Stuart, can we assume you're using wired audio and not Bluetooth? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1677202
Title: Sound playback delays Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Sound playback on my machine seems to be delayed. Playing an error beep hangs for half a second or so before playing, making tab completion extremely irritating (because the completion itself also hangs); starting a video or music track is silent for the first second or so. This seems to be fixed, as per http://askubuntu.com/questions/218444/sound-output-starts- delayed/440787#440787, by disabling pulseaudio's "module-suspend-on- idle" feature. I don't need this feature at all because my machine is a desktop box without a battery, permanently plugged into power, and therefore any minimal power saving it produces is far outweighed by the annoyance. However, since other people don't experience this problem, perhaps it's chipset specific? I also experience Audacity taking a long time to start up, which also seems to have been helped by this fix. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-66.87-generic 4.4.44 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-66-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Wed Mar 29 11:56:24 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-07 (1087 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-04 (237 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 12/13/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1707 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: Z87-A dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: PCS dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: PC SPECIALIST dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1707:bd12/13/2013:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnZ87-A:rvrRev1.xx:cvnPCSPECIALIST:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: All Series dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS modified.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: 2017-03-29T11:51:11.884294 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1677202/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
