Hey everyone! I've run into a serious audio issue since switching to Fedora with KDE Plasma. Right from the KDE loading screen, whenever sound plays through my HyperX Cloud II Wireless headphones, it sounds like a dreadful mix of sizzling and static, making it impossible to hear anything clearly. I'm not too keen on diving into Pipewire and ALSA since they seem pretty complex to handle. Just to clarify, my headphones connect via USB, so thankfully it's not Bluetooth.
Here's a quick rundown of what I've already tried:
- Restarted and reinstalled Pipewire
- HyperX is set as my audio sink in system settings
- The sampling rate is set to 48,000 Hz, and that all looks normal.
- The sizzling sound happens across all applications as soon as I boot Fedora.
Also, I've noticed that videos lag significantly when sound is on. Any ideas on what I can do to fix this?
2 Answers
It sounds like the issue might be linked to either your USB port or your headphones. First, try using a different USB port to see if that helps. You could also test your headphones on another computer or boot up a live USB of a different distro like Linux Mint to check if they work fine there. If they do, it could be a driver issue in Fedora. If not, it may be time to think about getting new headphones.
Audio problems can be really frustrating. Here are a few steps you might want to try:
1. Make sure your system is fully updated.
2. Check if you’re running the Flatpak version of Pipewire; sometimes that can lead to issues.
3. It's possible your Pipewire configuration for the headphones needs tweaking.
4. The laggy video playback with sound on suggests there may be a timing issue between audio and video streams, which is often due to audio buffer underruns or clock mismatches.
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