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Mihaulik

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Registered: 2026-07-11

Posts: 3

Audio choppy only when using Bluetooth headphones

Hi everyone,

I'm having an issue with my audio on Arch Linux. The sound is constantly stuttering and lagging (choppy audio), but **only when I am using Bluetooth headphones**. Wired output and built-in speakers work perfectly fine.

The stuttering happens everywhere (browser, media players, games) as if the connection is dropping for a fraction of a second.

**Diagnostic outputs:**

0:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 0094
        Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
        Kernel modules: iwlwifi
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00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake-P/U/H cAVS (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 3004
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
        Kernel modules: snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl, snd_hda_intel
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01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation AD107 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
        Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0000
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

My laptop GIGABYTE G6KF 2025

Last edited by Mihaulik (2026-07-13 20:07:56)

Erwin Iosef

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Registered: 2024-05-22

Posts: 106

Re: Audio choppy only when using Bluetooth headphones

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWi … _Bluetooth what's the output of this command?
Also check the next immediate section and see if that helps.

Mihaulik

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Registered: 2026-07-11

Posts: 3

Re: Audio choppy only when using Bluetooth headphones

This is too random. I'll try your advice as the situation repeats itself.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 76,815

Re: Audio choppy only when using Bluetooth headphones

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 1#p2304441

Edit: you BT is gonna be on USB, not PCI

Last edited by seth (2026-07-13 20:03:24)

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