SUMMARY *** NOTE: If you are reporting a crash, please try to attach a backtrace with debug symbols. See https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Debugging/How_to_create_useful_crash_reports *** STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. load any kind of FLAC 48khz 24 bit >1024 bitrate or more higher 2. play it 3. OBSERVED RESULT you get a random pop/click audio issue EXPECTED RESULT audio must be clear - I test same flac audio tracks with Audacious and it's perfect sound SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Still an issue on Elisa 23.08.2. One note: the pop can be reproduced consistently. That is, when you hear a pop in a specific instant of a specific track, you will *always* hear that pop in that instant of that specific track.
Hello, I resume Elisa for another test, now I'm on Gentoo and looks like some better stable, no more pop/click playback. I think isn't really KDE bug at this stage, maybe issue with Arch package, I don't know, so my setup now is below: -Elisa 23.04.3 https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/media-sound/elisa -Audio: Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl Device-2: Sony WALKMAN driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 API: ALSA v: k6.1.57-gentoo-dist status: kernel-api tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.80 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl -System: Kernel: 6.1.57-gentoo-dist arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.8 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: Gentoo Base System release 2.14 Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 15 7510 -Test result with my USB DAC (Sony Walkman) is fine, but add some little latency. -Test result with laptop Intel HDA is fine enough, a little gap on load tracks is present when start or interacting with other desktop windows. -Also Bluetooth speaker tested and little short two gaps in audio track happen, (less one second) I guess buffering optimization needs... -Test with KDE XWayland session, I know not stable as full Xorg session... Elisa is compiled with qtmultimedia audio backend support: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/dev-qt/qtmultimedia and I also try to use VLC audio backend, after recompile and looks performance is both good (no more pop/click). After this set of tests I assume the bug is solved for me. Thanks to all, best regards. Nicola