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Bazzite•2w ago•
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Stuttering Audio over HDMI

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Problem

I am unable to get my HTPC to output clean audio over HDMI when connected directly to my TV at 4K 60Hz. The audio stutters rapidly with an apparent pitch shift upward. Stepping down to 4K 30Hz fixes the audio, but leaves the whole system feeling correspondingly sluggish. Audio sources I've tested include Firefox (Youtube) and system sounds.

Additional Details

* I have already tried swapping the HDMI cable for a newer / higher-bandwidth HDMI 2.1 replacement.
* I have already tried switching to a mini-displayport to HDMI cable.
* This PC used to run Windows 10, and the audio was working without issue at 4K 60Hz.
* Adjusting the Pipewire
quantum
quantum
,
min-quantum
min-quantum
, and
max-quantum
max-quantum
values did not seem to help. They mainly seemed to increase or decrease the number of audio stutters per second.
* Adjusting the ALSA headroom and period-size didn't seem to have much effect. Setting the node's session
suspend-timeout-seconds
suspend-timeout-seconds
property to 0 also didn't seem to do much.

Hardware:

* Hades Canyon NUC8i7HVK (Core i7-8809G, RX Vega M GH)
* 6ft HDMI 2.1 cable - link
* TCL 65r646 TV
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