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justanotherlight

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Registered: 2021-11-05

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Same audio comes from left and right side, and can't hear voices

Doing a

speaker-test -c2

, I hear same sound on both sides of my headphones even though it shows

0 - Front Left

  then waits while playing a sound
then shows

0 - Front Right

then waits while playing a sound.

Also, I can't hear the voices in songs. I tried the headphone on a different laptop and everything works fine.

How do I fix this?

ewaller

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Re: Same audio comes from left and right side, and can't hear voices

Tell us more about how the headphones connect to the computer.  Are you using a phone plug?  Is there an extension cable?  Does the headset have a microphone?
Tell us more about the computer that does not work.

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justanotherlight

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Registered: 2021-11-05

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Re: Same audio comes from left and right side, and can't hear voices

@ewaller Thanks for your reply.
Yes, I connect them directly via a phone plug. The headset doesn't have a microphone.

The issue is on an HP Pavilion dv7-4083cl .

I don't really know what information I must provide.

 $ asoundconf list
Names of available sound cards:
HDMI
MID

I can only get ANY sound if I set the MID card with `asoundconf`
If I set the card as HDMI, the speaker test throws an error

$ speaker-test -c2

speaker-test 1.2.6

Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1032:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy

Also, I cannot see any bar in alsamixer to control the specific left and right for headphones.

Maniaxx

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Registered: 2014-05-14

Posts: 757

Re: Same audio comes from left and right side, and can't hear voices

Sounds like a common headphone hardware defect (cable/plug/socket). Try to wiggle/turn the cable slightly near the endpoints (and along the full length) or try different headphones on the laptop for testing. Also test the headphones on a different device.

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