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teejer

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Registered: 2016-11-14

Posts: 11

Audio stuttering if volume above 50%

I have an odd issue on my GMKTec K8 mini pc. If I have my volume above 50% it stutters really bad. Works perfectly if below that. Happens to all apps, Spotify, web browsers, steam games, system sounds. Happens on both linux and linux-lts kernels.

I've been using arch on it for a while, it seems like this started sometime over the last week.

66:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio Controller
66:00.6 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller

Not sure how to troubleshoot it. It isn't using audio through hdmi, but through 3.5mm jack.

Last edited by teejer (2024-06-02 18:20:50)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Audio stuttering if volume above 50%

The single volume slider in pipewire/PA contexts is normally an aggregated volume of multiple distinct sliders on the HW level. Is "above 50%" switching some specific control in that case? Check your actual HW mixers with e.g. amixer -c0, maybe post the output of that as well as

aplay -l
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Thor-x86

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Registered: 2021-10-15

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Re: Audio stuttering if volume above 50%

There is a lot of patches in the audio subsystem of Linux kernel lately. So, probably one of those patches caused your Audio Controller to over-current and temporarily cut-off for a brief period due to protection. To test whether it's the problem or not, try replace `linux` package to `linux-lts`.

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