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Universal Blue•3w ago
Shr0

Gaming Headset either Stereo or choppy

Analog stereo sounds clear but as it says, its just Stereo, sucks for gaming. "Pro Audio" seems to do better but audio is extremely choppy at times. any fix or alternatives?
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Shr0
Shr0OP•3w ago
So turns out, "pro audio" also produces choppy input audio while gaming. 
wpctl inspect 45
id 45, type PipeWire:Interface:Device
    alsa.card = "4"
    alsa.card_name = "Arctis Nova 7"
    alsa.components = "USB1038:2202"
    alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
    alsa.id = "A7"
    alsa.long_card_name = "SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 at usb-0000:14:00.0-9, full speed"
    alsa.mixer_name = "USB Mixer"
    api.acp.auto-port = "false"
    api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
    api.alsa.card = "4"
    api.alsa.card.longname = "SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 at usb-0000:14:00.0-9, full speed"
    api.alsa.card.name = "Arctis Nova 7"
    api.alsa.path = "hw:4"
    api.alsa.split-enable = "true"
    api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
    api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio4"
    api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
  * client.id = "49"
  * device.api = "alsa"
    device.bus = "usb"
    device.bus-id = "usb-SteelSeries_Arctis_Nova_7-00"
    device.bus-path = "pci-0000:14:00.0-usb-0:9:1.0"
  * device.description = "Arctis Nova 7"
    device.enum.api = "udev"
    device.form-factor = "headset"
    device.icon-name = "audio-headset-analog-usb"
  * device.name = "alsa_card.usb-SteelSeries_Arctis_Nova_7-00"
  * device.nick = "Arctis Nova 7"
    device.plugged.usec = "74612892"
    device.product.id = "0x2202"
    device.product.name = "Arctis Nova 7"
    device.serial = "SteelSeries_Arctis_Nova_7"
    device.string = "4"
    device.subsystem = "sound"
    device.sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/0000:05:00.0/0000:06:0c.0/0000:14:00.0/usb3/3-9/3-9:1.0/sound/card4"
    device.vendor.id = "0x1038"
    device.vendor.name = "SteelSeries ApS"
  * factory.id = "15"
  * media.class = "Audio/Device"
    object.path = "alsa:acp:A7"
  * object.serial = "76"
    spa.object.id = "10"
wpctl inspect 45
id 45, type PipeWire:Interface:Device
    alsa.card = "4"
    alsa.card_name = "Arctis Nova 7"
    alsa.components = "USB1038:2202"
    alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
    alsa.id = "A7"
    alsa.long_card_name = "SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 at usb-0000:14:00.0-9, full speed"
    alsa.mixer_name = "USB Mixer"
    api.acp.auto-port = "false"
    api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
    api.alsa.card = "4"
    api.alsa.card.longname = "SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 at usb-0000:14:00.0-9, full speed"
    api.alsa.card.name = "Arctis Nova 7"
    api.alsa.path = "hw:4"
    api.alsa.split-enable = "true"
    api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
    api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio4"
    api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
  * client.id = "49"
  * device.api = "alsa"
    device.bus = "usb"
    device.bus-id = "usb-SteelSeries_Arctis_Nova_7-00"
    device.bus-path = "pci-0000:14:00.0-usb-0:9:1.0"
  * device.description = "Arctis Nova 7"
    device.enum.api = "udev"
    device.form-factor = "headset"
    device.icon-name = "audio-headset-analog-usb"
  * device.name = "alsa_card.usb-SteelSeries_Arctis_Nova_7-00"
  * device.nick = "Arctis Nova 7"
    device.plugged.usec = "74612892"
    device.product.id = "0x2202"
    device.product.name = "Arctis Nova 7"
    device.serial = "SteelSeries_Arctis_Nova_7"
    device.string = "4"
    device.subsystem = "sound"
    device.sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/0000:05:00.0/0000:06:0c.0/0000:14:00.0/usb3/3-9/3-9:1.0/sound/card4"
    device.vendor.id = "0x1038"
    device.vendor.name = "SteelSeries ApS"
  * factory.id = "15"
  * media.class = "Audio/Device"
    object.path = "alsa:acp:A7"
  * object.serial = "76"
    spa.object.id = "10"
Shr0
Shr0OP•3w ago
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Shr0
Shr0OP•2w ago
I tried fixing it with "ujust setup-virtual-surround", but that just creates a spatial sink which sounds absolutely horrible alternatively, since I solved my lack of printer driver support with a new printer, are there headsets which natively support more than stereo out of the box on bazzite?
Peteydog
Peteydog•2w ago
a quick question for you: is this a bluetooth or a wired headset?
Shr0
Shr0OP•7d ago
headset can be used wired, 2,4ghz (dongle) and bluetooth
Peteydog
Peteydog•7d ago
and does it have volume controls on it?
Shr0
Shr0OP•7d ago
yea
Shr0
Shr0OP•7d ago
Peteydog
Peteydog•7d ago
this is just a sanity check for an issue i'm having, but when you use the volume controls on the headset (in bluetooth mode), does it change the system volume like volume buttons on your keyboard would?
Shr0
Shr0OP•7d ago
heh. now that you mention it, no, it doesn't. I see you are a fellow helldiver 😄 offtopic, do you have dualscreen, if so, do you have a fix for the mouse escaping the game window? I always hit escape twice every new dive.
Peteydog
Peteydog•7d ago
i'm only on a single screen setup, but if you're willing to screw around with gamescope a little bit, try using --force-grab-cursor
Shr0
Shr0OP•7d ago
yea tried that, didnt work for me somehow. but I'll give it a go again at some point
Peteydog
Peteydog•7d ago
you probably also need to use the -s option in there as well also what's with stereo sucking for gaming?
Shr0
Shr0OP•7d ago
I guess the headset dongle lacks a proper driver and bazzite defaults to stereo
Peteydog
Peteydog•6d ago
i'm not sure if this applies to your headset, but in the past i have had issues with the audio quality of my headphones when the mic is turned on and my solution was to simply turn it off (there's also ujust toggle-bt-mic) helldivers 2 for some reason really liked to use the hands free mode (shit audio, forcibly using the headset mic) when i was playing on windows. Turning the hands free mode off led to a significantly delayed bluetooth connection time which became the final straw for me to abandon windows
Shr0
Shr0OP•4d ago
sry for the late response, thanks for the tip 😄 I think it wouldn't do much in my case. I just wonder if a different headset would be showing more audio channels without any tinkering.

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