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#Linux audio is bizarrely confusing to a regular user lol - if I were to configure a #PulseAudio setting (i.e. clock.force-quantum) but obviously most systems now have moved to using #PipeWire, but from what I can tell or think to understand is that systems use PipeWire via something called #WirePlumber, should this (user-specific) configuration be done in a WirePlumber config, or PipeWire? I normally could learn these things easily through the #ArchWiki, but so far, this topic is completely lost on me lol.

No sé si desde ayer o antier, pero estuve teniendo fallas al reproducir vídeos de YouTube en mi computadora. Al principio creí que era por tener uBlock Origin, pero luego me di cuenta que eran todos los vídeos, tanto por internet como incluso los que ya tenía en mi computadora. Y trasteando un poco más, me di cuenta que el problema no eran los vídeos, sino el sonido como tal.

Resulta que desde siempre uso #Linux, pero parece que apenas estos días, los servidores de sonido como #PulseAudio o #ALSA ya no funcionan como tal, y deben ser reemplazados con PipeWire.

Igual y podría haber una solución menos drástica, pero como a mí me funcionó, les paso el dato.

Pipewire (or, more accurately, its use of Pulse) has been problematic for some time, often selecting an HDMI output rather than stereo audio via the on-board sound device, then I found this somewhere (didn't note where):

load-module module-remap-sink sink_name=stereo-downmix master=alsa_card.pci-0000_2a_00.4.analog-stereo channels=6 master_channel_map=front-left,front-left,front-right,front-right,front-left,front-right channel_map=front-left,center,center,front-right,rear-left,rear-right

Change the ‘master’ parameter to match your hardware (as I did, using the PCI address of the on-board HD audio controller), stick that line in /etc/pulse/default.pa (or, presumably, ~/.config/pulse/default.pa), restart the sound server and all should be well.

Just wondering if there are any users around with good experience with .

Having an issue with some headset mics where the audio keeps dropping out from optimal 50-60% down to 25-30% and therefore having to re-adjust the mic volume in pulse audio volume control all the time. However I set it, it keeps dropping down.

I've been using Linux on my desktop for nearly 30 years and i still don't understand how to get sound working properly and reliably.

Searching for some kind of distro-agnostic 2025 Linux audio general best practices guide... What should I be using (ALSA, jack, pulse, pipewire?), how can I configure multiple sound devices (onboard, HDMI, USB, Bluetooth), set my preferred inputs and outputs and levels on each, toggle between them properly, and have those settings persist after logout, reboot, or removal/addition of devices?

#linux#alsa#jack