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PhreddySeth

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Registered: 2025-03-16

Posts: 2

[Solved] Sound works very breifly and then cuts out

I've just installed arch with pulseaudio and am setting it up. I got this issue where the sound wasn't working. I then used the sound test in settings and it cut back in halfway through the test. Then when i try to play sound (testing with spotify) it plays for a brief moment then cuts out again. The sound isnt stopped (spotify keeps playing the song) but there is no sound. I switch to pipewire because i saw people saying that pulse had some bugs but it still doesnt work.

Last edited by PhreddySeth (2025-03-17 18:00:58)

unixman

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Registered: 2015-03-12

Posts: 68

Re: [Solved] Sound works very breifly and then cuts out

Look at active systemd services. Maybe more than one service/app(pipewire, pulse) trying to access/manage sound devices at same time.

Or switch alsa backend:
Disable pipewire and pulse systemd services
rm -rf /etc/alsa/*   :HOLD ON: backup before remove!

Play sound on console: Say "mpg123 sample.mp3"

Last edited by unixman (2025-03-16 23:20:35)

The Loko

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From: Spain

Registered: 2014-07-23

Posts: 103

Re: [Solved] Sound works very breifly and then cuts out

Do you have gst-plugin-pipewire installed?
Last update broke compatibility with pulse. You can either ditch gst-plugin-pipewire or move to pipewire installing pipewire-pulse.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=304079

Last edited by The Loko (2025-03-17 07:43:53)

PhreddySeth

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Registered: 2025-03-16

Posts: 2

Re: [Solved] Sound works very breifly and then cuts out

installing pipewire-pulse and rebooting seems to have fixed it. thanks