Kodi Audio Problems after recent update

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware
1

Hello.

I’m relatively new to endevouros and linux in general.
Today I updated using yay to try install the new nvidia drivers.

My audio is now completely messed up.

my pc is connected to my tv via hdmi. I use kodi to watch tv. Up until now it has been fine.
Now, when I load kodi and try to watch a video there is no sound.

If I go back to the system, I can’t get sound at all, unless I have the volume mixer open. If I don’t have it focused the sound goes away, distorts or repeats etc.

Does anyone have a suggestion of how to troubleshoot?

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Welcome to the community! :vulcan_salute: :enos_flag:

In your file manager, go to “.local/state/wireplumber” and rename the folder to something like “.local/state/wireplumber-bkp”.

Or from a terminal:

mv .local/state/wireplumber .local/state/wireplumber-bkp

After this, reboot your computer and test your audio again.

Why do this? You should have also received an audio package update for “wireplumber/pipewire”. This may be the cause of the issue. Renaming this folder and rebooting causes your system to automatically recreate the folder with the updated default settings.

3

Thanks, but this does not work.

Yay had some new nvidia drivers. Possibly a patch. Problem is still here.

If I start system, use firefox, navigate to youtube etc. Audio seems to work.
If I open Kodi, try to play a video, all system audio stops.
Only way to get system audio back is to toggle output from digital stereo to digital surround and back again.

Messing with these settings occasionally leads to apps only making a noise if the audio panel is open, and when loosing focus there is distortion, repeating etc.

4

I see. What’s the output of the following commands?

inxi -FGAz

and

pacman -Q | grep -A 0 -E "(wire|pulse|nvidia|intel|amd)"

When posting the output here, after pasting it, please select it again and press CTRL+E or click the button highlighted below.

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5

I have the problems also full Amd laptop looks like the have switched something pro audio is just broken again.

6

What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

7

Fixed the issue.

8

How?

9

Just install this !

sudo pacman -Syu alsa-utils
sudo systemctl enable --now rtkit-daemon

And when done reboot then audio will be fixed , found the fix on the arch forum.

Good luck.

10

Thanks, but didn’t work.

Problem persists

11

change to different sink ?

Its mashed up pro audio at the moment

just do this and look what happens.

pactl list short sinks

pactl list short sources

Do you have no audio at all or only when you open for example a browser and play a video ? because i had that issue. for some strange reason my sinks did switch all the time.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.6.36-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.1 Distro: EndeavourOS
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: MAXIMUS VIII HERO v: Rev 1.xx
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3504
    date: 06/29/2017
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-7600 bits: 64 type: MCP cache:
    L2: 1024 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 4031 min/max: 800/4100 cores: 1: 3988 2: 4032 3: 4056
    4: 4051
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070 Ti] driver: nvidia v: 555.58
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.0
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
    gpu: nvidia resolution: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: nvidia,swrast,zink
    platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 555.58
    renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 drivers: nvidia surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-3: Philips s SAA7160 driver: N/A
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.36-1-lts status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.0 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V driver: e1000e
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Microsoft Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows driver: xone-dongle
    type: USB
  IF-ID-1: br-5ca248661c35 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: br-87938f935902 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-3: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-4: veth197f800 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-5: veth3eff391 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-6: veth45b567c state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-7: veth513aa42 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-8: veth7b329a4 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-9: veth895019d state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-10: vethefd316d state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: ASUSTek Broadcom BCM20702A0 Bluetooth driver: btusb type: USB
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: disabled
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: N/A
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 14.77 TiB used: 14.2 TiB (96.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WD Blue SN570 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD
    size: 1.82 TiB
  ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB
  ID-4: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WD4004FZWX-00GBGB0
    size: 3.64 TiB
  ID-5: /dev/sdd vendor: Western Digital model: WD80EFAX-68KNBN0
    size: 7.28 TiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 222.57 GiB used: 136.15 GiB (61.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2
  ID-2: /home size: 222.57 GiB used: 136.15 GiB (61.2%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sdb2
  ID-3: /var/log size: 222.57 GiB used: 136.15 GiB (61.2%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sdb2
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.56 GiB used: 4.98 GiB (32.0%)
  Processes: 361 Uptime: 6m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.35


gst-plugin-pipewire 1:1.2.0-2
--
intel-ucode 20240531-1
--
kpipewire 6.1.1-1
--
lib32-libpulse 17.0-1
--
lib32-nvidia-utils 555.58-1
--
libpipewire 1:1.2.0-2
--
libpulse 17.0-3
--
libwireplumber 0.5.5-1
--
nvidia-dkms 555.58-2
nvidia-hook 1.5-2
nvidia-inst 24-1
nvidia-settings 555.58-1
nvidia-utils 555.58-2
--
pipewire 1:1.2.0-2
pipewire-alsa 1:1.2.0-2
pipewire-audio 1:1.2.0-2
pipewire-jack 1:1.2.0-2
pipewire-pulse 1:1.2.0-2
--
pulseaudio-qt 1.5.0-1
--
qemu-audio-pipewire 9.0.1-1
--
wireplumber 0.5.5-1
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If I boot into the system and use browser, games or freetube there is audio.

When I open Kodi, initially, I hear menu sounds, however when I try to play videos, there is no audio and this kills all audio for other apps.

After this, if I have the volume mixer up - I can hear audio, if I unfocus it, the audio goes away, or distorts, or repeats.

The only fix is to change the device to something else, then change it back. however, if I do, and try to use Kodi again, it breaks the system in a similar fashion.

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open your browser play a video give these two commands and do the same if you close the browser and try to ply something with kodi i think then you will also see some kind of weird switch for example your default audio sink stays in SUSPEND mode. i had that problem to.

pactl list short sinks

pactl list short sources

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$ pactl list short sinks
428     alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo        PipeWire        s32le 2ch 48000Hz       RUNNING
$ pactl list short sources
428     alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor        PipeWire        s32le 2ch 48000Hz       RUNNING
$ pactl list short sinks
428     alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo        PipeWire        s32le 2ch 48000Hz       RUNNING
$ pactl list short sinks
428     alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo        PipeWire        s32le 2ch 48000Hz       RUNNING
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I can hear the audio only if the “volume control app” is open, or I’ve clicked on audio volume in the task bar

Audio works for a little while if the volume control app is open, but goes away after say, a minute. It’s not as you would expect, there is still distortion etc, so it’s not a fix to simply leave it open all the time

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what happens when you are in kodi and switch in the kde settings to a different audio setting , because it looks like you have same sort of issue i have. if kodi crashes all meaning connection between pipewire and piwire-pulse get lost you can check that with by opening pavucontrol for example.

18

if I type that into terminal, it loads the volume application from KDE settings.

Audio works (for a little while) but goes away when I close out

19

yeah that is nomal if you open it from within the terminal .

wpctl status
Ensure that WirePlumber is active and that it lists the correct audio devices, sinks, and sources.

set the default sink ! wpctl set-default

systemctl --user restart wireplumber

check logs for errors.
journalctl --user-unit wireplumber.service

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Jun 16 19:51:23 HTPC systemd[768]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Jun 16 19:51:24 HTPC wireplumber[872]: spa.bluez5: BlueZ system service is not available
Jun 16 19:51:24 HTPC wireplumber[872]: [0:00:12.450007160] [872] ERROR IPAModule ipa_module.cpp:172 Symbol ipaModuleInfo not found
Jun 16 19:51:24 HTPC wireplumber[872]: [0:00:12.450025067] [872] ERROR IPAModule ipa_module.cpp:292 v4l2-compat.so: IPA module has no valid info
Jun 16 19:51:24 HTPC wireplumber[872]: [0:00:12.450055531] [872]  INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:313 libcamera v0.3.0
Jun 16 20:56:05 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wireplumber: stopped by signal: Terminated
Jun 16 20:56:05 HTPC systemd[768]: Stopping Multimedia Service Session Manager...
Jun 16 20:56:05 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wireplumber: disconnected from pipewire
Jun 16 20:56:05 HTPC wireplumber[872]: pw.core: 0x60fa451afd70: leaked proxy 0x60fa4525a7c0 id:4
Jun 16 20:56:05 HTPC wireplumber[872]: pw.core: 0x60fa451afd70: leaked proxy 0x60fa45284410 id:5
Jun 16 20:56:05 HTPC systemd[768]: Stopped Multimedia Service Session Manager.
-- Boot ae226ba6cf1d4bab85e0a054078c17be --
Jun 16 20:56:44 HTPC systemd[890]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Jun 16 20:56:45 HTPC wireplumber[995]: spa.bluez5: BlueZ system service is not available
Jun 16 20:56:45 HTPC wireplumber[995]: [0:00:12.217750924] [995] ERROR IPAModule ipa_module.cpp:172 Symbol ipaModuleInfo not found
Jun 16 20:56:45 HTPC wireplumber[995]: [0:00:12.217764921] [995] ERROR IPAModule ipa_module.cpp:292 v4l2-compat.so: IPA module has no valid info
Jun 16 20:56:45 HTPC wireplumber[995]: [0:00:12.217819323] [995]  INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:313 libcamera v0.3.0
Jun 16 20:56:57 HTPC systemd[890]: Stopping Multimedia Service Session Manager...
Jun 16 20:56:57 HTPC wireplumber[995]: wireplumber: stopped by signal: Terminated
Jun 16 20:56:57 HTPC wireplumber[995]: wireplumber: disconnected from pipewire
Jun 16 20:56:57 HTPC systemd[890]: Stopped Multimedia Service Session Manager.
-- Boot 17331f86e0e54d0b846ad411fa4905bf --
Jun 16 22:16:36 HTPC systemd[763]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Jun 16 22:16:37 HTPC wireplumber[867]: spa.bluez5: BlueZ system service is not available
Jun 16 22:16:37 HTPC wireplumber[867]: [0:00:12.445876186] [867] ERROR IPAModule ipa_module.cpp:172 Symbol ipaModuleInfo not found
Jun 16 22:16:37 HTPC wireplumber[867]: [0:00:12.445892345] [867] ERROR IPAModule ipa_module.cpp:292 v4l2-compat.so: IPA module has no valid info
Jun 16 22:16:37 HTPC wireplumber[867]: [0:00:12.445919306] [867]  INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:313 libcamera v0.3.0
Jun 16 21:43:48 HTPC systemd[763]: Stopping Multimedia Service Session Manager...
Jun 16 21:43:48 HTPC wireplumber[867]: wireplumber: stopped by signal: Terminated
Jun 16 21:43:48 HTPC wireplumber[867]: wireplumber: disconnected from pipewire
Jun 16 21:43:48 HTPC wireplumber[867]: pw.core: 0x61109ca50c70: leaked proxy 0x61109ca94d00 id:3
Jun 16 21:43:48 HTPC wireplumber[867]: pw.core: 0x61109ca50c70: leaked proxy 0x61109cbdecc0 id:4
Jun 16 21:43:48 HTPC systemd[763]: Stopped Multimedia Service Session Manager.
-- Boot d3605f4b84b8497d874553f81f2e1609 --
Jun 16 21:44:31 HTPC systemd[768]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Jun 16 21:44:32 HTPC wireplumber[872]: spa.bluez5: BlueZ system service is not available
Jun 16 21:44:32 HTPC wireplumber[872]: [0:00:12.403628687] [872] ERROR IPAModule ipa_module.cpp:172 Symbol ipaModuleInfo not found
Jun 16 21:44:32 HTPC wireplumber[872]: [0:00:12.403646597] [872] ERROR IPAModule ipa_module.cpp:292 v4l2-compat.so: IPA module has no valid info
Jun 16 21:44:32 HTPC wireplumber[872]: [0:00:12.403686483] [872]  INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:313 libcamera v0.3.0
Jun 16 23:58:45 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x55b3bb8f6a10> failed: failed to activate item: Object activation aborted: PipeWire proxy destroyed
Jun 16 23:58:46 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x55b3bb8fdfa0> failed: <WpSiStandardLink:0x55b3bb9a3a20> link failed: 1 of 1 PipeWire links failed to activate
Jun 16 23:59:58 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x55b3bb8fdfa0> failed: <WpSiStandardLink:0x55b3bba5ca10> link failed: some node was destroyed before the link was created
Jun 17 00:12:21 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x55b3bb8fdfa0> failed: <WpSiStandardLink:0x55b3bb96bdf0> link failed: 1 of 1 PipeWire links failed to activate
Jun 17 00:16:23 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x55b3bb8f6a10> failed: failed to activate item: Object activation aborted: proxy destroyed
Jun 17 00:23:14 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x55b3bb8fdfa0> failed: <WpSiStandardLink:0x55b3bba5c640> link failed: 1 of 1 PipeWire links failed to activate
Jun 17 00:30:27 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x55b3bb8f6a10> failed: failed to activate item: Object activation aborted: proxy destroyed
Jun 17 00:30:56 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x55b3bb8fdfa0> failed: <WpSiStandardLink:0x55b3bba54060> link failed: some node was destroyed before the link was created
Jun 17 00:35:33 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x55b3bb8f6a10> failed: failed to activate item: Object activation aborted: proxy destroyed
Jun 17 00:41:01 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x55b3bb8fdfa0> failed: <WpSiStandardLink:0x55b3bba5d600> link failed: 1 of 1 PipeWire links failed to activate
Jun 17 00:41:29 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x55b3bb8fdfa0> failed: <WpSiStandardLink:0x55b3bb9722f0> link failed: 1 of 1 PipeWire links failed to activate
Jun 17 00:41:43 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x55b3bb8f6a10> failed: failed to activate item: Object activation aborted: proxy destroyed
Jun 17 00:47:55 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wp-event-dispatcher: <WpAsyncEventHook:0x55b3bb8fdfa0> failed: <WpSiStandardLink:0x55b3bba5c630> link failed: some node was destroyed before the link was created
Jun 17 01:35:27 HTPC systemd[768]: Stopping Multimedia Service Session Manager...
Jun 17 01:35:27 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wireplumber: stopped by signal: Terminated
Jun 17 01:35:27 HTPC wireplumber[872]: wireplumber: disconnected from pipewire
Jun 17 01:35:27 HTPC wireplumber[872]: pw.core: 0x55b3bb90f880: leaked proxy 0x55b3bb955020 id:3
Jun 17 01:35:27 HTPC wireplumber[872]: pw.core: 0x55b3bb90f880: leaked proxy 0x55b3bb9afe10 id:4
Jun 17 01:35:27 HTPC systemd[768]: Stopped Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Jun 17 01:35:27 HTPC systemd[768]: wireplumber.service: Consumed 3.181s CPU time.
-- Boot 178f65db62bf463aa6efe86a9e0565af --
Jun 17 01:36:12 HTPC systemd[773]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Jun 17 01:36:13 HTPC wireplumber[877]: spa.bluez5: BlueZ system service is not available
Jun 17 01:36:13 HTPC wireplumber[877]: [0:00:13.129620430] [877] ERROR IPAModule ipa_module.cpp:172 Symbol ipaModuleInfo not found