Audio stutters when KDE volume control widget panel is opened up

pranaypratyush · 3 December 2021 19:41

I am on testing branch with pipewire-pulse. Earlier I was using wireplumber but moved back to pipewire-media-session due to a bug that caused clementine to go silent after seeking.
Now I am experiencing this very weird bug that when I open up the volume control widget the audio stutters but only as long as the widget is open.
On top of that this bug interacts with the bug in clementine I mentioned above such that when volume widget is opened the audio comes back but with the usual stuttering.

github.com/clementine-player/Clementine

Silent or stuttering playback after seeking within playing track

opened 12:39AM - 27 Nov 21 UTC

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### Before posting Please follow the steps below and check the boxes with [x]… once you did the step. - [ x ] I checked the issue tracker for similar issues - [ x ] I checked the [changelog](https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/blob/master/Changelog) if the issue is already resolved - [ x ] I tried the latest Clementine build from [here](https://builds.clementine-player.org/) ### System information Please provide information about your system and the version of Clementine used. - Operating System: Fedora 35 MATE - Clementine version: clementine-1.4.0-7.rc1.20210104git479f1d4.fc35.3.x86_64 from Fedora's repository and also clementine-1.4.0rc1-2.762.g590ab22f8.fc35.x86_64.rpm downloaded from Clementine's GitHub releases: https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/releases/tag/1.4.0rc1-762-g590ab22f8 ### Expected behaviour / actual behaviour Seeking through a track, whether with the mouse or keyboard shortcuts, sometimes causes the playback to go silent or stutter. Other times it plays as normal. It seems unpredictable, but the problem occurs frequently. ### Steps to reproduce the problem (only for bugs) 1. Play a track 2. Seek forward or backwards within the track, with mouse or keyboard shortcuts 3. Repeat step 2 if problem is not observed immediately Bugzilla report: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2027016 Seeking was tried on different audio files and it is not isolated to a specific file or type. Also, seeking was tried with other media players such as VLC and SMPlayer which do not exhibit the problem to rule out a system-wide audio issue.