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line level, nexus 6p

Apologies for the cross post, if you read the 6p forums you may have already seen this.
I use Chromecast audio for my home radio, it's a whole house intercom with a pretty mediocre amplifier.
When I cast via Google music it works great, but most apps don't support Chromecast audio, so I cast the whole phone via the quick settings tile.
On occasion this works well, but almost always the audio level is obnoxiously low, any good tips on boosting this? I'm currently unlocked but not rooted and running stock. I'll root for a solid fix, but would prefer not to.

If you root, AirAudio allows you to send any audio to any "cast" device. Demo is free, but has a time limit. You can adjust output volumes inside the app, but you can't over amplify (no positive gain, just max volume. I've not had many issues with it, as as far as I know, the volume at the phone and at the chromecast seem to be the same. (so if you have a mp3 at very low levels on the phone, it'll be low level at the device, too.)

Quiet Audio Temporary Fix

I discovered that after updating my phone (retus) to the December Security Patch, my bluetooth, headset, and speaker audio was quiet... Stock Audio Effects on the phone was no help, and acts as if its disabled... Even though it was not when I tried to adjust its settings. I turned it off via Google Play Music in the settings by selecting Equalizer and turning it off before doing what I describe below.
My Temp Fix was to download the "Pi Music Player" in the playstore... Go to the equalizer settings, select to use the Pi Equalizer instead of the system EQ... Then press the "Flat" button beneath the equalizer 2x. Once you do this, your phone will come alive. Now you can choose the equalizer preset of your choice, including manual and set your own if you want.
If the audio goes soft again, just press the flat button 2x in the Pi Equalizer and re-select an EQ setting and all should be well.
I am not rooted (even though I would love to be) and anyone could this to make their music/phone sound better... Even if it only works intermittently.
So far I have tested the Slacker Radio and Pi Music Player apps with Pi EQ settings and it works fine for me...
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Chromecast Audio Questions

Hello,
I have a Motorola Moto G3 ('Osprey') and have installed Lineage OS on it (currently on 14.1-20170413-NIGHTLY-osprey). The new OS is great but I cast to a couple of Chromecast Audio devices fairly often and have noticed the following changes since installing Lineage;
- Previously it was possible to adjust the volume of the music playing from Google Play Music to a Chromecast Audio with the screen turned off by rocking the volume rocker on the 'phone. Now the screen has to be on (i.e. it's necessary to press the on/off button before the volume rocker.)
- Previously it was possible to 'take over' a Chromecast Audio session from another Android device; by opening up Google Play Music and casting to the devices that are running the playlist and the song that is playing would appear. Now this is not possible.
The 'phone was running the standard Android Lollipop before I installed Lineage. Is it possible to regain the functionality that I had before? I don't know whether it's relevant but I installed open_gapps-arm-7.1-stock-20170326 and the 'phone is rooted.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Bit more detail on item 2 above; if there is music playing from another 'phone on a Chromecast Audio then it possible to see what is happening from my 'phone, you can pause the music and mute it but can't do anything else. Previously it was possible to take over the session and control it in the same way as if you had initiated it.

Question Sound in games cuts out/disappears in Poco F3

For some reason, when I open most games, the sound always disappears when I start playing. But I can still hear the voices of my teammates through mic. To be clear, the game has sound when on the game's menu screen, it only disappears when I start playing until the end of the game. And the sound comes back when I finish the game. This occurs with the following games: Apex Legends Mobile, Lol Wild Rift, Call of Duty Mobile, Albion Online, Genshin Impact, and most online games.
But this does not happen in all games, the sound doesn't cut off when playing offline games and other games such as Asphalt 9 and Ni no kuni Cross Worlds.
At first, I tried updating my MIUI 12.5 to MIUI 13 thinking that these will fix the sound issue but it did not. Apparently, I had other problems with MIUI 13 so I switched to a custom ROM which is ArrowOS. But the sound issue still remains even after switching firmwares. Did some searching and some changes in the settings but nothing works with the solutions that I found on the internet. I can't seem to figure out if this is a hardware or software problem, what should I do?
Audio in other applications works just fine._.

Don't use Bluetooth mic. While connected bl mic stereo mod switching off because Bluetooth headphones can't use play sound and voice chat. While starting you chat stereo mod switching off 1 channel for mic 1 is for play mono game sounds.

xdamami said:
Don't use Bluetooth mic. While connected bl mic stereo mod switching off because Bluetooth headphones can't use play sound and voice chat. While starting you chat stereo mod switching off 1 channel for mic 1 is for play mono game sounds.
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So is the problem bluetooth related? I did some changes to some bluetooth settings in the developers options but nothing worked

lafreantz said:
So is the problem bluetooth related? I did some changes to some bluetooth settings in the developers options but nothing worked
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Sure dont play with bl devices.

xdamami said:
Sure dont play with bl devices.
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The issue still remains even if I don't use bluetooth. The speakers of the phone also doesn't have sound.

General Audio driver problems

So wanted to comment on this
First, this is the best phone I’ve ever owned, although its lacking in a couple of things i was used to (coming from a oneplus 9 that had a lot of settings compared to this one, still this is a waaaay better phone) the speed, screen size and battery life makes it all worth it
Though! I use a lot of external dacs through the usb c connector (main reason to have a big battery)
I’m finding some issues in the audio department:
Tidal mqa files are not being played if the dac doesnt have mqa decoding (normally they would play without issues in iPadOS and one ui/ oxygen os
Some dacs (specially ifi hifi link) will not play files until a mqa file is played, though any system sound will interrupt the communication with the dac, it can be fixed played any master quality track and then going back to flac/ hifi quality in tidal, YouTube doesn’t work at all with this dac.
Facebook and YouTube wont play audio sometimes,my theory is that the player goes for the oem 3.5 out instead of the dac. That could be fixed if we got an audio output selector in the notifications player, though the option is not available as the player plays as a simplified notification, so no audio selection is possible
Of course the 3.5 jack in this is quite nice but … usb c dacs are a bit better at handling hi res files and streaming and of course demanding headphones.
Sent already this to nubia. Hopefully there will be a work around, UAPP is a viable solution of course but the easiness to surf through playlists is better in the tidal app.
So anyway, anyone surfing for an answer: its in the developers hands
Just wanted to leave this in case anyone looking in the internet is looking for answers on this
No audio switch app works on android 13 (lesser audio switch, etc)
Although there’s work around for using the external dacs, it comes as a surprise the first times. Though the phone is a beast and i truly love the battery life and extended display, a couple of tweaks and this would be the best phone out there

Kinda figure it out. The DTS ultra app was the culprit, even if it showed the toggle off, it was turning on (and screwing the sound for me) , just disabled the "auto start" or link button on the app preferences. all audio is being processed by the external dac. At least YouTube and fb are working flawlessly so far
Update: Some dacs are still having issues with the mqa decoder, but the general audio is coming out of the usb c port at least.

Alextakatu said:
Kinda figure it out. The DTS ultra app was the culprit, even if it showed the toggle off, it was turning on (and screwing the sound for me) , just disabled the "auto start" or link button on the app preferences. all audio is being processed by the external dac. At least YouTube and fb are working flawlessly so far
Update: Some dacs are still having issues with the mqa decoder, but the general audio is coming out of the usb c port at least.
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Which version of redmagic OS are you on? DTS ultra doesnt work for me

edzchen said:
Which version of redmagic OS are you on? DTS ultra doesnt work for me
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4.12 eu

Alextakatu said:
4.12 eu
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Would you mind sending your DTS ultra app APK? It doesn't appear as an app for me and I cannot launch it, thanks!

edzchen said:
Would you mind sending your DTS ultra app APK? It doesn't appear as an app for me and I cannot launch it, thanks!
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Hi there. I had the same problem. But I was able to access my DTS Ultra app. It doesn't appear in my app drawer but I found the audio effects app for DTS Ultra using Activitylauncher from play store.
I could be wrong but I also noticed there is no way to EQ the speakers on the phone. The DTS Ultra app only shows up for headphones and gives the "Disconnect External Devices" error on speakers. I find the speakers to be good quality but slightly lacking in tuning, is there any way to perhaps tune them through 3rd party means? Thanks for the help.

psycho.b94 said:
Hi there. I had the same problem. But I was able to access my DTS Ultra app. It doesn't appear in my app drawer but I found the audio effects app for DTS Ultra using Activitylauncher from play store.
I could be wrong but I also noticed there is no way to EQ the speakers on the phone. The DTS Ultra app only shows up for headphones and gives the "Disconnect External Devices" error on speakers. I find the speakers to be good quality but slightly lacking in tuning, is there any way to perhaps tune them through 3rd party means? Thanks for the help.
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Maybe with power amp eq app?