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Hello, I have a problem with my audio and it gets frustrating. In the past I used ALSA for all my audio needs. I had a problem with skips and glitches and stuff in any playback. After a lot of searching I managed to fix the problem with a specific asoundrc configuration. To be more specific I set the period size to 1024 and the buffer size to 8192. Also used the softvol plugin. Problem disappeared and I was happy.
Recently I bought a headset and I decided to switch to Pulseaudio for anything audio-related, because it is easier to switch between the speakers, microphones etc. And now the problem is back. While playing audio I hear skips every couple of seconds. It is just for a fraction of a second that the sound skips and is replaced with a pop.
This only happens when playing audio from the speakers. Not when using the sound card of my headset. So I'm pretty sure it's related with the old problem when I was using ALSA.
I tried various things but it's still there, here is what I tried.
1) Disabling Timer-based scheduling
2) Setting default fragments and size to 3 and 5 respectively.
3) Using the following options (options snd-hda-intel vid=8086 pid=8ca0 snoop=0)
Anyone has any idea what should I try next or how to tackle this? Thanks in advance.
Not sure what info would someone needbut here is "pactl list sinks"
Sink #0
State: SUSPENDED
Name: alsa_output.usb-Kingston_HyperX_Virtual_Surround_Sound_00000000-00.analog-stereo
Description: HyperX 7.1 Audio Analog Stereo
Driver: module-alsa-card.c
Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Owner Module: 8
Mute: yes
Volume: front-left: 29274 / 45% / -21.00 dB, front-right: 29274 / 45% / -21.00 dB
balance 0.00
Base Volume: 54094 / 83% / -5.00 dB
Monitor Source: alsa_output.usb-Kingston_HyperX_Virtual_Surround_Sound_00000000-00.analog-stereo.monitor
Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
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 = "2"
alsa.card_name = "HyperX Virtual Surround Sound"
alsa.long_card_name = "Kingston HyperX Virtual Surround Sound at usb-0000:00:14.0-3, full speed"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:3:1.0"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-3/3-3:1.0/sound/card2"
udev.id = "usb-Kingston_HyperX_Virtual_Surround_Sound_00000000-00"
device.bus = "usb"
device.vendor.id = "0951"
device.vendor.name = "Kingston Technology"
device.product.id = "16a4"
device.product.name = "HyperX 7.1 Audio"
device.serial = "Kingston_HyperX_Virtual_Surround_Sound_00000000"
device.string = "front:2"
device.buffering.buffer_size = "17632"
device.buffering.fragment_size = "4408"
device.access_mode = "mmap"
device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
device.description = "HyperX 7.1 Audio Analog Stereo"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb"
Ports:
analog-output: Analog Output (type: Analog, priority: 9900, availability unknown)
Active Port: analog-output
Formats:
pcm
Sink #2
State: RUNNING
Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo
Description: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
Driver: module-alsa-card.c
Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Owner Module: 9
Mute: no
Volume: front-left: 18350 / 28% / -33.17 dB, front-right: 18350 / 28% / -33.17 dB
balance 0.00
Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor
Latency: 99904 usec, configured 99954 usec
Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
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 = "0"
alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7210000 irq 32"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "8086"
device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
device.product.id = "8ca0"
device.product.name = "9 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller"
device.form_factor = "internal"
device.string = "front:0"
device.buffering.buffer_size = "17632"
device.buffering.fragment_size = "4408"
device.access_mode = "mmap"
device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
device.description = "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
Ports:
analog-output-lineout: Line Out (type: Line, priority: 9000, available)
analog-output-headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 9900, not available)
Active Port: analog-output-lineout
Formats:
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You could try to install pipewire-pulse and pipewire-alsa and reboot.
If you are lucky, this will magically fix your issue. But if not, at least you are using more stable software than before. I feel more optimistic about debugging potential PipeWire issues than about PulseAudio...
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