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#1 2018-05-26 17:58:00

thypthon
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Registered: 2018-05-22
Posts: 7

Spotify and pulseaudio issues

Hello. A while back I tried to setup JACK with pulseaudio and did get it to work. I had removed my previous default pulseaudio setup (I did not have any configuration changed, all default from package). When I reverted this change, spotify is the only application that seems to ignore my pulseaudio setup. Using pavucontrol I can see that spotify does not "register" in pulseaudio and the console logs from spotify also says it "uses ALSA". I would like to get some help with this issue as I cant seem to get my head around why it does not work anymore..

/etc/asound.conf:

# Use PulseAudio by default
pcm.!default {
  type pulse
  fallback "sysdefault"
  hint {
    show on
    description "Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)"
  }
}

ctl.!default {
  type pulse
  fallback "sysdefault"
}

# vim:set ft=alsaconf:

I have no ~/.asoundrc file.

aplay -L:

null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
default
    Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)
sysdefault:CARD=HD
    USB Sound Blaster HD, USB Audio
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=HD,DEV=0
    USB Sound Blaster HD, USB Audio
    Front speakers
surround21:CARD=HD,DEV=0
    USB Sound Blaster HD, USB Audio
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=HD,DEV=0
    USB Sound Blaster HD, USB Audio
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=HD,DEV=0
    USB Sound Blaster HD, USB Audio
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=HD,DEV=0
    USB Sound Blaster HD, USB Audio
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=HD,DEV=0
    USB Sound Blaster HD, USB Audio
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=HD,DEV=0
    USB Sound Blaster HD, USB Audio
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=HD,DEV=0
    USB Sound Blaster HD, USB Audio #1
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
sysdefault:CARD=PCH
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog
    Front speakers
surround21:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 1
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 2
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 3
    HDMI Audio Output

Logs from spotify when playing a song:

17:56:13.407 I [audio_driver_linux.cpp:26       ] Using Alsa
17:56:13.407 I [audio_player_queue_impl.cpp:213 ] Pause driver: 0x00007f5ae802ee20
17:56:13.408 I [audio_player_queue_entry.cpp:310] Buffering changed for entry: 0x00007f5ae43c25b8, 1
17:56:13.408 I [audio_player_queue_impl.cpp:285 ] fade in at -1 for -1 milliseconds, fade out at -1 for -1 milliseconds
17:56:13.408 I [audio_player_queue_impl.cpp:821 ] Pause driver: 0x00007f5ae802ee20, 0
17:56:13.412 I [audio_player_queue_impl.cpp:641 ] Open driver: 0x00007f5ae802ee20
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1099:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
17:56:13.456 E [audio_decompressor_process.cpp:350] playbackError: playback_error_audio_driver (12)

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#2 2018-05-26 18:25:22

judd1
Member
Registered: 2015-09-04
Posts: 260

Re: Spotify and pulseaudio issues

sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
pacmd list-sinks
pacmd list-sink-inputs

This isn't right. This isn't even wrong.
-- Wolfgang Pauli --

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#3 2018-05-26 18:38:00

thypthon
Member
Registered: 2018-05-22
Posts: 7

Re: Spotify and pulseaudio issues

judd1 wrote:
sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
pacmd list-sinks
pacmd list-sink-inputs

sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*

                     USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0:  thypthon     20908 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1:  thypthon     20908 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC2:  thypthon     20908 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c:   thypthon     20908 F...m pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   thypthon     18320 F...m spotify
/dev/snd/pcmC1D0c:   thypthon     20908 F...m pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC1D0p:   thypthon     20908 F...m pulseaudio
/dev/snd/timer:      thypthon     18320 f.... spotify

pacmd list-sinks

2 sink(s) available.
    index: 0
	name: <alsa_output.usb-Creative_Technology_USB_Sound_Blaster_HD_000001T4-00.analog-stereo>
	driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
	flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
	state: IDLE
	suspend cause: 
	priority: 9049
	volume: front-left: 37588 /  57% / -14.49 dB,   front-right: 37588 /  57% / -14.49 dB
	        balance 0.00
	base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	volume steps: 65537
	muted: no
	current latency: 34.89 ms
	max request: 7 KiB
	max rewind: 375 KiB
	monitor source: 0
	sample spec: s16le 2ch 48000Hz
	channel map: front-left,front-right
	             Stereo
	used by: 0
	linked by: 1
	configured latency: 40.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 2000.00 ms
	card: 1 <alsa_card.usb-Creative_Technology_USB_Sound_Blaster_HD_000001T4-00>
	module: 7
	properties:
		alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
		device.api = "alsa"
		device.class = "sound"
		alsa.class = "generic"
		alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
		alsa.name = "USB Audio"
		alsa.id = "USB Audio"
		alsa.subdevice = "0"
		alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
		alsa.device = "0"
		alsa.card = "0"
		alsa.card_name = "USB Sound Blaster HD"
		alsa.long_card_name = "Creative Technology USB Sound Blaster HD at usb-0000:00:14.0-9, full speed"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:9:1.0"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-9/1-9:1.0/sound/card0"
		udev.id = "usb-Creative_Technology_USB_Sound_Blaster_HD_000001T4-00"
		device.bus = "usb"
		device.vendor.id = "041e"
		device.vendor.name = "Creative Technology, Ltd"
		device.product.id = "3232"
		device.product.name = "Sound Blaster Premium HD [SBX]"
		device.serial = "Creative_Technology_USB_Sound_Blaster_HD_000001T4"
		device.string = "front:0"
		device.buffering.buffer_size = "384000"
		device.buffering.fragment_size = "192000"
		device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
		device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
		device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
		device.description = "Sound Blaster Premium HD [SBX] Analog Stereo"
		alsa.mixer_name = "USB Mixer"
		alsa.components = "USB041e:3232"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb"
	ports:
		analog-output: Analog Output (priority 9900, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
			properties:
				
	active port: <analog-output>
  * index: 1
	name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo>
	driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
	flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
	state: IDLE
	suspend cause: 
	priority: 9039
	volume: front-left: 70973 / 108% / 2.08 dB,   front-right: 70973 / 108% / 2.08 dB
	        balance 0.00
	base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	volume steps: 65537
	muted: no
	current latency: 40.48 ms
	max request: 6 KiB
	max rewind: 344 KiB
	monitor source: 2
	sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
	channel map: front-left,front-right
	             Stereo
	used by: 0
	linked by: 1
	configured latency: 40.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 2000.00 ms
	card: 2 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3>
	module: 8
	properties:
		alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
		device.api = "alsa"
		device.class = "sound"
		alsa.class = "generic"
		alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
		alsa.name = "ALC887-VD Analog"
		alsa.id = "ALC887-VD Analog"
		alsa.subdevice = "0"
		alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
		alsa.device = "0"
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7240000 irq 132"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card1"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "8086"
		device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
		device.product.id = "a170"
		device.product.name = "Sunrise Point-H HD Audio"
		device.form_factor = "internal"
		device.string = "front:1"
		device.buffering.buffer_size = "352800"
		device.buffering.fragment_size = "176400"
		device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
		device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
		device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
		device.description = "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
		alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC887-VD"
		alsa.components = "HDA:10ec0887,104386c9,00100302"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	ports:
		analog-output-lineout: Line Out (priority 9900, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				
		analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9000, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
	active port: <analog-output-headphones>

pacmd list-sink-inputs  

0 sink input(s) available.

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#4 2018-05-26 19:35:40

judd1
Member
Registered: 2015-09-04
Posts: 260

Re: Spotify and pulseaudio issues

Hello, no encouragement to offend you, please read and look in the forum, because in the "planet Linux" will NOT find a https://wiki.archlinux.org/ so but as complete and rich as that of ArchLinux. Surely you will get the answer to your problem!
If you want, you can start with https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewforum.php?id=32

This isn't right. This isn't even wrong.
-- Wolfgang Pauli --

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#5 2018-05-26 21:21:46

V1del
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Registered: 2012-10-16
Posts: 21,657

Re: Spotify and pulseaudio issues

You should configure spotify so that it plays back from your 'default' device as opposed to a direct card. Otherwise it isn't handled by pulse and will lead to conflicts.

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#6 2018-05-27 15:25:32

thypthon
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Registered: 2018-05-22
Posts: 7

Re: Spotify and pulseaudio issues

V1del wrote:

You should configure spotify so that it plays back from your 'default' device as opposed to a direct card. Otherwise it isn't handled by pulse and will lead to conflicts.

Thanks. Is this something that should be set in spotifys own config? There does not seem to be any documentation of it.

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#7 2018-05-27 15:39:58

thypthon
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Registered: 2018-05-22
Posts: 7

Re: Spotify and pulseaudio issues

Note: I did have some luck to get spotify to work with pulseaudio. Yesterday, I ended up uninstalling `pulseaudio-alsa` package and then it worked... for some reason. Just now, I had the same issue again with spotify playing directly to alsa and not showing up in pavucontrol. Then I did `systemd --user restart pulseaudio.socket` and `systemd --user restart pulseaudio.service` and after restarting spotify it plays songs, but only if `pavucontrol` is not open.. Spotify does not play via the configured default in pulseaudio..

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#8 2018-05-27 15:57:26

V1del
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Registered: 2012-10-16
Posts: 21,657

Re: Spotify and pulseaudio issues

That's because spotify is not playing back over pulse, which is not what you want as that will block the audio device for everything but spotify and vice versa.  The fuser output should return only pulseaudio even  if you are playing something in spotify. And you should see at the very least a [alsa-plugin] spotify stream within pavucontrol.

As you are seemingly the first person having an issue with that, at least on here, something on your setup might be weird, do you have an ~/.asoundrc or something?  Reinstall pulseaudio-alsa in any case, not having it there isn't going to be the fix and you might get other issues with other apps that properly ask for the default device.

Do you have any ALSA related redefinitions in your environment? 

printenv

Maybe try something like 

ALSA_PCM=pulse spotify

Last edited by V1del (2018-05-27 15:58:09)

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#9 2018-05-27 16:26:51

thypthon
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Registered: 2018-05-22
Posts: 7

Re: Spotify and pulseaudio issues

I reinstalled pulseaudio-alsa now without any luck fixing the spotify issue.

printenv

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
DISPLAY=:0
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
XDG_VTNR=7
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-EtRHjE5fN2OD/agent.2228
XDG_SESSION_ID=c2
XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/lightdm-data/edvin
USER=edvin
DESKTOP_SESSION=i3
PWD=/home/edvin
HOME=/home/edvin
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=i3
GTK_MODULES=canberra-gtk-module
_JAVA_OPTIONS=-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on -Dswing.aatext=true
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/edvin
SHELL=/bin/zsh
XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=i3
XDG_SEAT=seat0
SHLVL=3
MAVEN_OPTS=-Xmx512m
GDMSESSION=i3
LOGNAME=edvin
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
XAUTHORITY=/home/edvin/.Xauthority
XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
PATH=/home/edvin/.nvm/versions/node/v8.11.1/bin:/home/edvin/.local/bin:/home/edvin/bin:/home/edvin/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/home/edvin/.gem/ruby/2.4.0/bin
_=/usr/bin/printenv
KITTY_WINDOW_ID=1
WINDOWID=31457300
TERM=xterm-kitty
COLORTERM=truecolor
TERMINFO=/usr/lib/kitty/terminfo
OLDPWD=/home/edvin
ZSH=/home/edvin/.oh-my-zsh
PAGER=less
LESS=-R
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
LSCOLORS=Gxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad
LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.opus=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:
EDITOR=vim
YSU_HARDCORE=1
SSH_AGENT_PID=2229
NVM_DIR=/home/edvin/.nvm
NVM_CD_FLAGS=-q
NVM_BIN=/home/edvin/.nvm/versions/node/v8.11.1/bin

I don't have a .asoundrc config, but I do have a /etc/asound.conf, the same as in pulseaudio-alsa package.

I tried running `ALSA_PCM=pulse spotify --show-console` and I then saw this message: `16:22:46.195 I [audio_driver_linux.cpp:26       ] Using Alsa` so it seems to not work. I think you are on to something, because when some app is using pulseaudi as they should (like firefox), spotify is unable to play.

When firefox is running:

                     USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0:  edvin      1538 F.... polybar
                     edvin      1774 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1:  edvin      1774 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC2:  edvin      1774 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   edvin      1774 F...m pulseaudio

When spotify plays (no other app is playing audio, because spotify does not play anything when something else is playing):

                     USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0:  edvin      1538 F.... polybar
                     edvin      1774 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1:  edvin      1774 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC2:  edvin      1774 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   edvin     17039 F...m spotify
/dev/snd/timer:      edvin     17039 f.... spotify

Last edited by thypthon (2018-05-27 16:27:37)

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