My friend wanted to try Ubuntu on his Acer Laptop.I installed Ubuntu(Dual boot with Windows XP) on his laptop and I installed and configured all the essential codecs and software required to play movies and music.
I tried playing some movies and music ,but I could barely hear anything in spite of tinkering with the audio settings and moving the volume bar to the maximum.
The volume and quality of sound was excellent when I played the same movies and music in Windows.So there was nothing wrong with the Sound card or the Speakers.
So there was something definitely wrong with Ubuntu's Audio Support.I have mentioned problem in this Article.
Now I found solution to fix this problem.It involves increasing the volume from the terminal.
Using the arrow keys the increase the volume bars of the different options to the maximum.
You can now enjoy your movies and music in Ubuntu without any problem.
Sound Preferences (right click on the volume applet) has an Output Volume slider that goes past 100%, increasing volume.
Increasing volume in the terminal is no different from increasing it using a GUI app. In fact, if you open the two simultaneously and change the volume of one, you can see the other changing at the same time.
The root cause of the problem may be bad drivers. The snd-hda-intel module, for instance, is quite problematic.
Simple but effective, just what the doctor prescribed. Awesome solution!. Thankx for sharing.
I had almost given up and thought linux wont be able to play sound properly when i came across your post. Thanks for the info.
Is there anything I can do to boost the sound in general?
If the drivers are bad are they likely to be fixed?
Wow. Thanks man. This is the simplest and most effective solution I had to ever implement on an ubuntu problem. This is what I love about this OS, being in a community of people like you. Thanks again.
Fantastic solution. Short and sweet! Thanks!