Use higher quantum to hopefully fix audio on laptop

joinemm · Sep 3, 2024 · 6a892a3 · 6a892a3
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diff --git a/hosts/athens/default.nix b/hosts/athens/default.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@
     ];
   };
 
+  # the laptop cpu is not powerful enough and low quantum causes garbled audio
+  services.pipewire.extraConfig.pipewire."92-fix-quantum" = {
+    context.properties = {
+      default.clock.rate = 48000;
+      default.clock.quantum = 1024;
+      default.clock.min-quantum = 512;
+      default.clock.max-quantum = 4092;
+    };
+  };
+
   services = {
     syncthing.settings.folders = {
       "camera".enable = true;

diff --git a/modules/desktop/sound.nix b/modules/desktop/sound.nix
@@ -11,26 +11,6 @@
         "wireplumber.profiles".main."monitor.libcamera" = "disabled";
       };
     };
-
-    extraConfig.pipewire-pulse."92-low-latency" = {
-      "context.properties" = [
-        {
-          name = "libpipewire-module-protocol-pulse";
-          args = { };
-        }
-      ];
-      "pulse.properties" = {
-        "pulse.min.req" = "32/48000";
-        "pulse.default.req" = "32/48000";
-        "pulse.max.req" = "32/48000";
-        "pulse.min.quantum" = "32/48000";
-        "pulse.max.quantum" = "32/48000";
-      };
-      "stream.properties" = {
-        "node.latency" = "32/48000";
-        "resample.quality" = 1;
-      };
-    };
   };
 
   security.rtkit.enable = true;