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gaelic

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Registered: 2010-08-01

Posts: 126

KODI - sound distored since upgrade to 20 / pipewire

Hello.

Since the upgrade to kodi i have problems with the sound output via HDMI to the TV. First sound did not work at all, but the bugtracker helped me to circumvent that.
But one issue is still not resolved:

Sounds like water (e.g. waterfall) or other random noise like wind, hissing, etc. are out of proportion and cover all other sounds, especially spoken word / voices.
I do not have an equalizer active (to my knowledge). Anyone has a hint for me?

gps1539

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2013-11-06

Posts: 165

Re: KODI - sound distored since upgrade to 20 / pipewire

Not sure if it is related, but I lost sound completely with KODI 20.0 and had to downgrade to 19, which still works well for me.

Last edited by gps1539 (2023-05-16 21:17:48)

graysky

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Registered: 2008-12-01

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Re: KODI - sound distored since upgrade to 20 / pipewire

Don't use pipewire.  https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kodi#Using_ALSA

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