Hello 
I am new and today I installed Manjaro with the XFCE environment. I also generally do not have much experience with Linux. I switched from Windows at the beginning of the year and have since then just for fun tested a few Distros to find out what I like. So please bear with me if I ask some stupid questions 
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Unfortunately I have a problem with my sound. As soon as I watch videos I have sometimes random sound drops outs. The video continues but the sound just stops for a moment and later starts again in sync with the video. This happens both when I watch videos on youtube via the browser and offline with the VCL player. I’ve tried different players, different video formats and different browsers and it’s always the same. I have also changed the kernel from 5.15.41-1 to 5.17.9-1 no difference. Interestingly I played Rimwolrd today for about an hour and there the sound ran without issues. Also strange is that when I boot into the liveboot via the USB stick I have no problems with the sound there. When I open Youtube in the liveboot everything runs perfectly. So it seems that the problem appeared after installation.
System:
Kernel: 5.17.9-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-5.17-x86_64
root=UUID=7f75031d-38e4-458c-874f-84c30dfd1629 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.16.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel, plank
wm: xfwm v: 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: BIOSTAR model: Z690GTA serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 5.24 date: 03/10/2022
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
RAM: total: 62.65 GiB used: 3.11 GiB (5.0%)
RAM Report:
permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700KF bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Alder Lake family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 2 microcode: 0x1F
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 12 mt: 8 tpc: 2 st: 4 threads: 20 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: 911 high: 1201 min/max: 800/10800:8500 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 851 2: 849 3: 801 4: 968
5: 800 6: 986 7: 800 8: 998 9: 1201 10: 833 11: 801 12: 959 13: 800
14: 1038 15: 1022 16: 969 17: 801 18: 950 19: 837 20: 971 bogomips: 144440
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_lbr arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2 bts
cat_l2 cdp_l2 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 ht hwp
hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida
intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor
movbe movdir64b movdiri msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe
pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts
rdpid rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep serialize sha_ni smap
smep 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
vaes vme vmx vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid waitpkg x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec
xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown 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 IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Ti] vendor: Palit Microsystems
driver: nvidia v: 510.73.05 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 515.xx+
status: current (as of 2022-05) arch: Ampere pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2482 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver: X:
loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 90 s-size: 542x301mm (21.34x11.85")
s-diag: 620mm (24.41")
Monitor-1: DP-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 280 dpi: 90
size: 544x303mm (21.42x11.93") diag: 623mm (24.52") modes: N/A
Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: Biostar Microtech Intl Corp
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Palit Microsystems
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.17.9-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.51 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz vendor: Rivet Networks
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2725 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Biostar Microtech Intl Corp
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-14:8 chip-ID: 8087:0032 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 26.47 GiB (5.7%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 614600WD temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 26.47 GiB (5.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
label: N/A uuid: 7f75031d-38e4-458c-874f-84c30dfd1629
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 568 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
label: NO_LABEL uuid: F178-E521
ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 26.47 GiB (5.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
label: N/A uuid: 7f75031d-38e4-458c-874f-84c30dfd1629
ID-4: /var/cache raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 26.47 GiB (5.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
label: N/A uuid: 7f75031d-38e4-458c-874f-84c30dfd1629
ID-5: /var/log raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 26.47 GiB (5.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
label: N/A uuid: 7f75031d-38e4-458c-874f-84c30dfd1629
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
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 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-3:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-3.2:4 info: Cyber Power System PR1500LCDRT2U UPS type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 0764:0601 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-5:3 info: Logitech Logi TKL Mechanical Keyboard
type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 046d:c345 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: 1-6:5 info: Corsair SABRE PRO Gaming Mouse type: Mouse,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 1b1c:1b7a class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Hub-3: 1-11:6 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-14:8 info: Intel AX210 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0032
class-ID: e001
Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 10 rev: 3.1 speed: 20 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 2-3:2 info: Genesys Logic USB3.2 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.2
speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 05e3:0625 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 28.0 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 41 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Processes: 395 Uptime: 37m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1156 lib: 420
Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.16