[Testing Update] 2022-07-08 - Kernels, Pipewire, Mesa, KDE Gear, Gnome, Python, Haskell

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Current pipewire versions do not seem to work well with chromium - tried with chromium from the official repo as well as with chromium 105.0.5153.0 compiled by myself.

See Audio stutters when playing YouTube videos in Chromium for details.

Amendment: Possibly related to Heavy stuttering when more than one audio source is playing (regression started in 0.3.53) (#2525) · Issues · PipeWire / pipewire · GitLab although Firefox does not seem to be affected on my machine.

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What is the exact command I need to run? Is it:

mkinicpio -p

And I’m good with the updated config?

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No that’s not it the case is important here, always check manual for instant answer of what switch does what man mkinitcpio

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I’m on Chromium “103.0.5060.114 (Official Build) Arch Linux (64-bit)” from the Repository. I tried playing video from there and Firefox 102.0.1 (repository) at the same time (simultaneously) and am not experiencing this. Pipewire 0.3.54-1

Different sources you mean apps or physically routed from/to different sources (Line out and USB speakers simultaneously)?

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Got it!

mkinicpio -P
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journalctl --no-pager -p err -o cat -g 'wireplumber'
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No, I only assumed that this issue might be related. In the meantime, I noticed that any sound played (including notifications) from chromium, stutters here.

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Same problem here, firefox keeps crashing and ain’t removing my profile with all my setup and data.

I will keep looking for a different fix.

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Seems to be dependent on the kernel version used. With 5.18 and 5.19, stuttering occurs, with 5.15, audio is OK.

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I’m on 5.18.10, no problem. I wonder if changes within the kernel versions affect something within your hardware—do you have specialized hardware, a specific DAC maybe?

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Not that I am aware of - it’s a simple Intel onboard sound solution:

$ inxi -A
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM107 High Definition Audio [GeForce 940MX]
    driver: snd_hda_intel
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.53-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.54 running: yes
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EDIT: new build of pipewire-alsa package was just posted…

  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-3: SteelSeries ApS Arctis 5 type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.18.10-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.54 running: yes

:man_shrugging:t4: FWIW it’s an ASUS Z390 mobo