Solution found here on PipeWire's GitLab issue board.
]]>I got the same issue, but I dont even have zeroconf installed. Did you manage to find your issue and fix it? My outputs show similar entries, the sink-inputs however are id'd with an insanely high number (1000 and rising) I am uncertain if this is due to the bug or my usage.
I didn't.
]]>I also discovered another weird behavior. My output device has two ports - headphones (which are unplugged and show as unplugged) and line out (which is plugged and shows as plugged). During the broken situation, if I switch from line out to headphones, the sound goes out (obviously), but the video playback now restores. If I switch back, the sound goes back and the video does not stop, but only for about 5 seconds, then it stops again and it is as broken as before.
The outputs of the commands during the broken situation:
pactl list sinks
Sink #39
State: RUNNING
Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo
Description: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
Driver: PipeWire
Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 48000Hz
Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Owner Module: 4294967295
Mute: no
Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB
balance 0,00
Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB
Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor
Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
Properties:
object.path = "alsa:pcm:0:front:0:playback"
api.alsa.path = "front:0"
api.alsa.pcm.card = "0"
api.alsa.pcm.stream = "playback"
audio.channels = "2"
audio.position = "FL,FR"
device.routes = "2"
alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
device.api = "alsa"
device.class = "sound"
alsa.class = "generic"
alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
alsa.name = "ALC887-VD Analog"
alsa.id = "ALC887-VD Analog"
alsa.subdevice = "0"
alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
alsa.device = "0"
alsa.card = "0"
alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7220000 irq 135"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
card.profile.device = "8"
device.id = "38"
factory.name = "api.alsa.pcm.sink"
priority.driver = "1009"
priority.session = "1009"
media.class = "Audio/Sink"
node.nick = "HDA Intel PCH"
node.name = "alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo"
device.description = "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog"
device.bus = "pci"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
device.form_factor = "internal"
node.pause-on-idle = "false"
factory.id = "18"
client.id = "32"
node.driver = "true"
factory.mode = "merge"
audio.adapt.follower = ""
library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
object.id = "39"
node.max-latency = "8192/48000"
Ports:
analog-output-lineout: Line Out (type: Line, priority: 9000, availability group: Legacy 4, available)
analog-output-headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 9900, availability group: Legacy 5, not available)
Active Port: analog-output-lineout
Formats:
pcm
pactl list sink-inputs
Sink Input #76
Driver: PipeWire
Owner Module: n/a
Client: 80
Sink: 39
Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Format: pcm, format.sample_format = "\"float32le\"" format.rate = "48000" format.channels = "2" format.channel_map = "\"front-left,front-right\""
Corked: no
Mute: no
Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB
balance 0,00
Buffer Latency: 0 usec
Sink Latency: 0 usec
Resample method: PipeWire
Properties:
client.api = "pipewire-pulse"
pulse.server.type = "unix"
application.name = "Chromium"
application.process.id = "13934"
application.process.user = "zegklitz"
application.process.host = "vetrnik"
application.process.binary = "FacebookMessenger"
application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
window.x11.display = ":1"
application.process.machine_id = "5479d1346bfb493f919ce3a8e3c5f399"
application.icon_name = "chromium-browser"
media.name = "Playback"
node.rate = "1/48000"
stream.is-live = "true"
node.name = "Chromium"
node.autoconnect = "true"
media.class = "Stream/Output/Audio"
adapt.follower.node = ""
object.register = "false"
factory.id = "6"
audio.adapt.follower = ""
factory.mode = "split"
library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
client.id = "80"
object.id = "76"
node.latency = "1024/48000"
pulse.attr.maxlength = "4194304"
pulse.attr.tlength = "16384"
pulse.attr.prebuf = "12296"
pulse.attr.minreq = "4096"
module-stream-restore.id = "sink-input-by-application-name:Chromium"
Sink Input #67
Driver: PipeWire
Owner Module: n/a
Client: 49
Sink: 39
Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Format: pcm, format.sample_format = "\"float32le\"" format.rate = "48000" format.channels = "2" format.channel_map = "\"front-left,front-right\""
Corked: no
Mute: no
Volume: front-left: 20364 / 31% / -30,46 dB, front-right: 20364 / 31% / -30,46 dB
balance 0,00
Buffer Latency: 0 usec
Sink Latency: 0 usec
Resample method: PipeWire
Properties:
client.api = "pipewire-pulse"
pulse.server.type = "unix"
application.name = "Firefox Developer Edition"
application.process.id = "10732"
application.process.user = "zegklitz"
application.process.host = "vetrnik"
application.process.binary = "firefox"
application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
window.x11.display = ":1"
application.process.machine_id = "5479d1346bfb493f919ce3a8e3c5f399"
media.name = "Adrian Vandenberg (Vandenberg, Whitesnake) plays a guitar solo on the new Star One album! - YouTube"
node.rate = "1/48000"
stream.is-live = "true"
node.name = "Firefox Developer Edition"
node.autoconnect = "true"
media.class = "Stream/Output/Audio"
adapt.follower.node = ""
object.register = "false"
factory.id = "6"
audio.adapt.follower = ""
factory.mode = "split"
library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
client.id = "49"
object.id = "67"
node.latency = "3600/48000"
pulse.attr.maxlength = "4194304"
pulse.attr.tlength = "48000"
pulse.attr.prebuf = "38408"
pulse.attr.minreq = "9600"
module-stream-restore.id = "sink-input-by-application-name:Firefox Developer Edition"
sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
Cannot stat file /proc/9878/fd/4: Permission denied
Cannot stat file /proc/9878/fd/5: Permission denied
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Cannot stat file /proc/9878/fd/1023: Permission denied
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: zegklitz 9607 F.... pipewire
zegklitz 9608 F.... pipewire-media-
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: zegklitz 9607 F...m pipewire
/dev/snd/seq: zegklitz 9607 F.... pipewire
pactl list sinks
pactl list sink-inputs
sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
Chrome behaves almost identically, except when I mute the sound, then the video playback runs as it should (but with no sound, obviously). When I unmute the sound, the video stops, but the sound continues, when I mute the sound again, the video "rushes" through the missed frames to catch up to where it should be.
Any ideas on how to fix this? It is really annoying. I'll be happy to provide diagnostic info if instructed, as I'm no expert on pipewire/pulseaudio.
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