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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          • Worked for me! weird bug.
            – micwallace
            May 26 '18 at 12:39



















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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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          • Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! ;-) Could you please review my edits and also review the editing help to improve the readability of your answers in the future... ;-)
            – Fabby
            Jul 1 '18 at 10:16










          • 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





          share|improve this answer










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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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            • Worked for me! weird bug.
              – micwallace
              May 26 '18 at 12:39
















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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





            share|improve this answer























            • Worked for me! weird bug.
              – micwallace
              May 26 '18 at 12:39














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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





            share|improve this answer














            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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            • Worked for me! weird bug.
              – micwallace
              May 26 '18 at 12:39


















            • Worked for me! weird bug.
              – micwallace
              May 26 '18 at 12:39
















            Worked for me! weird bug.
            – micwallace
            May 26 '18 at 12:39




            Worked for me! weird bug.
            – micwallace
            May 26 '18 at 12:39













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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























            • Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! ;-) Could you please review my edits and also review the editing help to improve the readability of your answers in the future... ;-)
              – Fabby
              Jul 1 '18 at 10:16










            • 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
















            1














            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























            • Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! ;-) Could you please review my edits and also review the editing help to improve the readability of your answers in the future... ;-)
              – Fabby
              Jul 1 '18 at 10:16










            • 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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            • Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! ;-) Could you please review my edits and also review the editing help to improve the readability of your answers in the future... ;-)
              – Fabby
              Jul 1 '18 at 10:16










            • 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


















            • Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! ;-) Could you please review my edits and also review the editing help to improve the readability of your answers in the future... ;-)
              – Fabby
              Jul 1 '18 at 10:16










            • 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
















            Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! ;-) Could you please review my edits and also review the editing help to improve the readability of your answers in the future... ;-)
            – Fabby
            Jul 1 '18 at 10:16




            Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! ;-) Could you please review my edits and also review the editing help to improve the readability of your answers in the future... ;-)
            – Fabby
            Jul 1 '18 at 10:16












            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










              New contributor




              Roman Kaufmann is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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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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                Roman Kaufmann is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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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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                Roman Kaufmann is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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