Audio crackling
- PipeWire version (
pipewire --version
): 0.3.72 - Distribution and distribution version (
PRETTY_NAME
from/etc/os-release
): Fedora Linux 38 (Workstation Edition) - Desktop Environment: GNOME
- Kernel version (
uname -r
): 6.3.8-200.fc38.x86_64
Description of Problem:
I recently switched from Windows to Linux (Fedora 38) (so I'm still very new to Linux) and have from the beginning the problem that the sound is crackling. In the beginning it always crackled after the system start for a few seconds and then again and again in between, but I could get this quite well under control. Unfortunately, the sound still starts crackling when I want to play games via Lutris/Bottles, there it also occurs first at the beginning and gets better, but does not go away 100%. Possibly it is also somehow related to the Proton Layer. I have a Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus sound card.
What I have done so far to get the sound under control, at least outside of games:
50-alsa-config.lua: node.pause-on-idle = false ["session.suspend-timeout-seconds"] = 0
alsa-monitor.conf: session.suspend-timeout-seconds = 0
alsa-base.conf: options snd-hda-intel power_save=0 power_save_controller=N
How Reproducible:
Start a game via Lutris/Bottles and the sound starts crackling more or less immediately.
Steps to Reproduce:
- Start a game via Lutris/Bottles
Actual Results:
sound starts crackling.
Expected Results:
The sound should be normal and not crackling.
Additional Info (as attachments):
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pw-dump > pw-dump.log
:pw-dump.log