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On 23/08/17 17:40, Neil wrote: > I recently acquired a mini laptop to use downstairs, thanks MJE. > Yesterday I was using it and got moaned at because I was watching a > video, and the sound was annoying someone. (No prizes for guessing.) > > Upstairs I have my desktop and my full sized laptop. The desktop has > some external speakers attached. There is an output port on the > speakers for some headphones, so I use that for videos and music. > > So, first, I thought to try out the phones on my mini laptop. Great, > the sound was better and when unplugged the inbuilt speakers came back > on. That should please someone, and it was just as expected. > > There is also a headphone port on the tower for my desktop, so I > thought I would test that too. Yes, that worked, but when I removed > the plug the speakers no longer worked. In the end I had to close down > the computer and then start up again. Weird. > > So how about the full size laptop. Again the phones worked fine, but > when I removed the plug the inbuilt speakers no longer worked. It took > a bit of messing about with the volume control package, and finally > shutting down and restarting to get the sound back. Again, weird. > > Why is sound on computers so complicated? > > While I am at it I am considering getting some new phones. Mine are > years old now. Any suggestions? > > Neil > I suspect PulseAudio .. it does all sorts of strange things ... bloody Poettring .. >,<
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