Sound quality while playing video went very bad immediately after stable update. Can hardly hear it with volume turned up and sound quality is scratchy and skips. Cannot tell what is being said. But audio signal is present, just severely degraded.
I updated to latest stable kernel (did not help), experimented with various settings like turning off then back to where sound has always worked, tried sudo pacman -S pipewire-pulse followed by reboot, but nothing helps.
inxi -v7azy ✔
System:
Kernel: 6.12.12-2-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
root=UUID=722d2fc0-e926-4117-8d67-d114ac83bcc8 rw quiet splash
resume=UUID=c6d32ee6-aa10-4c68-ae27-261ad233c02e udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME Z690-A v: Rev 1.xx serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4101
date: 12/03/2024
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M510
serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
Memory:
System RAM: total: 128 GiB available: 125.54 GiB used: 4.55 GiB (3.6%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 256 GiB slots: 4 modules: 4 EC: None
max-module-size: 64 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Controller0-DIMM0 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous size: 32 GiB
speed: 4000 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Crucial Technology
part-no: CT32G48C40U5.M16A1 serial: <filter>
Device-2: Controller0-DIMM1 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous size: 32 GiB
speed: 4000 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Crucial Technology
part-no: CT32G48C40U5.M16A1 serial: <filter>
Device-3: Controller1-DIMM0 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous size: 32 GiB
speed: 4000 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Crucial Technology
part-no: CT32G48C40U5.M16A1 serial: <filter>
Device-4: Controller1-DIMM1 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous size: 32 GiB
speed: 4000 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Crucial Technology
part-no: CT32G48C40U5.M16A1 serial: <filter>
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700 bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 2
microcode: 0x37
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 9 cores: 12 threads: 20 mt: 8 tpc: 2
st: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1024 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32
KiB, 4x64 KiB L2: 12 MiB desc: 8x1.2 MiB, 1x2 MiB L3: 25 MiB desc: 1x25 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4800:4900:3600 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800
15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800 bogomips: 84500
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_lbr arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2
bts clflush clflushopt clwb cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8
de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority
flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr gfni hfi ht hwp hwp_act_window
hwp_epp hwp_notify hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ibt ida intel_pt
invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe movdir64b movdiri
msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pclmulqdq pconfig pdcm
pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand rdseed
rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep serialize sha_ni smap smep smx split_lock_detect
ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc
tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq umip user_shstk vaes vme vmx
vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid waitpkg x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves
xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional;
RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX
470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] vendor: XFX Pine driver: amdgpu v: kernel
arch: GCN-4 code: Arctic Islands process: GF 14nm built: 2016-20 pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67df class-ID: 0300
temp: 50.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.5
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x317mm (40.00x12.48")
s-diag: 1064mm (41.9") monitors: <missing: xrandr>
Monitor-1: DVI-D-1 model: Samsung SyncMaster serial: <filter> built: 2007
res: 1920x1200 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.6 size: 518x324mm (20.39x12.76")
diag: 611mm (24.1") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1920x1200 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 model: Acer G276HL serial: <filter> built: 2016
res: 1920x1080 dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23")
diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11:
drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.3.4-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series (radeonsi
polaris10 LLVM 19.1.7 DRM 3.59 6.12.12-2-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:67df
memory: 7.81 GiB unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: N/A device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 580 Series (RADV POLARIS10) driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:67df
surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo,xprop
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX
470/480 / 570/580/590] vendor: XFX Pine driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.12-2-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:15f3
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:467f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 5.91 TiB used: 1.45 TiB (24.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 36.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SSD PLUS 2000GB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 04RL scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD20SDRW-11VUUS0 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1034 scheme: GPT
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: ASUS model: DRW-24B1ST a rev: 1.04
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 48 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Optical-2: /dev/sr1 vendor: TSSTcorp model: CD/DVDW SH-S183L rev: SB03
dev-links: N/A
Features: speed: 48 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 50.04 GiB size: 48.95 GiB (97.83%) used: 19.98 GiB (40.8%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A
uuid: 722d2fc0-e926-4117-8d67-d114ac83bcc8
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
uuid: C191-DE1A
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.76 TiB size: 1.73 TiB (98.37%)
used: 90.95 GiB (5.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 label: N/A
uuid: db4ac4df-c377-4d7f-a120-89b91f6f430e
ID-4: /home/<filter>/attic raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (98.37%)
used: 584.5 GiB (31.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: attic
uuid: 91039440-2cde-4e0c-abe0-5d76dc558502
ID-5: /home/<filter>/halfgig raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 457.38 GiB (98.20%)
used: 147.54 GiB (32.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: halfgig
uuid: 19c76030-ac89-44a6-943a-b1233a08d128
ID-6: /mnt/usb raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (98.37%)
used: 640.3 GiB (34.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33
label: Easystore uuid: c942fb5b-f39b-4fb7-bd99-ae52684aa502
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A
uuid: c6d32ee6-aa10-4c68-ae27-261ad233c02e
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-2:2 info: ASMedia ASM1074 High-Speed hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 174c:2074 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-2.1:4 info: HP LaserJet 2300d type: printer driver: usblp
interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
chip-ID: 03f0:0b17 class-ID: 0701 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-2.2:6 info: Holtek Keyboard [Diatec Filco Majestouch 2]
type: keyboard,mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 04d9:1818 class-ID: 0301
Device-3: 1-4:3 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 16mA chip-ID: 0b05:19af class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-4: 1-6:5 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: keyboard,mouse,HID
driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 98mA
chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
Device-5: 1-8:7 info: ATECH FLASH PRO-28U type: mass storage
driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 11b0:6208 class-ID: 0806
serial: <filter>
Device-6: 1-10:8 info: Wacom PTZ-630 [Intuos3 (6x8)] type: mouse
driver: usbhid,wacom interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 300mA chip-ID: 056a:00b1 class-ID: 0301
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 9 rev: 3.1
speed: 20 Gb/s (2.33 GiB/s) lanes: 2 mode: 3.2 gen-2x2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-4:2 info: Western Digital easystore 2648 type: mass storage
driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 896mA chip-ID: 1058:2648 class-ID: 0806
serial: <filter>
Hub-4: 2-9:3 info: ASMedia ASM1074 SuperSpeed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 8mA
chip-ID: 174c:3074 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 32.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 51.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 748
Info:
Processes: 407 Power: uptime: 43m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 50.19 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1361 libs: 376 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
Compilers: N/A Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.37
aplay -l ✘
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC1220 Analog [ALC1220 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC1220 Digital [ALC1220 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 11: HDMI 5 [HDMI 5]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
aplay -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
lavrate
Rate Converter Plugin Using Libav/FFmpeg Library
samplerate
Rate Converter Plugin Using Samplerate Library
speexrate
Rate Converter Plugin Using Speex Resampler
jack
JACK Audio Connection Kit
oss
Open Sound System
pipewire
PipeWire Sound Server
pulse
PulseAudio Sound Server
speex
Plugin using Speex DSP (resample, agc, denoise, echo, dereverb)
upmix
Plugin for channel upmix (4,6,8)
vdownmix
Plugin for channel downmix (stereo) with a simple spacialization
default
Default ALSA Output (currently PipeWire Media Server)
sysdefault:CARD=PCH
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1220 Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1220 Analog
Front output / input
surround21:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1220 Analog
2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1220 Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1220 Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1220 Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1220 Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1220 Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1220 Digital
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
usbstream:CARD=PCH
HDA Intel PCH
USB Stream Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=1
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 1
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=2
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 2
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 3
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=4
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 4
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=5
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 5
HDMI Audio Output
usbstream:CARD=HDMI
HDA ATI HDMI
USB Stream Output