Help needed on Sound Setup / Issues with Youtube while usage of USB Jabra Speaker

Hi everybody, and thanks for reading.
I’m on Testing branch, GNOME, X11, nvidia

When playing youtube videos and playback sound via USB jabra speaker the video stops after 3-4 seconds. It is even not starting smoothly and soft.

As soon as I switch to internal audio, the video and audio playback is fine without any issues.

If I than switch back to USB audio, the video- and audio playback is fine as well…
This is … odd at least.

On Kernel 613 as well as on 612

And I have no clue where to look at and how to solve this and highly appreciate any help.

inxi -Fazy

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.15-1-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=90a8387b-5c49-4561-b393-f7989aa5cc29 rw apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
    resume=UUID=62fb2270-d61f-4bad-8915-ef32e2451b02 nmi_watchdog=0 nowatchdog
  Desktop: GNOME v: 47.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.48 wm: gnome-shell
    tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy avail: cinnamon-screensaver dm: 1: GDM v: 47.0
    2: LightDM v: 1.32.0 note: stopped Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Alienware product: Alienware Area-51m v: 1.28.0
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Alienware model: Alienware Area-51m v: A00
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 08C4 uuid: <superuser required>
    UEFI: Alienware v: 1.28.0 date: 11/03/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 72.8 Wh (100.0%) condition: 72.8/90.0 Wh (80.9%)
    volts: 12.7 min: 11.4 model: COMPAL PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion
    serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-9700 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    gen: core 9 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xD (13) microcode: 0x102
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 8 cores: 8 smt: <unsupported> cache:
    L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 8x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB
    desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 4509 min/max: 800/4700 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 4509 2: 4509 3: 4509 4: 4509 5: 4509 6: 4509
    7: 4509 8: 4509 bogomips: 48016
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode (locked)
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
  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: SW loop, KVM: SW loop
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports:
    active: none empty: DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:3e98 class-ID: 0380
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU106M [GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile] vendor: Dell
    driver: nvidia v: 550.144.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
    non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx)
    arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie:
    gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 ports: active: none
    off: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f10
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Logitech C920 PRO HD Webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.4.1:20
    chip-ID: 046d:08e5 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-7:4 chip-ID: 0bda:5538
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.5
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: N/A failed: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch note: X driver n/a, try sudo/root
    display-ID: :1 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1408 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x373mm (40.00x14.69")
    s-diag: 1082mm (42.61")
  Monitor-1: DP-0 pos: primary,bottom-l res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 144
    scale: 100% (1) dpi: 128 size: 381x214mm (15x8.43") diag: 437mm (17.2")
    modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: top-right res: 1920x1080
    size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") modes: N/A
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
    drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11:
    drv: nvidia inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.6 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.144.03
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 7.81 GiB
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max:
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: GN Netcom Jabra Speak2 75 driver: jabra,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-1.3.1:18
    chip-ID: 0b0e:24f1 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: Logitech C920 PRO HD Webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.4.1:20
    chip-ID: 046d:08e5 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.15-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek Killer E3000 2.5GbE vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 45:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:3000 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp69s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9x6x [Thunder Peak]
    vendor: Rivet Networks driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 46:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp70s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Info: services: httpd, NetworkManager, sshd, systemd-timesyncd,
    wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:11
    chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.16 TiB used: 623.55 GiB (52.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: PM981a NVMe 256GB
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 15305029 temp: 49.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 PRO 1TB
    size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 64.57 GiB size: 62.5 GiB (96.80%) used: 27.97 GiB (44.7%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1.05 GiB size: 1.05 GiB (99.80%)
    used: 5.5 MiB (0.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 477.58 GiB size: 469.01 GiB (98.21%)
    used: 329.35 GiB (70.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 20 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 45.26 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 61 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 31.03 GiB used: 5.84 GiB (18.8%)
  Processes: 340 Power: uptime: 13m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.35 GiB services: gsd-power,
    power-profiles-daemon, thermald, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 0 pm: pacman pkgs: 1673 libs: 410
    tools: gnome-software,pamac,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Compilers: clang: 19.1.7
    gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.37

What else as input do you need?

Thanks

Hello @Zauberer-Merlin :wink:

Please check:

sudo tlp-stat --usb

Your Jabra USB device should be set to on instead of auto. I believe it is a problem of powersaveing.

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Hi megavolt,
thanks for your reply!

I do not use tlp but power-profiles-daemon, and I understood that tlp AND ppd do not work together quite well.

Any idea how to check USB powersaving in this environment?

power-profiles-daemon is only for CPU throttling, nothing more, but yes, both dont’t work together.

Without TLP you would need to write udev rule, like:

File: /etc/udev/rules.d/99-usb-autosuspend.rules

ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0b0e", ATTR{idProduct}=="24f1", ATTR{power/control}="on"

Then apply:

sudo udevadm control --reload &&  sudo udevadm trigger

Anyway, it is much easier with TLP and provides the same as power-profiles-daemon & more.

Hi megavolt,
you did rule it … thanks.

My notebook is primarily running on AC so there was no need for me so far to use TLP.
Installed it yesterday, and
a) notebook life on battery dramatically extended in comparison to power-profile-daemon
b) the audio playback on the jabra usb device is working fine at least this morning

Marked as solved, and thanks for the help!

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themagicianwhogothelpfromaguru

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