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theseamorefamily

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Pipewire delay

Pipewire has been exhibiting a noticeable delay while streaming video in firefox on my latest and greatest system built fresh on January 1st.

the suggestions found elsewhere were outdated or unsolved.

Does anyone have a solution?

I'm not sure what relevant logs or output one would need to troubleshoot this issue, but am happy to oblige with any request.

edit: this problem is being experienced in brave-bin browser as well, so it's not application specific.

Last edited by theseamorefamily (2024-01-23 09:18:53)

V1del

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Re: Pipewire delay

Post

sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
pactl list sinks
pactl list sink-inputs
pw-top

while reproducing the issue.

theseamorefamily

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Re: Pipewire delay

USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0:  matt       1463 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/controlC1:  matt       1463 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/seq:        matt       1461 F.... pipewire
Sink #47
    State: SUSPENDED
    Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo
    Description: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
    Driver: PipeWire
    Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 48000Hz
    Channel Map: front-left,front-right
    Owner Module: 4294967295
    Mute: no
    Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
            balance 0.00
    Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
    Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor
    Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
    Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
    Properties:
        alsa.card = "1"
        alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
        alsa.class = "generic"
        alsa.device = "0"
        alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
        alsa.id = "ALC1220 Analog"
        alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0x6403130000 irq 272"
        alsa.name = "ALC1220 Analog"
        alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
        alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
        alsa.subdevice = "0"
        alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
        api.alsa.card.longname = "HDA Intel PCH at 0x6403130000 irq 272"
        api.alsa.card.name = "HDA Intel PCH"
        api.alsa.path = "front:1"
        api.alsa.pcm.card = "1"
        api.alsa.pcm.stream = "playback"
        audio.channels = "2"
        audio.position = "FL,FR"
        card.profile.device = "9"
        device.api = "alsa"
        device.class = "sound"
        device.id = "45"
        device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
        device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
        device.routes = "2"
        factory.name = "api.alsa.pcm.sink"
        media.class = "Audio/Sink"
        device.description = "Built-in Audio"
        node.name = "alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo"
        node.nick = "ALC1220 Analog"
        node.pause-on-idle = "false"
        object.path = "alsa:pcm:1:front:1:playback"
        priority.driver = "1009"
        priority.session = "1009"
        factory.id = "18"
        clock.quantum-limit = "8192"
        client.id = "34"
        node.driver = "true"
        factory.mode = "merge"
        audio.adapt.follower = ""
        library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
        object.id = "47"
        object.serial = "47"
        api.acp.auto-port = "false"
        api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
        api.alsa.card = "1"
        api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
        api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio1"
        device.bus = "pci"
        device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
        device.enum.api = "udev"
        device.form_factor = "internal"
        device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog-pci"
        device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3"
        device.nick = "HDA Intel PCH"
        device.plugged.usec = "4766263"
        device.product.id = "0x7a50"
        device.subsystem = "sound"
        sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card1"
        device.vendor.id = "0x8086"
        device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
        device.string = "1"
    Ports:
        analog-output-speaker: Speakers (type: Speaker, priority: 10000, availability group: Legacy 4, availability unknown)
        analog-output-headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 9900, availability group: Legacy 3, not available)
    Active Port: analog-output-speaker
    Formats:
        pcm

V1del

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Posts: 22,387

Re: Pipewire delay

You're not playing anything back here. It's imperative you are trying to produce sound that gives you the faulty situation and then post the entire output of all of the commands I asked for.

When posting these use bbcode code tags to make things more readable and please adjust your prior post to wrap the already posted output.

theseamorefamily

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Registered: 2023-12-08

Posts: 26

Re: Pipewire delay

Here is the output of sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*   

                             USER         PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0:      matt       1404 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/controlC1:      matt       1403 F.... pipewire
                                     matt       1404 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/pcmC1D0p:   matt       1403 F...m pipewire
/dev/snd/seq:               matt       1403 F.... pipewire

theseamorefamily

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Re: Pipewire delay

Here is the output of pactl list sinks
Sink #47
    State: RUNNING
    Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo
    Description: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
    Driver: PipeWire
    Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 48000Hz
    Channel Map: front-left,front-right
    Owner Module: 4294967295
    Mute: no
    Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
            balance 0.00
    Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
    Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor
    Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
    Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
    Properties:
        alsa.card = "1"
        alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
        alsa.class = "generic"
        alsa.device = "0"
        alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
        alsa.id = "ALC1220 Analog"
        alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0x6403130000 irq 272"
        alsa.name = "ALC1220 Analog"
        alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
        alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
        alsa.subdevice = "0"
        alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
        api.alsa.card.longname = "HDA Intel PCH at 0x6403130000 irq 272"
        api.alsa.card.name = "HDA Intel PCH"
        api.alsa.path = "front:1"
        api.alsa.pcm.card = "1"
        api.alsa.pcm.stream = "playback"
        audio.channels = "2"
        audio.position = "FL,FR"
        card.profile.device = "9"
        device.api = "alsa"
        device.class = "sound"
        device.id = "45"
        device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
        device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
        device.routes = "2"
        factory.name = "api.alsa.pcm.sink"
        media.class = "Audio/Sink"
        device.description = "Built-in Audio"
        node.name = "alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo"
        node.nick = "ALC1220 Analog"
        node.pause-on-idle = "false"
        object.path = "alsa:pcm:1:front:1:playback"
        priority.driver = "1009"
        priority.session = "1009"
        factory.id = "18"
        clock.quantum-limit = "8192"
        client.id = "34"
        node.driver = "true"
        factory.mode = "merge"
        audio.adapt.follower = ""
        library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
        object.id = "47"
        object.serial = "47"
        node.max-latency = "16384/48000"
        api.alsa.period-size = "1024"
        api.alsa.period-num = "32"
        api.alsa.headroom = "0"
        api.acp.auto-port = "false"
        api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
        api.alsa.card = "1"
        api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
        api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio1"
        device.bus = "pci"
        device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
        device.enum.api = "udev"
        device.form_factor = "internal"
        device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog-pci"
        device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3"
        device.nick = "HDA Intel PCH"
        device.plugged.usec = "4755708"
        device.product.id = "0x7a50"
        device.subsystem = "sound"
        sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card1"
        device.vendor.id = "0x8086"
        device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
        device.string = "1"
    Ports:
        analog-output-speaker: Speakers (type: Speaker, priority: 10000, availability group: Legacy 4, availability unknown)
        analog-output-headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 9900, availability group: Legacy 3, not available)
    Active Port: analog-output-speaker
    Formats:
        pcm

theseamorefamily

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Posts: 26

Re: Pipewire delay

Here is the output of $ pactl list sink-inputs
Sink Input #83
    Driver: PipeWire
    Owner Module: n/a
    Client: 77
    Sink: 47
    Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
    Channel Map: front-left,front-right
    Format: pcm, format.sample_format = "\"float32le\""  format.rate = "48000"  format.channels = "2"  format.channel_map = "\"front-left,front-right\""
    Corked: no
    Mute: no
    Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
            balance 0.00
    Buffer Latency: 0 usec
    Sink Latency: 0 usec
    Resample method: PipeWire
    Properties:
        client.api = "pipewire-pulse"
        pulse.server.type = "unix"
        application.name = "Firefox"
        application.process.id = "2169"
        application.process.user = "matt"
        application.process.host = "fuckofffbi"
        application.process.binary = "firefox"
        application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
        window.x11.display = ":1"
        application.process.machine_id = "5042974e455549dfa986457a34096fb8"
        media.name = "File #P1tQwqCw5yYG - Vidcloud"
        node.rate = "1/48000"
        node.latency = "3600/48000"
        stream.is-live = "true"
        node.name = "Firefox"
        node.want-driver = "true"
        node.autoconnect = "true"
        media.class = "Stream/Output/Audio"
        adapt.follower.spa-node = ""
        object.register = "false"
        factory.id = "6"
        clock.quantum-limit = "8192"
        factory.mode = "split"
        audio.adapt.follower = ""
        library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
        client.id = "57"
        object.id = "56"
        object.serial = "83"
        pulse.attr.maxlength = "4194304"
        pulse.attr.tlength = "48000"
        pulse.attr.prebuf = "38408"
        pulse.attr.minreq = "9600"
        module-stream-restore.id = "sink-input-by-application-name:Firefox"

theseamorefamily

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Re: Pipewire delay

theseamorefamily

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Re: Pipewire delay

one more try.. forgot i stopped the audio for the image hosting..

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Re: Pipewire delay

theseamorefamily

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Re: Pipewire delay

edit: this problem is being experienced in brave-bin browser as well, so it's not application specific.

Last edited by theseamorefamily (2024-01-23 09:19:07)

theseamorefamily

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Re: Pipewire delay

image uploader

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Re: Pipewire delay

V1del

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Re: Pipewire delay

Please edit previous posts instead of multi posting. There's indeed some delay (... not that much to be frank) but it feels like this is up to the audio card.  You could try to play around with the quantum values: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire … ze-quantum

theseamorefamily

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Re: Pipewire delay

Sure, i willl try creating the configuration file and test it later. I noticed an empty pipewire.conf.d directory in the /etc/pipewire by the way, with 5 other directories.

[matt@fuckofffbi etc]$ cd pipewire
[matt@fuckofffbi pipewire]$ ls
client.conf.d  client-rt.conf.d  jack.conf.d  minimal.conf.d  pipewire.conf.d  pipewire-pulse.conf.d

I will create the suggested configuration file using vim and chmod with an extra privelege user mask when i am not busy tinkering with a full disk encryption WITHOUT the guided install.

thanks.

~ mwo