#1100943 - pipewire: Sporadic audio crackling/distortion with pipewire 1.4.1-1 - Debian Bug report logs
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In case anyone is using Debian Testing/Unstable and experiencing audio issues, I thought I’d share this.

Until the bugs get fixed, there are two workarounds:

  1. Uninstall FluidSynth
  2. Add systemctl --user restart pipewire to your session startup; this eliminates the problem.

As I want FluidSynth, I went with the latter.

  • ohulancutash@feddit.ukEnglish
    4·
    21 hours ago

    Ubuntu had a general crackling issue introduced last year, an issue around a buffer size which I fixed by copying

    /usr/share/pipewire/pipewire-pulse.conf

    To ~/.config/pipewire

    Uncomment

    pulse.min.quantum = 128/48000

    And increase to 512/48000. Restart.

    systemctl --user restart wireplumber pipewire pipewire-pulse

    Increase buffer until stuttering ends. Note this also introduces delay to audio.

    Perhaps your issue is something similar? I wouldn’t blindly make these changes on your end, but maybe it’s something to search up on.

    • data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteOPEnglish
      3·
      21 hours ago

      Tried that already.

      Based on the report, this seems to be an actual bug - it was working fine for everyone before the update and only happens in the presence of FluidSynth.

      Ubuntu probably hasn’t had this version of PipeWire yet.

      My work around is working just fine for now, though.