Crackling Audio

General system Gaming, sound and video
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I’ve been running EndeavourOS for at least a year on my desktop, I update weekly and recently I’m noticing audio is really getting crackly. My speakers and amp appear fine, I checked connections and it sounds more like a software issue. I’ve heard similar crackling when running Linux on the X13s ARM laptop and that was totally software based.

Any ideas on how to diagnose or fix this issue?


[pzc@vm-station]$ pactl info
Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 35
Server Protocol Version: 35
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 574
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: pch
Host Name: vm-station
Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 1.0.4)
Server Version: 15.0.0
Default Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_12_00.4.3.analog-stereo
Default Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_12_00.4.3.analog-stereo.monitor
Cookie: 10f4:5b2d
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I’m no expert but I’ve found this

Might the be what you are experiencing?

There are more topics with people hearing crackling sounds, but they are about using wine or lutris.

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Thanks for that, true it might be a return from sleep issue. Still testing :slight_smile: