Media fails to play until restarting (or replugging) audio device | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

mental radish Mar 30, 2025, 9:42 PM

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I'm using pulseaudio. No matter what WM/DE I use, whenever I play any media (whether through a browser or VLC), it fails to start until I physically replug and plug back in my headphones. At the same time, pulseaudio-equalizer disables, and I need to re-enable it. The configuration I'm using has worked just fine in previous installs and devices.

grizzled flame Mar 30, 2025, 9:54 PM

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@mental radish try pipewire

mental radish Mar 30, 2025, 10:04 PM

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pipewire and pipewire-pulse works but i would still need an alternative to pulseaudio-equalizer

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since my shitty headphones sound horrible without some kind of intervention

grizzled flame Mar 30, 2025, 10:14 PM

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@mental radish pavucontrol?

mental radish Mar 30, 2025, 10:40 PM

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that doesnt seem to have an equalizer?

grizzled flame Mar 30, 2025, 10:54 PM

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mental radish that doesnt seem to have an equalizer?

it does

mental radish Mar 30, 2025, 10:56 PM

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uh

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it doesnt

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i clicked on everything

grizzled flame Mar 30, 2025, 10:58 PM

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mental radish i clicked on everything

helvum

mental radish Mar 30, 2025, 11:03 PM

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i dont mean an equalizer as in changing the source of the audio and its respective device i moreso mean changing the volume levels or gain of specific bands of frequencies

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i use the term equalizer for those cuz all the software i know that does that like audacity, vlc, lineage audiofx, etc call it that

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and cuz thats how its defined on wikipedia

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but i understand the terms jay be confusing

grizzled flame Mar 30, 2025, 11:04 PM

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@mental radish EasyEffects

grizzled flame Mar 31, 2025, 2:17 AM

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mental radish pipewire and pipewire-pulse works but i would still need an alternative to pulse...