Questions related to adjusting and controlling the volume level of a computer system.
Questions tagged [volume-control]
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Terminal command to set audio volume?
I have an external sound card which mostly works fine, except that when its first plugged in, or when I turn on my laptop, the volume gets set to 100%. That is, the overall system volume, as shown in the sound indicator.
What I'm looking for is a…
Marius
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Automatically adjust the volume based on content?
In different audio sources the level of sounds are different. It's very annoying to set the level of sound on almost every media content. Sometimes, when previously you had something quiet, you had to adjust it louder and after some time you want…
megas
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How can I reach over 100% volume with a keyboard shortcut?
sometimes the sound of videos isn't enough for me. so i reach the sound indicator , over sound preferences and change it to a level higher than 100%.
the question is how can i do it from the keyboard? now i can control the volume from the keyboard…
suli8
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How do I set a custom keyboard shortcut to control volume?
I would like to be able to set three custom keyboard shortcuts to be able to decrease, increase and mute the volume in Ubuntu 12.04 (Unity). On my old Ubuntu 10.04 (Gnome) system I made CTRL + [, CTRL + ] and CTRL + \ my commands to achieve this.…
max
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adjust max possible volume in pulseaudio
Somtimes some sound/movie/music on my Ubuntu_12.04 system is at a very low volume by itself.
Henceforth I increase the volume of the sound output. I can use the following setting (see screenshot)
It seems therefore that pulseaudio is able to…
humanityANDpeace
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Enabling Mic Mute button and light on Lenovo Thinkpads
I have a mic mute button on my Lenovo Thinkpad T420 , but it doesn't work.
So I tried xev command to monitor press event, and that key wasn't captured.
Is there anyway to fix it , like add raw key code ?
OS & Laptop
Ubuntu 12.04 , also hope it works…
daisy
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Volume keys are working in unity but not in xfce4
My volume keys are not working in xfce. When I used them it shows an indication on the screen that the volume is being changed, but the volume is not changing at all (same thing with the mute key).
The weird thing is that when I go from xfce to…
skeept
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Why can the volume go higher than 100%?
How come the maximum volume on the sound menu isn't actually the maximum volume possible?
If I select "Sound Preferences..." and look at the volume slider in the window, it can go quite a bit higher. Why is this and what is the point? What I do know…
user931
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Using Amixer to control volume
I'm running 14.04, and I was told I could use amixer to control volume via the command line. For example, to mute sound you would use
amixer set Master mute
The output for me is
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'Master',0
So I did some man…
Juan José Castro
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Is there a volume mixer?
I was using Windows 7 and decided to replace it with Ubuntu 12.04, but I couldn't find any program with similar functionality to Volume Mixer in windows 7:
if there is any program or a way you know to do so, I would really appreciate knowing…
speedox
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Is there a program that edits audio files to have the same volume?
When listening to music in Banshee or any other player, I always have to up the volume for certain songs and turn it back down for others because they don't have the same replay gain.
Is there an add-on which could normalise my songs in Banshee?…
Oyibo
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Using headset controls like a smart phone
I have a generic pair of smartphone earphones that have the button (along with a microphone) and I would like to use the button as a pause/play key in Ubuntu, like I would on an Android phones music player.
Is there a way to enable this headset…
loklaan
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Prevent light-locker from setting volume to 100%
I'm on 14.04 with XFCE.
When I lock the screen it appears to mute the system volume (or perhaps just mute anything from the locked session?).
When I log back in the volume is reset to 100%. This hurts my ears!
How can I stop light-locker doing this?
user287700
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Headphone output is far too loud
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), with a "Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)" sound card.
When I plug headphones into the front headphone port, the sound that comes out is far too loud to listen to - and…
Farran
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Volume mutes when set below ~20% 14.04
Since updating to 14.04, I'm unable to set a lower volume. According to the alsamixer, it automatically mutes when I try to go below 18%.
How can I restore access to the quieter volumes?
Ubuntu 14.04 running on a Dell Inspiron 1501
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