• hackerwacker@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    Man just when audio in Linux got decently stable and functional, now we have to switch to some new shit. I run Ubuntu 23.10 that has pipewire and mostly it works but then sometimes it starts crackling, audio turns on and off, skipping, or random muting.

    I’m getting so fucking fed up with these stupid Linux desktop pre-alpha software that take a decade to stabilize and by then we’re off to the brand new thing that barely functions.

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      7 months ago

      In my experience, pipewire is leagues ahead of pulseaudio and just works. All the issues I had with pulseaudio are resolved with pipewire and it sounds better as well with the default settings.

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        7 months ago

        It’s kind of funny how I keep reading this exact sentence over and over again

        All the issues I had with pulseaudio are resolved with pipewire

        just because I had issues with Alsa, and they were all resolved by pulseaudio, which just works for me.

        Perhaps I should try PipeWire.

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      7 months ago

      Well…have you filed bugs for your issues?

      Most people have had a very smooth transition over to Pipewire. I have 4 Arch machines and Pipewire has been flawless. I am even using one machine for pro-audio usecases (REAPER, Ardour).

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      7 months ago

      I switched over to pipewire for my audio nearly 2 years a go and had 0 problems migrating from pluse to pipewire in Arch btw. You’ll be running an even newer version so it will be just be a drop in replacement and the worst you’ll have to do is restart the pipewire service when you install it or just reboot.

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      7 months ago

      Pipewire is so much better and it works like a switchboard for audio and even video. It has been stable for a few years now.

      Also I’ve never had an issue with Pulseaudio that was a bug. The problem with pulse is that it doesn’t do multiple devices well.

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      This is why I’m no longer upgrading to non-LTS releases. They add the new stuff in those, the good souls that use them test it and by the time it gets to the LTS, things generally work fine. I think PipeWire will replace PulseAudio in 24.04. It’s had a good run while it lasted. 15 years of mainstream use. ☺️👏

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      7 months ago

      I’m so fed up, I’d rather spend money on the development of something that locks me in instead of spending money on opensource!!!

      at the same time

      How come opensource is in “pre-alpha” all the time?

      CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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      7 months ago

      That’s something i’ve been occasionally experiencing with my Amerano usb as well. Though it’s a kernel related problem, because switching to pulse does not solve it, booting up a 18Lts iso does.

      In fact it’s a bit better on pipewire and you can also experiment with a low latency kernel.