Audio on some websites is very low, muffled and distorted

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Audio on some websites is very low, muffled and distorted

#1 Post by Yunoha »

Hey,

since my installation of MXLinux I have audio problems on some websites using librewolf browser. It sounds very low and distorted. On other websites, there is not a problem, e.g. youtube. It is also no problem of my current browser, as it happens in other browser as well. I looked a lot around about this problem but could not find helpful solutions.

Below are my QSI. However, this also happens on another laptop with MX installed, and it is from another manufacturer (Acer).

Very happy about any help. Thanks.

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Snapshot created on: 20250206_1001
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-32-amd64 [6.1.129-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-32-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.5_x64 Libretto September 15  2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 83AM v: IdeaPad Pro 5 14APH8 serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: type: 10 v: IdeaPad Pro 5 14APH8 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: No DPK serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: MKCN33WW
    date: 04/09/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 46.6 Wh (63.1%) condition: 73.8/75.0 Wh (98.5%) volts: 16.2 min: 15.6
    model: SMP L22M4PF3 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 104
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS with Radeon 780M Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4
    gen: 5 level: v4 note: check built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm) family: 0x19 (25)
    model-id: 0x74 (116) stepping: 1 microcode: 0xA704104
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB
    desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 8x1024 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1571 high: 2200 min/max: 1600/3800 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 2153 2: 2200 3: 1312 4: 1600 5: 1600 6: 1600
    7: 1405 8: 1565 9: 2129 10: 1949 11: 1305 12: 1600 13: 545 14: 1277 15: 1600 16: 1304
    bogomips: 121364
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: safe RET
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on;
    RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Phoenix1 vendor: Lenovo Phoenix driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Phoenix
    process: TSMC n4 (4nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 63:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15bf
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 35.0 C
  Device-2: Bison Integrated RGB Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-1:2
    chip-ID: 5986:215d class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2880x1800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 763x477mm (30.04x18.78") s-diag: 900mm (35.43")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: TL140ADXP22-0 built: 2022 res: 2880x1800 hz: 60 dpi: 244
    gamma: 1.2 size: 300x190mm (11.81x7.48") diag: 355mm (14") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 2880x1800
    min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (gfx1103_r1 LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.49
    6.1.0-32-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 63:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Lenovo driver: N/A
    alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 63:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 63:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-32-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lenovo
    driver: mt7921e v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Wireless_Device type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-5:2
    chip-ID: 0489:e0d8 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: hardware: no
    software: yes address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:6 sco-mtu: 240:8 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 70.99 GiB (14.9%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD PC SN740 SDDPMQD-512G-1101
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: 73116001 temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 476.69 GiB size: 468.13 GiB (98.21%) used: 70.96 GiB (15.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 32.3 MiB (12.8%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 39.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 35.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2667 libs: 1186 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/mxlinux-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_librewolf.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64 arm64] https://repo.librewolf.net librewolf main
Info:
  Processes: 320 Uptime: 16m wakeups: 2512 Memory: 27.09 GiB used: 2.05 GiB (7.6%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI
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Re: Audio on some websites is very low, muffled and distorted

#2 Post by j2mcgreg »

I would do two things:
1) use Repo Manager --> Individual Sources tab to enable the AHS (Advanced Hardware Systems) repo and then update your computer
2) Use MXPI to install a Liquorix kernel. The 6.9.xxx would be a good starting point, but be prepared to experiment a bit to get the best fit. There's ample evidence here in the forums that Ryzen base systems perform better with a Liquorix kernel.
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Re: Audio on some websites is very low, muffled and distorted

#3 Post by Stevo »

I always thought it was due to the site giving you low-volume audio. Even some YouTube videos vary quite a bit. Maybe you could check with another OS, even in a Live session, to see if it's just MX.
MXPI = MX Package Installer
QSI = Quick System Info from menu
The MX Test repository is mostly backports; not the same as Debian testing
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Yunoha
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Re: Audio on some websites is very low, muffled and distorted

#4 Post by Yunoha »

So I enabled AHS and installed the Liquorix Kernel 6.9.12.

However, the change in audio is only of minor extent. I do not think it can be enhanced with another liquorix kernel.

Also, I have the comparison with Windows a few weeks ago, where this problem is not evident with the same Browser configuration. Otherwise, I have no comparison with a linux-based OS.
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Re: Audio on some websites is very low, muffled and distorted

#5 Post by j2mcgreg »

Which websites are you having problems with?
HP 15; ryzen 3 5300U APU; 500 Gb SSD; 8GB ram
HP 17; ryzen 3 3200; 500 GB SSD; 12 GB ram
Idea Center 3; 12 gen i5; 256 GB ssd;

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Re: Audio on some websites is very low, muffled and distorted

#6 Post by Stevo »

I wonder if there's some automatic volume level control available for pipewire or pulseaudio.
MXPI = MX Package Installer
QSI = Quick System Info from menu
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Re: Audio on some websites is very low, muffled and distorted

#7 Post by MXRobo »

I assume that you tried "pavucontrol".
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Yunoha
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Re: Audio on some websites is very low, muffled and distorted

#8 Post by Yunoha »

Some websites are for example reddit or dailymotion.

I have looked at pavucontrol. However, when looking at Configuration, there are two possiblities:
1. Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio: There are some possiblities there, but they are all "unavailable" (Except ProAudio, but the audio problems are still existent when choosing this=
2. Family 17h/19h HD Audio

Edit: It is not just a problem of how loud the audio is, it is also very distorted.
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Re: Audio on some websites is very low, muffled and distorted

#9 Post by Eadwine Rose »

If you run from the liveUSB, is this also happening?
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