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vishysblue

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Registered: 2016-01-23

Posts: 1

How can I mute only left speaker on xfce??

Hi,

My left speakers give a crackling sound due to which I want to disable them. I am trying to mute the left speakers so that the crackling sound is muted. However, when I go to Volume Control/Sound settings on xfce and try to mute the volume of the left speaker, the right speaker is also getting muted. In fact, if I try reducing the percentage of volume in left, it is reflected in the right speaker as well.

How can I disable only the left speaker so that I can get rid of the crackling noise?

Please help.

Cheers
Viswa

Jerry3904

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Registered: 2013-11-09

Posts: 863

Re: How can I mute only left speaker on xfce??

I think this is a question that depends on the OS, not on the DE. We for instance have PulseAudio installed by default, and I would use that to unlink the speakers in the volulme control and turn the bad one to zero. I imagine the same thing can be carried out using alsamixer, but you can check that out for yourself.

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MountainDewManiac

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From: Where Mr. Bankruptcy is Prez

Registered: 2013-03-24

Posts: 1,115

Re: How can I mute only left speaker on xfce??

use that to unlink the speakers in the volulme control and turn the bad one to zero.

Looks like a padlock on mine, on the Output Devices tab, if that helps.

Regards,
MDM

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