I have pulseaudio, if I plug my headphones I hear static even if nothing is playing. On windows there is no static instead
Most likely cause of static noise in headphones is from ALSA microphone monitor or loopback monitoring of capture inputs(Microphone or Line In)
Check playback controls in alsamixer - use F6 to locate onboard audio device
Ensure any mixer controls for Mic or Line monitoring are muted [MM] - use M to toggle mute state on or off [OO]
If there is also a control for Loopback monitoring, ensure that is set to Disabled - use ↑ ↓
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Are you using USB or audio jack? I’ve had similar issues with USB speakers in past but never with audio jack.
It’s a common jack, not usb
Reduce level for Headphone from 100 to 10 to eliminate any noise from excessive level
and Increase level for Master control to 100
Open a music player and set volume in player to 100%
Play some loud music and adjust Headphone to suitable level
Then use this command to save ALSA mixer settings
sudo alsactl store
I have experimented a little, the static only disappears if I mute the master or the headphone, or the system volume. But if I do, also audio won’t play…
Use this command to suspend PulseAudio
pacmd suspend 1
Check if the noise in headphones stops and remove suspension of PulseAudio
pacmd suspend 0
If noise stops when PulseAudio is suspended post more information about PulseAudio configuration
pulseaudio --dump-conf; pacmd dump
It does not stop, unfortunately. Do you still want the info?
Use this command to stop PulseAudio server
systemctl --user stop pulseaudio.socket pulseaudio.service
Check if the noise is audible in headphones, and then restart PulseAudio
systemctl --user start pulseaudio.socket pulseaudio.service
If the noise does not stop when PulseAudio is stopped, the noise cannot originate from PulseAudio
and more information about PulseAudio is not needed
The static is still audible, I’m sorry.