#[SOLVED] Audio not working/is disappearing when playing valve games (cs2 or dota2)

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crimson sphinx
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Sound works fine when playing games via proton.
The pwtop audio stream is outlined in red.
Issue encountered on cachyos but was present on other distros as well (though not on windows)

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stone gorge
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Pipewire is the one you want to use

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Install pipewire-pulse if you haven't

crimson sphinx
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it's already installed

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i think this issue requires relatively serious troubleshooting, which I dont think I'm capable of. Is there a way to get logs for individual pipewire audio streams?

stone gorge
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Idk, maybe there's something on the wiki

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.aw pipewire

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stone gorge
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Maybe you need the 32bit version?

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Reddit says add -sdlaudiodriver pipewire to steam launch options @crimson sphinx

crimson sphinx
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oh, thanks. i will try that rn

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makes sense to address the issue on the game level rather than the os level

crimson sphinx
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i was thinking it may be a sound drvers/card issue?

stone gorge
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Check the game audio settings too

crimson sphinx
stone gorge
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The sound output

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How is steam installed?

crimson sphinx
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i disabled perspective correction, maybe that will help. it mentions more support for legacy sound engines.

crimson sphinx
stone gorge
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Okay try launching with "pulse" instead of "pipewire"

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Steam launch arg ^

crimson sphinx
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so far sound is good with disabled perspective correction on cs2 along with sdlaudiodriver pipewire

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sound disappeared as i was typing that

crimson sphinx
stone gorge
crimson sphinx
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okay i tried using the cs2 launch option "pulse" instead of "pipewire" so far so good

stone gorge
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nice

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... solved

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crimson sphinx
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going to test some more and mark as solved if it remains good

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but it's looking promising

crimson sphinx
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[SOLVED] Audio not working/is disappearing when playing valve games (cs2 or dota2)

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Thanks @stone gorge, been testing for a whole day now and sound has not disappeared even once, so I'm marking it as solved