I'm wondering if you can help me resolve sounds problems I've been having on this desktop PC. This has been happening since LinuxMint 20.0 and continues on my current version of 20.2 Cinnnamon. Though I will say the problem has improved over time, and with each release, but it still is an issue. Currently the problems that occur is I cannot use VLC to watch videos while Firefox is running or I get crackling in the sound output. Close Firefox and it fixes it. When I pause VLC for more than approximately ten seconds, upon restarting the video, the sound stutters and is off and on for maybe five or ten seconds until it is back to normal. Pausing for less than that and it operates normally. I also notice when I run the test sound to make sure I have the correct sound output chosen, it takes roughly three to five seconds until you hear it.
In the above examples I am using a second monitor, a 1080p large screen TV connected to my Nvidia graphics card via HDMI to watch videos, so my assumption is this has to do with the "NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio". The same sound issues also occur with the primary computer monitor with it's built in speakers that is connected to the graphics card via display port. The integrated audio on the motherboard which uses "Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio" hardware, doesn't seem to be as much of an issue, at least any more. It used to be worse. Right now all I can see is that it has the same brief stuttering audio when starting or restarting a video, though it does not seem as bad as the Nvidia audio.
Lastly, when booting Linuxmint 20.2 when the logon screen appears, I get a single loud audio pop from the internal speakers of the primary monitor connected via displayport.
I've installed "pavucontrol" as the release notes suggest and don't know what I should be adjusting for settings on that.
How can I fix these problems?
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System:
Kernel: 5.4.0-88-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.5 wm: muffin 5.0.1 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Z170-A v: Rev 1.xx serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3802 date: 03/15/2018
CPU:
Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-6700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 L2 cache: 8192 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 63999
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 801 2: 800
3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 470.63.01 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:13c2
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: nvidia
resolution: 2560x1440~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970/PCIe/SSE2
v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.63.01 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a170
Device-2: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0fbb
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-88-generic
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k
port: f000 bus ID: 00:1f.6 chip ID: 8086:15b8
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 589.80 GiB (15.8%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Sabrent model: Rocket Q size: 1.82 TiB
speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: RKT30Q.1 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM001-1ER164 size: 1.82 TiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: CC25 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 1.79 TiB used: 589.79 GiB (32.2%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 37.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 49 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Repos:
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list
1: deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com uma main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info:
Processes: 254 Uptime: 2m Memory: 15.58 GiB used: 1.37 GiB (8.8%)
Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash
v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38