kernel update.
Suddenly my speakers started buzzing.
It stops whenever I open the Gnome sound settings window. So now I've just got the sounds settings window open all the time in the background on a…
user636763
- 1,265
20
votes
10 answers
Bluetooth speaker connected but not listed in sound output
I can successfully connect a Mi BlueTooth speaker to Ubuntu, but I cannot play sound through it, because it is not listed in my sound output list.
Bluetooth module for PulseAudio sound server
Is present on my system, however running sudo pactl…
Subhadip Roy
- 1,313
18
votes
6 answers
No sound after sleep - Ubuntu 20.04
I have a Xioami notebook pro laptop on Ubuntu 20.04 (same issue on 18.04).
After the laptop goes in sleep/hibernate mode, there is no sound that comes out of the speakers. The system settings (settings>sounds) are detecting music is being played and…
Victor Blanchier
- 183
16
votes
5 answers
Automatic Mute Speakers When Headphones are Unplugged
I listen to music almost any time I am on my computer. I often accidentally unplug my headphones. This has resulted in disturbing others around me. Does any one know of a way to mute the speakers (and potentiality pause VLC) when headphones are…
user415
16
votes
4 answers
Enable Dolby 5.1 or at least subwoofer on Acer laptop?
I have Dolby Virtual Surround Sound 5.1 speakers with Tuba CineBass Subwoofer on Acer laptop (mine is 5951G but there is also bunch of models with similar configuration of speakers with/without subwoofer). In Windows it works and sounds amazingly…
MakingHarmony
- 161
16
votes
2 answers
Sound comes out of my speakers even when headphones are plugged in
I was playing music with my headphones plugged in. The music was coming out of the headphones, but I also noticed that my speakers were playing the same music.
Why is this, and how can I fix it?
David Siegel
- 9,022
15
votes
5 answers
restore speakers / headphones option
When I plug my headphones in after upgrading to ubuntu 12.04, it no longer mutes by speakers,and I also do not have a headphones output as I did previously.
I recall having to go into a conf file and disable FRONT PANEL AUDIO or something like that;…
Frank Barcenas
- 1,351
14
votes
4 answers
Getting the PC speaker to beep
There has been much written on getting the beep sound from Ubuntu releases over the years. Example: fixing the beep
My needs are slightly different in that I do not want to ensure sound card beeps are functioning. Instead, I want PC speaker beeps,…
H2ONaCl
- 10,039
13
votes
2 answers
Analog and digital audio output at the same time
My speakers use a digital input, but my headphones use an analog input. I have them both plugged in, and when I want to use the headphones I just turn off the speakers and switch on the headphones. I know that simultaneous output on digital and…
wim
- 13,088
13
votes
4 answers
Mute sound on Headphone unplug?
Is there a way of muting sound from my computer everytime I unplug my headphones (Like a phone does) to stop sound then playing out of my speakers?
Dandyman
- 1,173
12
votes
3 answers
5.1 surround sound with three 3.5mm jacks
Having an issue with sound at the moment. I am trying to configure my 5.1 surround sound but it will only work on the Front left and Front right speakers. On the back of my motherboard I have 3x3.5mm jacks which I have connected the speakers to…
user107829
- 121
12
votes
4 answers
How to test the microphone on a laptop?
Everything here works so far -- in that, crucially, the sound plays back.
How is the microphone itself tested?
nicholas@gondor:~$
nicholas@gondor:~$ sudo aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0:…
Nicholas Saunders
- 1,484
11
votes
2 answers
Switch between headphone and speaker automatically?
I'am using ubuntu 17.04.
When I connect my headphones I need to manually switch my sound output in the settings from speakers to headphones. After removing my headphones I need to manually switch back to the speaker.
How can this be done…
Akshay Makutam
- 111