Horribly Distorted Audio

knewyousir · 2018-02-22 08:15:34

Hi all- new here.
I managed to get my first Arch Build working pretty well after a few tries.
Things were going great until today.

I booted into Arch and my audio is now playing heavily distorted- sounds like an awful AM radio quality. It had been working without issue beforehand.
I'm pretty stumped since I had made no changes to the system in the meantime.
I had been running Win 10 on it, installed on another hard-drive in this system (for gaming until I figure out how to get GPU passthrough working), and it had been on for a few days in that mode until I rebooted into Arch to do some coding.

All audio is distorted in this manner- firefox, clementine, and the system sound fx.

I'm running audio from the stereo line output jack on the back of the chassis.
Motherboard is an Asrock X370 Taichi.

Not really sure how to start fixing this, or what logs/output I should post here.
To be honest, I'm having trouble figuring out my exact hardware via Arch- lshw doesn't seem to be working for me.
Just tell me what info I should be posting, and I will post asap...

I really appreciate any help you can afford to give. Loving arch and sad that I have to face a snag on this issue! Troubleshooting is so much more fun with background music going!

Best,
Knewyousir

Last edited by knewyousir (2018-02-22 08:19:12)

V1del · 2018-02-22 08:54:29

Reboot might be a keyword here. If you simply did a reboot, have you tried cold booting it in the meantime? Sometimes Windows reboots do weird things to hardware state and if the BIOS/UEFI doesn't properly reset the hardware strange issues like these might happen.

However if this really is something in Arch we'll need some more details, can you post, in [ code ] tags

uname -a
aplay -lL
dmesg | grep -iE 'snd|hda|alsa'
#If you use pulse
pacmd list-cards
pacmd list-sinks
pacmd list-sink-inputs #During attempted playback

as well as the terminal output of an affected program during playback.

Last edited by V1del (2018-02-22 08:54:57)

knewyousir · 2018-02-23 03:52:29

Hi V1del- thanks for the help with this.
I had powered down fully last night and left it off for >12 hours...
Booted it up just now and had the same problems with the sound.
By 'cold boot' do you mean that I should physically unseat the power cord as well?
Otherwise, definitely have rebooted this a few times...

Here are the results of what you had asked for

uname -a
Linux <comp-name> 4.14.14-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jan 19 18:42:04 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux #changed for anonymity purposes

aplay -lL
aplay: command not found
  
dmesg | grep -iE 'snd|hda|alsa'  
[   84.776029] snd_hda_intel 0000:0e:00.1: Handle vga_switcheroo audio client
[   84.776031] snd_hda_intel 0000:0e:00.1: Force to non-snoop mode
[   84.776254] snd_hda_intel 0000:0f:00.1: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[   84.776293] snd_hda_intel 0000:0f:00.1: Handle vga_switcheroo audio client
[   84.776294] snd_hda_intel 0000:0f:00.1: Force to non-snoop mode
[   84.776507] snd_hda_intel 0000:12:00.3: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[   84.810688] input: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:0e:00.1/sound/card0/input10
[   84.810731] input: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:0e:00.1/sound/card0/input11
[   84.810771] input: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:0e:00.1/sound/card0/input12
[   84.810830] input: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:0e:00.1/sound/card0/input13
[   84.810878] input: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=10 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:0e:00.1/sound/card0/input14
[   84.811040] input: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.2/0000:0f:00.1/sound/card1/input5
[   84.811080] input: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.2/0000:0f:00.1/sound/card1/input6
[   84.811119] input: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.2/0000:0f:00.1/sound/card1/input7
[   84.811158] input: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.2/0000:0f:00.1/sound/card1/input8
[   84.811196] input: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=10 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.2/0000:0f:00.1/sound/card1/input9
[   84.818873] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC2D0: autoconfig for ALC1220: line_outs=3 (0x14/0x15/0x16/0x0/0x0) type:line
[   84.818875] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC2D0:    speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   84.818876] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC2D0:    hp_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   84.818877] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC2D0:    mono: mono_out=0x0
[   84.818878] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC2D0:    dig-out=0x1e/0x0
[   84.818879] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC2D0:    inputs:
[   84.818880] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC2D0:      Front Mic=0x19
[   84.818881] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC2D0:      Rear Mic=0x18
[   84.818882] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC2D0:      Line=0x1a

pacmd list-cards
3 card(s) available.
    index: 0
        name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_0e_00.1>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        owner module: 6
        properties:
                alsa.card = "0"                                                                                                                         
                alsa.card_name = "HDA ATI HDMI"                                                                                                         
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfe960000 irq 57"                                                                               
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"                                                                                                      
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:0e:00.1"                                                                                                    
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:0e:00.1/sound/card0"                                                                
                device.bus = "pci"                                                                                                                      
                device.vendor.id = "1002"                                                                                                               
                device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]"                                                                           
                device.product.id = "aae0"                                                                                                              
                device.string = "0"
                device.description = "HDA ATI HDMI"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        profiles:
                output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (priority 5400, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 300, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 300, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (priority 5200, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (priority 100, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (priority 100, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (priority 5200, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 100, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 100, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (priority 5200, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (priority 100, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output (priority 100, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra4: Digital Stereo (HDMI 5) Output (priority 5200, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra4: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 5) Output (priority 100, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra4: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 5) Output (priority 100, available: no)
                off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
        active profile: <off>
        ports:
                hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (priority 5800, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (priority 5700, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (priority 5600, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                hdmi-output-4: HDMI / DisplayPort 5 (priority 5500, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
    index: 1
        name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_0f_00.1>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        owner module: 7
        properties:
                alsa.card = "1"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA ATI HDMI"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfe860000 irq 59"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:0f:00.1"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.2/0000:0f:00.1/sound/card1"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "1002"
                device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]"
                device.product.id = "aae0"
                device.string = "1"
                device.description = "HDA ATI HDMI"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        profiles:
                output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (priority 5400, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 300, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 300, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (priority 5200, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (priority 100, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (priority 100, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (priority 5200, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 100, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 100, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (priority 5200, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (priority 100, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output (priority 100, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra4: Digital Stereo (HDMI 5) Output (priority 5200, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra4: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 5) Output (priority 100, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra4: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 5) Output (priority 100, available: no)
                off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
        active profile: <off>
        ports:
                hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (priority 5800, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (priority 5700, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (priority 5600, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                hdmi-output-4: HDMI / DisplayPort 5 (priority 5500, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
    index: 2
        name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_12_00.3>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        owner module: 8
        properties:
                alsa.card = "2"
                alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xfe700000 irq 61"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:12:00.3"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:12:00.3/sound/card2"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "1022"
                device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]"
                device.product.id = "1457"
                device.product.name = "Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller"
                device.string = "2"
                device.description = "Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        profiles:
                input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (priority 60, available: no)
                output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (priority 6000, available: unknown)
                output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (priority 6060, available: unknown)
                output:analog-surround-21: Analog Surround 2.1 Output (priority 800, available: unknown)
                output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 2.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 860, available: unknown)
                output:analog-surround-40: Analog Surround 4.0 Output (priority 700, available: unknown)
                output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 760, available: unknown)
                output:analog-surround-41: Analog Surround 4.1 Output (priority 800, available: unknown)
                output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 860, available: unknown)
                output:analog-surround-50: Analog Surround 5.0 Output (priority 700, available: unknown)
                output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 760, available: unknown)
                output:analog-surround-51: Analog Surround 5.1 Output (priority 800, available: unknown)
                output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 860, available: unknown)
                output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (priority 5500, available: unknown)
                output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 5560, available: unknown)
                off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
        active profile: <output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo>
        sinks:
                alsa_output.pci-0000_12_00.3.analog-stereo/#0: Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo
        sources:
                alsa_output.pci-0000_12_00.3.analog-stereo.monitor/#0: Monitor of Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo
                alsa_input.pci-0000_12_00.3.analog-stereo/#1: Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo
        ports:
                analog-input-front-mic: Front Microphone (priority 8500, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
                analog-input-rear-mic: Rear Microphone (priority 8200, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
                analog-input-linein: Line In (priority 8100, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:

                analog-output-lineout: Line Out (priority 9900, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
                        properties:

                analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9000, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
                iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:

pacmd list-sinks
1 sink(s) available.
  * index: 0
        name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_12_00.3.analog-stereo>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
        state: SUSPENDED
        suspend cause: IDLE 
        priority: 9039
        volume: front-left: 32768 /  50% / -18.06 dB,   front-right: 32768 /  50% / -18.06 dB
                balance 0.00
        base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
        volume steps: 65537
        muted: no
        current latency: 0.00 ms
        max request: 0 KiB
        max rewind: 0 KiB
        monitor source: 0
        sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
        channel map: front-left,front-right
                     Stereo
        used by: 0
        linked by: 0
        configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 1999.82 ms
        card: 2 <alsa_card.pci-0000_12_00.3>
        module: 8
        properties:
                alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.class = "sound"
                alsa.class = "generic"
                alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
                alsa.name = "ALC1220 Analog"
                alsa.id = "ALC1220 Analog"
                alsa.subdevice = "0"
                alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
                alsa.device = "0"
                alsa.card = "2"
                alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xfe700000 irq 61"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:12:00.3"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:12:00.3/sound/card2"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "1022"
                device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]"
                device.product.id = "1457"
                device.product.name = "Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller"
                device.string = "front:2"
                device.buffering.buffer_size = "352768"
                device.buffering.fragment_size = "176384"
                device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
                device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
                device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
                device.description = "Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC1220"
                alsa.components = "HDA:10ec1220,18491220,00100003"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        ports:
                analog-output-lineout: Line Out (priority 9900, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
                        properties:

                analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9000, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
        active port: <analog-output-lineout>

pacmd list-sink-inputs
1 sink input(s) available.
    index: 91
        driver: <protocol-native.c>
        flags: START_CORKED 
        state: RUNNING
        sink: 0 <alsa_output.pci-0000_12_00.3.analog-stereo>
        volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        muted: no
        current latency: 69.73 ms
        requested latency: 90.00 ms
        sample spec: float32le 2ch 44100Hz
        channel map: front-left,front-right
                     Stereo
        resample method: copy
        module: 10
        client: 21 <Clementine>
        properties:
                media.name = "'Orange Juice Simpson' by 'The Jet Age Of Tomorrow'"
                application.name = "Clementine"
                native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
                native-protocol.version = "32"
                media.role = "music"
                application.process.id = "983"
                application.process.user = "<username>" #changed for anonymity purposes
                application.process.host = "<compname>" #changed for anonymity purposes
                application.process.binary = "clementine"
                application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
                window.x11.display = ":0"
                application.process.machine_id = "2b0bf4cbdae6466f9d6bb2ec2b328335"
                application.process.session_id = "c2"
                application.icon_name = "clementine"
                module-stream-restore.id = "sink-input-by-media-role:music"
                media.title = "Orange Juice Simpson"
                media.artist = "The Jet Age Of Tomorrow"

clementine --verbose #not sure if I did this part right... also, just included a few examples since this ran to somewhere over 50k lines of output...
22:45:12.999 WARN  unknown                          QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /run/media/<username>/Files/Library/Music/frank ocean 
QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No space left on device
22:45:12.999 WARN  unknown                          QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /run/media/<username>/Files/Library/Music/frank ocean/Channel Orange 
QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No space left on device
22:45:12.999 WARN  unknown                          QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /run/media/<username>/Files/Library/Music/frank ocean/nostalgia_ultra 
QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No space left on device
22:45:12.999 WARN  unknown                          QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /run/media/<username>/Files/Library/Music/Frank Rosolino 
QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No space left on device
22:45:12.999 WARN  unknown                          QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /run/media/<username>/Files/Library/Music/Frank Rosolino/Fond Memories 
QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No space left on device
22:45:12.999 WARN  unknown                          QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /run/media/<username>/Files/Library/Music/Frank Rosolino/Free for All

I ran clementine in verbose mode in terminal- didn't really generate much output except for flagging a bunch of dcm protected mp4as that are still floating around in my library from my old, old itunes days...

Thanks again for your help with this! I am truly grateful...

Last edited by knewyousir (2018-02-23 04:21:39)

knewyousir · 2018-02-23 04:19:41

Wow- well, I went ahead and did a 'cold reboot' as you suggested, physically unseating the power cable from the machine, waiting two minutes, and then rebooting. Audio is clean now, issue fully resolved as far as I can tell.

I'm perplexed how the physical seating of the power cord could have this sort of an effect on the machine, but, I'll take it. If anyone knows why this is, I'd love to hear why. Otherwise, thank you for your help V1del!

Last edited by knewyousir (2018-02-23 04:22:15)

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#1 2018-02-22 08:15:34

Horribly Distorted Audio

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Re: Horribly Distorted Audio

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Re: Horribly Distorted Audio

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Re: Horribly Distorted Audio

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