I just installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and I'm loving it. Only thing is that I'm having problems with my laptop's sound quality. It sounds empty, or hollow. I'm not exactly sure how to put it to words, but it's noticeably worse than it was on Windows 8.1. In fact, it was very much above average on Windows. I like Ubuntu but this sound quality issue is really annoying me, and even giving me a headache at times. It's not as loud as it should. If I put up the volume to 100%, my laptop's speakers start to resonate and distort, just sounds terrible overall.   Background info:  I have an HP Envy TS-15 /w Altec Lansing, in Windows it had BEATS audio drivers.It has 2 front speakers, 2 subwoofers, and one speaker on the bottom of the laptop.
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What I am looking for is to have system wide implementation of sound enhancements like bass boosts, echoes, Fidelity, Stereo enhancement and so on.  Audio Video players have their own equalizer but they enhance only the audio / video files they are playing.  So to enhance sounds playing such as: YouTube, Spotify, System Sound, etc. I need a enhancer software. Back in Windows, I used to use SRS HD audio lab to do the same.  P.S. I have a horrible Speaker set.
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Is there a way to either pipe the sound output of the computer to a file or record what the computer puts out? I know I could use a headphone to microphone cord, but I was hoping for a more elegant solution. Google doesn't give very good results.
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I'm trying to install bang and olufsen drivers, or HP hd audio driver, as only 2 of the 4 speakers work and the 2 amps don't work in ubuntu  lspci -v | grep -i audio 00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09)     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Broadwell-U Audio Controller 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller   The volume is terrible. Is there any way to fix this?  The speakers work perfectly on the pre-installed Windows 8.
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Sadly, yesterday I've spilled some water on my MacBook Pro (El Capitan). Before you yell at me - it was closed, turned off and it wasn't a lot of water, the laptop was wet only on the top and under - not inside.  Today I've turned him on. At first battery wasn't recharging for some reason, but SMC reset fixed the problem.  At the first booting speaker was like talking to me, hard to explain but it was weird. Also only right speaker was "talking", despite the fact that only left side of the laptop was watered. Then there was no sound at all, not from the speakers, nor from the headphones. Also microphone's not working. USB ports are okay. The water was spilled from the left side of the laptop. I know this is hardware issue, and something's broken, but I want to be 100% sure. No it's not muted. I've also tried NVRAM reset a few times, but it doesn't fix the problem :(  There might be one factor, before spilling, my laptop "died" for the first time (battery energy ran off), but I doubt it's the case. (but hey, every info matters, right?)  It wouldn't be weird for me, if only left speaker wouldn't work, but built-in microphone not working is kinda weird in this case, isn't it?  I just want to ask you guys, what else can I check, before I'll be 100% sure it's dead inside?  I've plugged in external microphone - it's not working too.
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I've just installed Ubuntu on my Lenovo g460  with Windows 7. I am not able to play any movie or mp3 file. When I click on a file I'm asked to install a plugin. When I click on the install button nothing happens.
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I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 on my laptop using an external monitor. The monitor is connected by a HDMI cable. The external monitor does not have boxes, it does have an audio exit for a headphone/.. .   Now when I plug in my external monitor, I want to keep using my laptops boxes. Now it automatically sends the sound through the HDMI port instead.   I can easily change the appropriate settings in the sound configuration menu: I go to hardware and can select the device I want to use: Analog Surround 4.0 Output, instead of the HDMI one. This works and I can hear sound through my laptop boxes.  But I have to change this setting every time again when I plug in my external monitor, when I wake my laptop from the suspended state, etc.  How can I make this the default setting, without having to reset it all the time?  Thanks!
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I'm brand new to Linux. I just installed Ubuntu as a dual boot system on my HP Pavilion laptop.  Where should I start? I've tried to play around with Terminal over the last hour or so, but I'm probably not helping myself out. Any suggestions are welcome!
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I have a laptop Acer Predator G9-792  It has 2 or 4 speakers (there is 5 holes but not sure are all holes have speaker inside) and subwoofer  On windows 10 everything working as expected, but in Ubuntu 16.10 only subwoofer being used to output sound  I've tried recommendations here -   including enabling 3,4,5,6 channels - sound either stop working or keep working through subfoower  alsamixer with extra driver support also didn't work  Is there anything I can try to enable normal sound on the laptop?
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Hope you can help me, 'cause this problem really made me sick already.  Hardware: Asus X555SJ (Dualcore Intel celeron 2166MHz, GeForce GT920 1GB, RAM 4GB) Systems: Windows 10 LTSB x64, Ubuntu 16.04.1 i386.  Here's the problem: when i try to reboot ubuntu, i see the ubuntu logo, then the screen gets black, and that's all that happens. The notebook still works and never turns off. When i'm shutting down ubuntu, i see the ubuntu logo on screen, but the screen doesn't fade out, i can observe the logo for hours and nothing happens either. In both cases I have to poweroff the notebook with a button. I've read couple of articles, tried to sudo shutdown, sudo reboot, but it didn't help. The problem still remains. Any ideas? Some people suggest to do sudo apt-get update, sudo apt-get upgrade, tried that too. Failed. All the updates/upgrades install correctly but it doesn't solve the problem. Any help will be useful!  ps. sorry if it's hard to read, may be mistakes, i'm not a native englishspeaker and writer =)
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I have a dell studio 1749. I just installed 12.04 on a dual boot with windows 7 (The stereo sound and headphones work perfectly when booted into windows, sound turned up before booting into Ubuntu). The stereo sound seems to be working fine. The headphones, not so much.   My computer has two headphone jacks. When I put my working headphones into the first jack, the stereo sound is muted but there is no sound in the headphones. When I put my headphones into the second jack, the stereo sound is still there and no sound comes out of the headphones. Two different problems?  I first tried the sound troubleshooting found . There seemed to be no problems. However, I'm not positive that my sound cards were on the list. It was a little convoluted for my noob self. I've tried the commands listed  but there were no changes. I've also brought up the alsamixer. The headphones don't appear to be muted or anything. I don't know how to switch to the second sound card and check that one, though.   Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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I updated to Ubuntu 15.04 from Ubuntu 14.10 a few days ago, and now my Logitech G230 headphones don't receive any sound. How can I fix this? PulseAudio Volume Control detects my headphones, and says they're working, but no sound comes through.  EDIT: Using alsamixer worked at first, but now it doesn't, and I get frequent bursts of static through my headphones now.
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I'm considering to upgrade my PC to Ubuntu v17.10, but I'm afraid because there's a BIOS issue has been confirmed for several different lines of Lenovo laptops also the reports of it affecting a few Acer, Toshiba and Dell laptops.  Should I upgrade or not? Also I can't download the Latest Ubuntu 17.10 ISO, the official website download link is currently discouraged.
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I'm trying to set up individual system sounds for ubuntu 15.04. I've read some instructions but they're a bit pithy for me.  Is there an app to add?
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I have my PC hooked up to speakers and a monitor. In addition, it is hooked up to my Vizio 37' LCD Television. When I was on Windows 7, I could choose to output sound via HDMI. I have the choice in Ubuntu but no sound is outputted. Any Ideas? I don't know how to get system specs on Ubuntu so if you need them please tell me how to get them.   aplay -l output:  **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****  card 0: Intel [HDA Intel],  device 0: ALC887 Analog [ALC887 Analog]  Subdevices: 0/1  Subdevice #0:  subdevice #0 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 3: ALC887 Digital [ALC887 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
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My mini-jack input is broken, so my computer(HP pavilion dv6 Notebook) thinks there is headphones plugged in at all times. If I physically press lightly on the headphone intput location, speakers start working again. Even if headphones are plugged in, the cable needs to have tension in a certain angle to work. This is extremely annoying! Fixing it wud cost more than the computer is worth, and I can't afford a new one worth buying. I'm running Windows 7 with IDT audio. In all different options I've found, the speakers and headphones seems to have the same muscle. If I deactivate one, i deactivate the other. In fact, I cant find different options for them at all. Does anyone know a way I can force my computer to ONLY play through the speakers, even if headphones are detected? Not both at the same time, ONLY speakers!
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I am using Ubuntu 19.10 for few months. Suddenly voice output is not working. In-spite of trying reinstalling sound drives and tried all options despite that  it is not working. Any inputs to it?
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If music isn't loud enough, how do I get the best quality (even if the difference is in fact so small it's negligible)?   By making the music louder in my music player, game or other sound-producing software program? By raising the volume at the operating system level (for instance, by clicking the speaker icon in the Windows notification area and turning the volume up)? By turning the volume up on the amplifier or speakers that are attached to your computer, and thus changing the volume on the hardware?   Does programs vs. OS matter? Does software vs. hardware matter?