Pipewire: Fix Crackling/Choppy Audio | Linux VMs, Arch/Manjaro/EndeavourOS, etc
If you're using Pipewire and you're getting issues such as crackling or choppy audio, pops when starting playback on audio or video, especially on virtual machines - This video shows you a few fixes that should help you.
Pipewire Troubleshooting: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewi...
Pipewire Arch Wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pipe...
Credit for Firefox fixes: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.p...
#Fix PipeWire crackling on VMs
sudo cp /usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf /etc/pipewire/
mkdir -p ~/.config/wireplumber/main.lua.d
cp /usr/share/wireplumber/main.lua.d/50-alsa-config.lua ~/.config/wireplumber/main.lua.d
sed -i "s/\[\"api.alsa.period-size\"\] = [[:digit:]]*/\[\"api.alsa.period-size\"\] = 1024/" ~/.config/wireplumber/main.lua.d/50-alsa-config.lua
sed -i "s/\[\"api.alsa.headroom\"\] = [[:digit:]]*/\[\"api.alsa.headroom\"\] = 8192/" ~/.config/wireplumber/main.lua.d/50-alsa-config.lua
#Fix PipeWire crackling with Fiefox (espacially in VMs)
sed -i "s/reader.parse-on-load.enabled\", true/reader.parse-on-load.enabled\", false/" $(find ~/.mozilla/firefox/ -name prefs.js)
sed -i "s/media.webspeech.synth.enabled\", true/media.webspeech.synth.enabled\", false/" $(find ~/.mozilla/firefox/ -name prefs.js)
systemctl --user restart wireplumber pipewire pipewire-pulse
Original Troubleshooting Article: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewi...
More info:
PipeWire Troubleshooting: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pipe...
PulseAudio Troubleshooting: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Puls...
Check if using Pipewire or Pulse Audio
pactl info | grep "Server Name"Server
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro/Explanation
0:50 - Reset Pipewire settings
2:36 - Fix Stuttering Audio (usually VMs)
4:02 - Fix Loud pops on sound start
4:55 - Other fixes
5:10 - Check if using Pipewire or Pulse Audio
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