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[Linux] Heavy Audio crackling when recording, happens every "x" amount of minutes
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Description
Operating System Info
Other
Other OS
Fedora Linux
OBS Studio Version
31.1.1
OBS Studio Version (Other)
No response
OBS Studio Log URL
https://obsproject.com/logs/jlOEgYhaOXOs0pi7
OBS Studio Crash Log URL
No response
Expected Behavior
The audio recording doesn't crackle
Current Behavior
The audio recording crackles a lot.
Basically this has been happening since I've switched to Linux one year ago, and it's still present in the latest version of OBS, 31.1.1
In the title I've said that this happens every "x" amount of minutes, because I don't know precisely how many minutes it takes to repeat the crackling, but it happens again after some minutes, so you end up with a recording full of crackling in the audio, making certain parts of the video not understandable.
Here are some videos that are affected by this issue, all of this videos are recorded on Linux, and these are just a tiny amount of videos where I've heard this issue appearing:
5:52
https://youtu.be/cYevedtNuEk?si=nA2-6US7-lKzvk6S
25:54
https://youtu.be/lNyuz7y4iRU?si=xRQjFFXJYbTUT-Wk
3:46
https://youtu.be/42KxUr_trXw?si=8X3jS5s9vMNu1hDX
14:26, 28:11, 51:11, 1:03:28 (and in many other parts of the video)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZkdYM-HmcY8
Brodie also made a post about this exact issue, as you can hear it in many of hist videos too
http://youtube.com/post/Ugkxwe1dI5FwTH4qCmj8pJTFCYD3hxOtUmJa?si=PuPAkmnsIlRVAMjG
Steps to Reproduce
- Record with OBS on Linux
Anything else we should know?
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked OBS log and the reported crackling timestamps in the example videos. Reproduce a recording with OBS Studio 31.1.1 on Fedora Linux, then compare the recording and log to determine what causes the recurring audio crackle. Done means the cause is identified and a fix or clearly verified diagnosis is available.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- fedora, linux
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 32/100