Crackling and delayed sound after upgrading to 18.04












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I just upgraded to 18.04, and I noticed that the sound from my headphones, whether plugged into front or back port, was very crackling and slow/delayed. This issue didn't exist on 17.04/10. It also doesn't affect audio coming from HDMI via Radeon 560 GPU, just the headphone/onboard audio. The relevant device is:



00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio (rev 31)  


I tried a bunch of fixes for pulseaudio I found googling, including this one and this one. Neither of which helped.



I have found something that at least makes it listenable - changing "default-fragment-size-msec" from 25 to 5 in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf. It makes it much much better, but still a little crackly from time to time.



I've googled for 30 min or more now, and not finding anything else that seems recent and relevant, so wondering if I should maybe open a bug, or if there's something I'm overlooking here.










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    I just upgraded to 18.04, and I noticed that the sound from my headphones, whether plugged into front or back port, was very crackling and slow/delayed. This issue didn't exist on 17.04/10. It also doesn't affect audio coming from HDMI via Radeon 560 GPU, just the headphone/onboard audio. The relevant device is:



    00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio (rev 31)  


    I tried a bunch of fixes for pulseaudio I found googling, including this one and this one. Neither of which helped.



    I have found something that at least makes it listenable - changing "default-fragment-size-msec" from 25 to 5 in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf. It makes it much much better, but still a little crackly from time to time.



    I've googled for 30 min or more now, and not finding anything else that seems recent and relevant, so wondering if I should maybe open a bug, or if there's something I'm overlooking here.










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      I just upgraded to 18.04, and I noticed that the sound from my headphones, whether plugged into front or back port, was very crackling and slow/delayed. This issue didn't exist on 17.04/10. It also doesn't affect audio coming from HDMI via Radeon 560 GPU, just the headphone/onboard audio. The relevant device is:



      00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio (rev 31)  


      I tried a bunch of fixes for pulseaudio I found googling, including this one and this one. Neither of which helped.



      I have found something that at least makes it listenable - changing "default-fragment-size-msec" from 25 to 5 in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf. It makes it much much better, but still a little crackly from time to time.



      I've googled for 30 min or more now, and not finding anything else that seems recent and relevant, so wondering if I should maybe open a bug, or if there's something I'm overlooking here.










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      I just upgraded to 18.04, and I noticed that the sound from my headphones, whether plugged into front or back port, was very crackling and slow/delayed. This issue didn't exist on 17.04/10. It also doesn't affect audio coming from HDMI via Radeon 560 GPU, just the headphone/onboard audio. The relevant device is:



      00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio (rev 31)  


      I tried a bunch of fixes for pulseaudio I found googling, including this one and this one. Neither of which helped.



      I have found something that at least makes it listenable - changing "default-fragment-size-msec" from 25 to 5 in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf. It makes it much much better, but still a little crackly from time to time.



      I've googled for 30 min or more now, and not finding anything else that seems recent and relevant, so wondering if I should maybe open a bug, or if there's something I'm overlooking here.







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          I had the same issue and killing pulseaudio fixed it for me. I'm not sure why it would get into a bad state, but restarting pulseaudio might be something to try.



          Try



          killall pulseaudio





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            Press Ctrl+Alt+T to go to a terminal and use your favourite editor to edit the file



            nano /etc/pulse/default.pa


            then find a line containing:



            load-module module-udev-detect


            modify this to become:



            load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0


            save and exit and you're all set!






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            • you need to restart your laptop or run: pulseaudio -k after you change the configuration.

              – stason
              Nov 16 '18 at 3:05











            • all it does is makes the sound completely distorted

              – Sarge Borsch
              Nov 16 '18 at 13:12



















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            I ran into the same issue (crackling sound) today on Ubuntu 18.10 on my Intel NUC Canyon Hades.



            killall pulseaudio


            only fixed it temporarily for some reason. After a few minutes the problem was back again.
            What ultimately did the trick was the answer posted by Fabby in combination with the comment by statson to enter



            pulsaudio -k





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              I had the same issue and killing pulseaudio fixed it for me. I'm not sure why it would get into a bad state, but restarting pulseaudio might be something to try.



              Try



              killall pulseaudio





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                I had the same issue and killing pulseaudio fixed it for me. I'm not sure why it would get into a bad state, but restarting pulseaudio might be something to try.



                Try



                killall pulseaudio





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                  I had the same issue and killing pulseaudio fixed it for me. I'm not sure why it would get into a bad state, but restarting pulseaudio might be something to try.



                  Try



                  killall pulseaudio





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                  I had the same issue and killing pulseaudio fixed it for me. I'm not sure why it would get into a bad state, but restarting pulseaudio might be something to try.



                  Try



                  killall pulseaudio






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                      Press Ctrl+Alt+T to go to a terminal and use your favourite editor to edit the file



                      nano /etc/pulse/default.pa


                      then find a line containing:



                      load-module module-udev-detect


                      modify this to become:



                      load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0


                      save and exit and you're all set!






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                      • you need to restart your laptop or run: pulseaudio -k after you change the configuration.

                        – stason
                        Nov 16 '18 at 3:05











                      • all it does is makes the sound completely distorted

                        – Sarge Borsch
                        Nov 16 '18 at 13:12
















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                      Press Ctrl+Alt+T to go to a terminal and use your favourite editor to edit the file



                      nano /etc/pulse/default.pa


                      then find a line containing:



                      load-module module-udev-detect


                      modify this to become:



                      load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0


                      save and exit and you're all set!






                      share|improve this answer


























                      • you need to restart your laptop or run: pulseaudio -k after you change the configuration.

                        – stason
                        Nov 16 '18 at 3:05











                      • all it does is makes the sound completely distorted

                        – Sarge Borsch
                        Nov 16 '18 at 13:12














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                      Press Ctrl+Alt+T to go to a terminal and use your favourite editor to edit the file



                      nano /etc/pulse/default.pa


                      then find a line containing:



                      load-module module-udev-detect


                      modify this to become:



                      load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0


                      save and exit and you're all set!






                      share|improve this answer















                      Press Ctrl+Alt+T to go to a terminal and use your favourite editor to edit the file



                      nano /etc/pulse/default.pa


                      then find a line containing:



                      load-module module-udev-detect


                      modify this to become:



                      load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0


                      save and exit and you're all set!







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                      • you need to restart your laptop or run: pulseaudio -k after you change the configuration.

                        – stason
                        Nov 16 '18 at 3:05











                      • all it does is makes the sound completely distorted

                        – Sarge Borsch
                        Nov 16 '18 at 13:12



















                      • you need to restart your laptop or run: pulseaudio -k after you change the configuration.

                        – stason
                        Nov 16 '18 at 3:05











                      • all it does is makes the sound completely distorted

                        – Sarge Borsch
                        Nov 16 '18 at 13:12

















                      you need to restart your laptop or run: pulseaudio -k after you change the configuration.

                      – stason
                      Nov 16 '18 at 3:05





                      you need to restart your laptop or run: pulseaudio -k after you change the configuration.

                      – stason
                      Nov 16 '18 at 3:05













                      all it does is makes the sound completely distorted

                      – Sarge Borsch
                      Nov 16 '18 at 13:12





                      all it does is makes the sound completely distorted

                      – Sarge Borsch
                      Nov 16 '18 at 13:12











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                      I ran into the same issue (crackling sound) today on Ubuntu 18.10 on my Intel NUC Canyon Hades.



                      killall pulseaudio


                      only fixed it temporarily for some reason. After a few minutes the problem was back again.
                      What ultimately did the trick was the answer posted by Fabby in combination with the comment by statson to enter



                      pulsaudio -k





                      share|improve this answer






























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                        I ran into the same issue (crackling sound) today on Ubuntu 18.10 on my Intel NUC Canyon Hades.



                        killall pulseaudio


                        only fixed it temporarily for some reason. After a few minutes the problem was back again.
                        What ultimately did the trick was the answer posted by Fabby in combination with the comment by statson to enter



                        pulsaudio -k





                        share|improve this answer




























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                          I ran into the same issue (crackling sound) today on Ubuntu 18.10 on my Intel NUC Canyon Hades.



                          killall pulseaudio


                          only fixed it temporarily for some reason. After a few minutes the problem was back again.
                          What ultimately did the trick was the answer posted by Fabby in combination with the comment by statson to enter



                          pulsaudio -k





                          share|improve this answer















                          I ran into the same issue (crackling sound) today on Ubuntu 18.10 on my Intel NUC Canyon Hades.



                          killall pulseaudio


                          only fixed it temporarily for some reason. After a few minutes the problem was back again.
                          What ultimately did the trick was the answer posted by Fabby in combination with the comment by statson to enter



                          pulsaudio -k






                          share|improve this answer














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