Linux sound issues are so annoying in 2024.
Getting a USB microphone working on Linux can be quite a challenge. But why?
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How to play interesting music using data from /dev/urandom.
How to play sound from urandom. Make cool music.
Read MoreA tip to fix the delayed audio playback when using Pulseaudio.
A nice fix for the delayed audio when using Pulseaudio.
Read MoreHow I fixed the no sound after updating system in Ubuntu 20.04.
I recently ran sudo apt upgrade to install a new kernel on Ubuntu and I had no sound hardware detected after the upgrade. But it turns out that the extra drivers package was not pulled in when I requested to install a new kernel. You need to ensure you pick…
Read MoreFix no sound in Ubuntu 20.04 after kernel 5.8 installation.
I recently installed the 5.8.0-41-generic kernel and I had no detected sound hardware after booting into the new kernel, but it turns out that a package was missing from my machine. I installed this package and then replugged my sound hardware and it worked straight away. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~] └──╼ ╼ $…
Read MoreHow to record PC sound to a file with ffmpeg and Pulseaudio.
Recording sound from your computer to a file is pretty easy with Pulseaudio. Assuming you know what device you are using to listen to audio, then it may be selected and recorded from. Use this command to find the device name. ~$ pacmd list-sources~$ pacmd list-sources Then you may get…
Read MoreAdjust the sound volume in Ubuntu 20.04 using a simple utility.
The sound volume in Ubuntu 20.04 is low by default. To adjust the volume there is a neat trick. Run alsamixer in the terminal and press F6 to select your sound hardware. Then adjust the volume to suit. Do not set it too high as you will get clipping. Just…
Read MoreHow to download only the audio from a Youtube video.
It is possible to download just the audio from a Youtube video. This is very easy. Use youtube-dl to view information about the Youtube video and find the m4a audio track. 4.4 Sat Dec 07 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ youtube-dl -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWPe9uh7FWU [youtube] JWPe9uh7FWU: Downloading webpage [youtube] JWPe9uh7FWU: Downloading video info…
Read MoreHow I encoded a silent ogv file with ffmpeg. This is quite easy.
Encoding a silent video could be very useful if the vid is to be encoded and placed into the background of a web page for example. I am putting the video as the main menu of a Call of Chernobyl mod. So I needed a 1080p silent video to run…
Read MoreModding Shadow of Chernobyl is very popular. This post should help out.
There are a lot of people modding Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl. I am also having a go at it. I have changed the music playlists for the Agroprom megaphone, as well as Rostok and Cordon. In the \gamedata\scripts\sound_theme.script file are the definitions for the music and speech for the megaphone…
Read MoreHow to turn on line-in with Pulseaudio on Ubuntu 18.04.
The default pulseadio configuration does not automatically load the module to run line-in input for listening to audio from an external device. But this simple command will load this easily. 4.4 Thu Nov 15 jason@Yog-Sothoth 1: $ pactl load-module module-loopback 314.4 Thu Nov 15 jason@Yog-Sothoth 1: $ pactl load-module module-loopback…
Read MoreEasily rip a Youtube video to a wav file to add to your music collection.
Rip a Youtube video to a wav file very easily. This is a great way to get an audio copy of a Youtube vid to save to your music collection. Very useful way to get copies of quality music from the Internet and create a collection of music for free….
Read MoreDesktop Linux still a very good and secure operating system.
As I type this, the kernel.org website is still down and the Linux kernel is still hosted on Github instead. What is going on here? This attack on software freedom, possibly perpetrated by Microsoft shills that want everyone to be stuck on closed source software instead of the free and open source alternatives…
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