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venam

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From: Lebanon

Registered: 2012-05-23

Posts: 15

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Telegram Desktop Audio Output limited to Jack in Arch's custom build

Hello Arch users,
I've recently updated telegram-desktop from the official Arch community repo and the audio output options seems to be limited to Jack only.
My audio setup is pipewire along with pipewire-pulse and pipewire-jack installed.
However, if I run the official telegram desktop application from desktop.telegram.org all the audio output options show properly.
There seem to be something in the custom Arch build that limits or doesn't see all audio devices.

Screenshots of what I mean:

Arch build:

Official desktop.telegram.org buid:

Thank you.

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andyturfer

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Registered: 2021-01-08

Posts: 106

Re: Telegram Desktop Audio Output limited to Jack in Arch's custom build

There also seems to be something in the Arch version of Telegram that wreaks havoc with the Bluetooth audio stack. If I have Telegram Desktop running, Bluetooth audio turns off if two applications are using audio output at the same time. For example, if I have a YouTube video open and playing, and then I open a video in VLC, audio is completely lost until I close either VLC player or YouTube. Bluetooth audio is also lost if I have a YouTube video playing and I click on the volume applet in the sys-tray. I'll see if the same thing happens with the official version from desktop.telegram.org.

UPDATE: I just downloaded the official version from Telegram, same issue occurs - it breaks Bluetooth audio if two applications are playing audio at the same time.

Last edited by andyturfer (2023-07-10 22:42:08)

seth

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From: Won't reply 2 private help req

Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 76,712

Re: Telegram Desktop Audio Output limited to Jack in Arch's custom build

It's more likely that your sond dameon installation or configuration is bogus, open a new thread.
No idea about the OPs situation (whether it still exists or what the cause would be)

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