Hello,
I am using the latest version of EndeavourOS, and the sound quality is perfectly fine for the first 5-10 minutes after logging in. However, after that, the sound becomes distorted, as if it were coming from far away. I don’t have much knowledge of how audio works, but I believe this issue is related to PipeWire or WirePlumber.
It’s strange that the sound quality is flawless initially but degrades completely after a few minutes.
I ran a few commands to provide some information about my system/software:
lspci | grep -i audio:
00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Device 51cf (rev 01)
aplay -l:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 0: HDA Analog (*) []
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 3: HDMI1 (*) []
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 4: HDMI2 (*) []
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 5: HDMI3 (*) []
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 31: HDA Analog Deep Buffer (*) []
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
pactl list short sinks:
49 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic.HiFi__HDMI3__sink PipeWire s24-32le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
50 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic.HiFi__HDMI2__sink PipeWire s24-32le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
51 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic.HiFi__HDMI1__sink PipeWire s24-32le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
52 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic.HiFi__Speaker__sink PipeWire s32le 2ch 48000Hz SUSPENDED
I have no idea why the sinks are suspended, but I ran the command when sound quality was working and when it wasn’t, in both cases they were labeled as SUSPENDED.
pacman -Qs pipewire
local/gst-plugin-pipewire 1:1.2.3-1
Multimedia graph framework - pipewire plugin
local/libpipewire 1:1.2.3-1
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - client library
local/libwireplumber 0.5.6-1
Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire - client library
local/pipewire 1:1.2.3-1
Low-latency audio/video router and processor
local/pipewire-alsa 1:1.2.3-1
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - ALSA configuration
local/pipewire-audio 1:1.2.3-1
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - Audio support
local/pipewire-jack 1:1.2.3-1
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - JACK replacement
local/pipewire-pulse 1:1.2.3-1
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - PulseAudio replacement
local/wireplumber 0.5.6-1
Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire
If more information is needed please tell me which commands to run, I would really appreciate your help.