Bug 513410

Summary: Crackling audio
Product: [Applications] Elisa Reporter: Nathan Upchurch <nathan>
Component: generalAssignee: Matthieu Gallien <matthieu_gallien>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: normal CC: nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 25.12.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: A track that crackles with Elisa

Description Nathan Upchurch 2025-12-15 16:31:26 UTC
Created attachment 187673 [details]
A track that crackles with Elisa

SUMMARY
Certain tracks crackle when played in Elisa that do not crackle when played through Audacious, Haruna, MPV, or VLC. The crackling is not always consistent: it may be softer or louder as the track plays, and it may be softer or louder in general from playback to playback.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Play track

OBSERVED RESULT
Crackling

EXPECTED RESULT
No crackling

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: EndeavourOS 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.17.9-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Using pipewire
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-12-16 22:37:09 UTC
Are you by any chance using a Flatpak build of the app?
Comment 2 Nathan Upchurch 2025-12-16 23:53:16 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Are you by any chance using a Flatpak build of the app?

Afraid not