Questions tagged [digital-audio]
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What is the difference between WAV and FLAC?
My understanding is that the WAV and FLAC formats are containers for lossless audio. I have seen the FLAC format as being perhaps better because it is able to losslessly compress audio from say a WAV file.
However today I noticed that bleep is…
Zombo
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Can a computer analyze audio quicker than real time playback?
So let’s say that your computer is transcribing audio (of someone speaking) to text. Because it’s looking at the digital values of the audio, does it “render” the transcription quicker than the time it takes to play it in real time? I would imagine…
Dave
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How to view the bitrate of a media file in Audacity
How can I view the bitrate of a media file in Audacity? There are lots of instructions on how to change the bitrate of a file, but I can't find anything about finding the bitrate of the original file. I am able to open the file in iTunes, and see…
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What is the difference between a S/PDIF connector and a TOSLINK connector?
What is the difference between a S/PDIF connector and a TOSLINK connector?
When I look at the relevant Wikipedia articles, it shows identical photographs on the S/PDIF page and the TOSLINK page.
From those articles, the only difference I can tell is…
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How can I normalize the sound levels in several different audio/MP3 files?
I have a given set of MP3 audio files of varying audio levels. I would like to know how I can automatically normalize all of these files, so the volume is amplified/raised on the quieter files, and lowered/muted on the louder files.
How can I go…
Dave D
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No digital audio output with Asus Xonar DG
I've purchased an Asus Xonar DG as replacement for faulty onboard audio in a Medion 8822 as it has an optical output which is all I really need to feed my HTPC.
I uninstalled the previous drivers/devices, switched the PC off, inserted the Asus card,…
Lunatik
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Noise/hiss produced by Windows(?) on the audio output (not a hardware issue)
I have a Windows 10 PC in my car that I use as a head unit for the audio system, and I'm having trouble with background noise. I have been able to detect it on another Windows 10 PC as well. The noise is NOT interference on the analog output. It…
Violet Giraffe
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How to force Windows 7 to output 5.1 Surround?
I'm running Windows 7 SP1 x64 on an ASUS M2N4-SLI, which has a coaxial digital audio output (see my profile for more HW info - it's system PC1).
How do I force Windows 7 to output 5.1 Surround to my receiver? When I go to the Properties for that…
Daniel
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What's the best audio format available when I want to convert my files?
I'm a music lover. I have lot of songs stored on my laptop, but the problem is I'm running out of space on my hard disk, because of the different audio formats which occupy lots of space.
Now I want to convert all those different audio formats into…
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ASIO Driver only supports one application at a time
I am running into a problem on my computer running Windows 10 that I never encountered before on OS X.
Tech involved: Windows 10, Bitwig Studio 2, ASIO driver, DJM-900 (used as Audio interface running the speakers)
Here is the situation:
I run a…
currenthandle
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How can I batch convert flac files to wav?
I'm using Windows XP, and I have several (about 160) flac files which I need to convert to wav. Since it is not practical to convert so many one by one, I need a utility that can convert them, but also preserve the metadata. It is crucial that the…
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Is the digital PC output volume controlled?
Until now I use only the analoge output of my PC with Widows 10 and ASUS motherboard.
The motherboard has also S/PDIF digital output. I think about using that output, converted to AES3, to connect active speakers with AES3 input.
I don't have any…
Edgar
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ffmpeg with blackhole audio "crackling" noises, why?
So I think the title explains most of this, I am trying to record my screen on macOS catalina using ffmpeg while directing the audio in using blackhole
I am getting audio in but the sound is crackling, almost sounds like a lag or buffer or something…
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Windows 8 HDMI audio disconnects on playback stop
I have a AV Receiver plugged into my Radeon HD5670 via HDMI, using ATI HDMI audio. It used to work fairly well on Windows 7 (and Linux too). But I am having troubles with Windows 8. Windows 8 64 bit. Driver is "AMD High Definition Audio Device",…
Alex
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Trouble sending digital audio (optical SPDIF) to receiver from HTPC running Windows 7
My friend has recently upgraded his HTPC from Windows Vista (unknown SKU) to Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. My friend's HTPC has the following relevant hardware:
Video: PCI-E nVidia GeForce 8800GT with dual DVI output
Audio: PCI-E Creative Labs…
The Lazy DBA
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