help with audio

[dusty garnet]

Can anyone help me with my audio? when i play any media(for example on youtube), it keeps buffering

until i reconnect headphones

and lets say the youtube video starts, when i pause the video for like 10 seconds, and play it again, it keeps buffering again until i reconnect the usb headphone

every single app is doing that, even spotify

[rustic swan]

Okay, and does it work perfectly on Windows or is it just on Linux you're having issues>

[dusty garnet]

runs perfectly on windows

[rustic swan]

And I see you use pipewire too.
When this happens again, can you type lsusb and see if your headphones are showing up in the list within your terminal?

[dusty garnet]

idk why its suddenly working

lemme try to recreate it again

@rustic swan this is what i see

it is showing up

device id 35 and 36

[rustic swan]

I helped someone with their sound issues like two days ago and their headphones came up as a medical device in lsusb XD

[dusty garnet]

huh

well atleast i dont have a medical device for a headphone

[rustic swan]

So it's showing up but no sound output right now?

[dusty garnet]

oh i think theres a misunderstanding

ill screenrecord

the video starts when i reconnect the usb @rustic swan

[rustic swan]

Gunna try figure it out in the case of pipewire because the person I helped had issues with pulse. I'm pretty sure the fix would be different

[dusty garnet]

when i use pulse it works fine but the audio quality is extremely bad

cracking sounds

static

etc etc

[rustic swan]

In the case of this person, they used usb headphones too.
And it was something to do with udev auto detection not working correctly, so they had to input something inside pulse config file

[dusty garnet]

how do i do the equivalent on pipewire?

[rustic swan]

No idea. But the thing is, it might not even be the same fix for ya

[dusty garnet]

oh

i forgot to mention

its not a usb headphone issue

i tried it with 3.5mm jack earphones and its the same case

[rustic swan]

Can you try seeing if pipewire is running?
systemctl --user status pipewire.service

[dusty garnet]

active

[rustic swan]

Have a look at this https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire#External_sound_card_not_activated_after_reconnect

[dusty garnet]

there is nothing inside that file for me

[rustic swan]

Ahh, you have to use --user, and don't use sudo

[dusty garnet]

done

systemctl restart pipewire.service --user

ran that

[rustic swan]

Check if the file exists again (probs won't)

[dusty garnet]

yeah it doesnt exist

the whole directory doesnt exist

but youtube is working for some reason

so is spotify

[rustic swan]

With sound output?

[dusty garnet]

yeah

[rustic swan]

(This might not matter, so don't focus too much on it)

[dusty garnet]

can i ask you why arch linux is better than windows?

[rustic swan]

Just the amount of freedom you have with it, and the amount of choice.
If you want the equivalent of some things like a window manager on Windows for example, some of them are behind a paywall

[dusty garnet]

i have just spent like 4+ days tryna get arch to work normally, seems like a hassle, could u tell me what kind of freedom i can enjoy? i donwloaded linux just to learn more abt this OS

[rustic swan]

It can be a hassle when things don't work. Some Linux users even enjoy it, because it's a new challenge to face.

You have an unlimited choice on compositors to choose from, different window system protocols, etc. Linux can enhance productivity for many people too because of how easy it is to install packages and get programming languages to work.
Like, on Windows you'll have to go onto a program's website, download the installer, go through the steps...
But Arch?

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**Boom**.

Plus we can customize our system however we want too

[dusty garnet]

how can i completely disable my rtx 4060 so i can get maximum battery life out of this laptop?

[rustic swan]

Can you try recreating the issue if it's working right now, and can you try seeing if audio output works with your laptop speakers?

[dusty garnet]

i am unable to recreate it anymore (sounds like a good thing)

maybe if i reboot it might stzrt that issue again

let me try

[rustic swan]

If there's still an issue, look at this.
(But it's for pipewire-pulse)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire#Sound_does_not_automatically_switch_when_connecting_a_new_device

[dusty garnet]

any idea on this? i searched alot but doesnt seem to help @rustic swan

[rustic swan]

No idea. I'm not going to give you advice on that because I might accidentally help you absolutely nuke your system