Audio crackles on all games (using wireplumber) when I've got a pactl script running.

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ValveSoftware/Proton#6872 · opened 2023-06-24 by amogusussy · updated 2023-06-24 · 3 comments · github

Aamogusussy 2023-06-24 github

I've got this pactl script to reverse the audio output on my headphones:

pactl load-module module-remap-sink \
  sink_name=reverse-stereo \
  master=0 \
  channels=2 \
  master_channel_map=front-right,front-left \
  channel_map=front-left,front-right

pactl set-default-sink reverse-stereo

Whenever I try to play a game using proton with this script, the audio starts crackling to the point where you can't make out anything from the game.
This doesn't happen with any other applications (games or otherwise).

I'm using steam through flatpak, with proton version 8.0-2.
This only started happening after my distro (void linux) changed from pulseaudio-media-session to wireplumber.

Mmbriar 2023-06-24 github

I think it would make more sense to report this to the pipewire gitlab instead of here, I don't see how that's a proton problem. Windows games on wine/proton just end up requesting a pretty low latency by default, which might make them more likely to hit this issue compared to other applications.

Aamogusussy 2023-06-24 github

I've just made an issue on pipewire's gitlab. Here's the link if anyone wants to follow.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/3309

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2023-06-24 github

Hello @amogusussy, let's treat this as a pipewire issue of some sort for now. If the pipewire dev(s) take a look and find an actionable hint which a Proton dev would need to look into, then add it as a comment here and give me a ping to re-open this issue report.

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