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eridanus

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Registered: 2019-09-20

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Distorted and crackling audio with Galaxy Buds2 Pro & Pipewire

I have Pipewire version 0.3.60
Kernel: 6.0.8-zen1-1-zen
DE: Gnome
WM: Wayland

I've installed the following pipewire related packages:

local/gst-plugin-pipewire 1:0.3.60-3
    Multimedia graph framework - pipewire plugin
local/helvum 0.3.4-1
    GTK patchbay for PipeWire
local/pipewire 1:0.3.60-3
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor
local/pipewire-alsa 1:0.3.60-3
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - ALSA configuration
local/pipewire-audio 1:0.3.60-3
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - Audio support
local/pipewire-jack 1:0.3.60-3
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - JACK support
local/pipewire-pulse 1:0.3.60-3
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - PulseAudio replacement
local/wireplumber 0.4.12-1
    Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire

Tried to check the pipewire service

systemctl --user status service pipewire

returns:

Unit service.service could not be found.
● pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-11-18 10:12:57 IST; 15min ago
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 1223 (pipewire)
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 153524)
     Memory: 10.2M
        CPU: 89ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
             └─1223 /usr/bin/pipewire

Nov 18 10:12:57 nullptr systemd[1212]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.
Nov 18 10:12:57 nullptr pipewire[1223]: mod.rt: Can't find xdg-portal: (null)
Nov 18 10:12:57 nullptr pipewire[1223]: mod.rt: found session bus but no portal
Nov 18 10:12:57 nullptr pipewire[1223]: pw.module: No module "libpipewire-module-x11-bell" was found

and pipewire-pulse service:

Unit service.service could not be found.
● pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-11-18 10:12:57 IST; 22min ago
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire-pulse.socket
   Main PID: 1225 (pipewire-pulse)
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 153524)
     Memory: 4.6M
        CPU: 52ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire-pulse.service
             └─1225 /usr/bin/pipewire-pulse

Nov 18 10:12:57 nullptr systemd[1212]: Started PipeWire PulseAudio.
Nov 18 10:12:57 nullptr pipewire-pulse[1225]: mod.rt: Can't find xdg-portal: (null)
Nov 18 10:12:57 nullptr pipewire-pulse[1225]: mod.rt: found session bus but no portal
Nov 18 10:12:57 nullptr pipewire-pulse[1248]: 536870912

xdg-desktop-portal related packages have been installed:

local/xdg-desktop-portal 1.15.0-1
    Desktop integration portals for sandboxed apps
local/xdg-desktop-portal-gnome 43.1-1
    A backend implementation for xdg-desktop-portal for the GNOME desktop environment
local/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk 1.14.0-1
    A backend implementation for xdg-desktop-portal using GTK

Tried to run wireplumber, got:

sudo wireplumber
Failed to connect to PipeWire

I've tried to change codec from AAC to any other - it only gets worse.

Last edited by eridanus (2022-11-18 08:39:19)