Linux Pipewire - Random audio drop outs

mpv Information

mpv v0.41.0 Copyright © 2000-2025 mpv/MPlayer/mplayer2 projects
 built on Feb 13 2026 22:37:10
libplacebo version: v7.360.0
FFmpeg version: n8.0.1
FFmpeg library versions:
   libavcodec      62.11.100
   libavdevice     62.1.100
   libavfilter     11.4.100
   libavformat     62.3.100
   libavutil       60.8.100
   libswresample   6.1.100
   libswscale      9.1.100

Other Information

- Linux version: 
CachyOS
- Kernel Version: 
Linux anarchy 6.19.2-2-cachyos #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:22:29 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
- GPU Model: 
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GB206 [GeForce RTX 5060 Ti] [10de:2d04] (rev a1)
- Mesa/GPU Driver Version: 
name of display: :0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Memory info (GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info):
    Dedicated video memory: 16311 MB
    Total available memory: 16311 MB
    Currently available dedicated video memory: 14673 MB
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 590.48.01
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
X Error of failed request:  BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  146 ()
  Minor opcode of failed request:  5
  Resource id in failed request:  0x1000003
  Serial number of failed request:  56
  Current serial number in output stream:  56
- Window Manager and Version: 
KWin version: 6.5.5
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Qt compile version: 6.10.2
XCB compile version: 1.17.0

Operation Mode: Wayland
- Source of mpv: 
CachyOS
- Latest known working version: 
unknown.
- Issue started after the following happened: 
unknown.
- Pipewire info: 
Name            : pipewire
Version         : 1:1.4.10-2.1

Reproduction Steps

Play a random file with mpv.

Expected Behavior

No audio drop outs at all.

Actual Behavior

Hear the audio randomly drop out completely, as in no sound coming from the speakers for about 1~2 seconds, audio comes back again, and later randomly drops out again. Rinse and repeat. I have tried to reproduce this issue in Haruna as well, unsuccessfully so far. The issue is kinda hard to reproduce since it seems to happen completely randomly from my observations, I tried to reproduce it yesterday without any luck. And today on the first try I managed to capture it with a log.

Log attached is with --no-config --gpu-debug --log-file
Hopefully it contains something useful, since the journal doesn't.

Log File

mpv output.txt

Sample Files

No response

I carefully read all instruction and confirm that I did the following:

• I tested with the latest mpv version to validate that the issue is not already fixed.
• I provided all required information including system and mpv version.
• I produced the log file with the exact same set of files, parameters, and conditions used in "Reproduction Steps", with the addition of --log-file=output.txt.
• I produced the log file while the behaviors described in "Actual Behavior" were actively observed.
• I attached the full, untruncated log file.
• I attached the backtrace in the case of a crash.

Start by reviewing the attached mpv output.txt and the reported reproduction conditions: mpv v0.41.0 with --no-config --gpu-debug and PipeWire on Linux. Compare the log with a run where audio remains stable and investigate the intermittent 1–2 second dropouts. Done means identifying a reproducible cause and confirming that audio no longer drops out under the reported conditions.