It’s pretty ironic to have problems with audio not recognizing headphones… on WINDOWS.

Multi-trillion (10^12) dollar company, btw.

(Both laptops are reasonably new.)

  • Zron@lemmy.world
    49·
    7 days ago

    The fun part about windows is you don’t know if it’s breaking because of the coke code from the 80’s or the vibe code from the ‘20s.

  • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
    22·
    7 days ago

    On Windows audio cuts out every so often.

    Also an update broke a driver a bit ago and I had to edit the registry to fix it.

    Linux is my comfort OS, everything just works.

    • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
      7·
      7 days ago

      Linux is my comfort OS, everything just works.

      This exactly!

      People who remember trying Linux 20 years ago look at me like I’m crazy. But Linux is so cozy, now!

  • FreddiesLantern@leminal.space
    20·
    7 days ago

    When you want to route your audio a certain way (let’s say audio recording/production or such)

    Windows: oh sure, you just gotta download a shitty proprietary driver/program, get that to talk to your daw and from there on it’s…let’s hope it does what you wanna do.

    Linux: You want routing options? Have some …(ALL the options)

    • pedz@lemmy.ca
      4·
      7 days ago

      As someone that is using RTP to send audio from and to different Linux computers, this is unfortunately an option that is getting more difficult to use as time passes. A few years ago when pulseaudio was dominating, it was trivial to just tick a few boxes, enable RTP, see a lit of devices in pasystray, and choose it with a few clicks. Now since pipewire, this is no longer possible. Sure, RTP still works, but using the command line is now mandatory, as all the GUI options have disappeared.

      I still find myself reinstalling pulseaudio on most of my computers running Linux because I need RTP audio and it’s disappointing that it’s getting harder and harder to get it to work on Linux.

    • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      I’m not sure if this is what you’re talking about, but win11 can control both input and output per application.

      I often route my Pandora audio through my stereo while my default/games go through my computer speakers (or sometimes my headphones)

      • FreddiesLantern@leminal.space
        2·
        6 days ago

        Oh that’s a given, I’m talking about routing a signal through several pieces of hardware and/or software in a particular way.

        For example: the drummer needs to hear a clicktrack and the bass, while the choir needs to hear the orchestra/themselves separate (and they want a little reverb). (Now take this and apply it to everyone on stage)

        These kind of situations can get very complex and can get very high stakes.

        For those matters in windows you rely on the software that comes with your hardware. Problem is those don’t always play nice together. Or they simply don’t offer the particular situation you need.

        In Linux you can do anything you want. So much so that it sometimes adds unto the complexity.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    6 days ago

    First I tried Ubuntu. Then I tried Mint.

    Two years later, still on Mint. It works, it doesn’t spy on me, I’m good.

    • dankm@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      6 days ago

      Hot take: There is not now, nor has there ever been, a non-janky OS.

      Some Linux distributions are absolutely less janky than Windows at the moment, though, absolutely.

      I haven’t used a mac in a few years, but it was pretty jank-free the last time I tried it, but I’m certain the situation there has gotten worse.

  • desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    3·
    5 days ago

    i’m just amazed that under w10 i was able to change my audio output device without issues meanwhile in w11 after digging into the taskbar you pick an audio output and IT DOESNT DO SHIT IT DOESNT CHANGE AT ALL YOU HAVE TO CHANGE IT BACK AND FORTH UNTIL THE SPIRIT OF WINDOWS ELEVEN DECIDES YOU ARE WORTHY

  • CaptKoala@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    I’ve been having to lean on my (now deactivated due to declining upgrade) win10 install to get around a couple games anticheat, for games I can play solo. Wild.

    The amount of shit that “just (doesn’t) works” is astounding after having had to do nothing more than reboot to fix something busted for years since I switched to mint.

  • prettybunnys@piefed.socialEnglish
    6·
    7 days ago

    Most machines have issues with the headset headphones.

    Windows, Mac, Linux.

    Many headphones that are headsets will pair as a dual device with the crappy two way audio that sounds like you just connected to your cars Bluetooth from 2005x

  • markstos@lemmy.world
    6·
    7 days ago

    Linux revoked my mic permissions in the middle of a call today, on Google Meet. Happened before on Zoom.

    I have not root-caused it to see if there was flaky hardware or what.

    • markstos@lemmy.world
      7·
      7 days ago

      Ok, this prompted me to root-cause the issue. A bad cable between laptop and USB dock seems most likely. Hardware issue, not Linux!

  • Borger@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    71·
    7 days ago

    So real. Never have audio issues on my Linux PC.

    Meanwhile my company issue ThinkPad just doesn’t want to work with any Bluetooth audio input. I can’t take work calls from any other device either due to IT policy…

    • chillhelm@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 days ago

      I had issues with Bluetooth Audio once. 18 years ago on my first ever install on an IBM ThinkPad 600E that I had bought used with a USB Bluetooth dongle.

  • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    6 days ago

    I cannot get Linux mint Bluetooth to work anymore even with a good tp link dongle off my desktop. It skips or hiccups every minute.

    I feel like it didn’t do this a few months ago…not one thing I’ve done has fixed, and no one can help me. 🤒

    • argarath@lemmy.world
      4·
      5 days ago

      I’ve had this issue with my old Bluetooth buds because their batteries were dying. My new buds don’t have any issues and it’s on the same 2010 laptop running mint with the same Bluetooth adapter, maybe that’s what’s happening to you?

      • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        5 days ago

        Its actually to connect to a Bluetooth amp thats like 2ft away. Its a shared amp, friends PC is wired to it and I use BT in it. It never has BT issues with any other device, only my desktop. And I’ve tried 3 dongles. And did all the pipewire pulse stuff everyone said to. Nothing. Imagine a CD skip every minute or so, is what it does.

        • argarath@lemmy.world
          0·
          2 days ago

          That’s incredibly odd. Do you know where the Bluetooth antenna of your PC is? Maybe it’s getting some signal blocking from a metal component that is between the antenna and the amp? That’s the only other idea I have, because I seen to recall something about Bluetooth having this tendency to “accumulate” errors until it just skips to try and catch up after it got too many bad signals, but I can’t guarantee this is just some slop my brain came up on it’s own trying to figure out your issue

          • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            2 days ago

            Its a tp link dongle plugged in the back. Probably like 2 ft from the reciever amp.

            I don’t recall it doing this a few months ago either. I’ve done updates since then but can’t point to what caused it…

            Yeah maybe I should time it and see if the skips come like every minute or if its random.

    • quips@slrpnk.net
      1·
      5 days ago

      Little problems like this are what makes me hesitate from switching full time.

      • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        5 days ago

        Well if I’m fair, everything else has been an absolute joy and made me love computers again. So don’t let my issue stop you!!

        I absolutely can do everything faster and better on my Linux desktop than I ever could with windows, and I love learning, so that’s a big plus.

        There are far more things I care about other than my Bluetooth issue. Wires exist, its not a big deal to plug in. I do wish it worked, but I’m sure I’ll fix it someday.

  • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
    5·
    7 days ago

    Over the years, I’ve just come to accept that, no matter the OS, there are just some things computers suck at. Working with hardware is one of them.

  • JetpackJackson@feddit.org
    5·
    7 days ago

    I remember using my Bluetooth headset on my windows 10 laptop would completely freeze the settings and volume menus… It was a really powerful laptop too… So bizarre

  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
    5·
    7 days ago

    Uh huh uh huh uh huh… call me when ALSAmixer is no longer needed to unmute the TOSLINK output on a new install because who the fuck knows why it’s muted by default in ALSA and that setting is not surfaced anywhere in the UI.

      • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
        2·
        5 days ago

        Heh, so ALSA has kind of been the audio architecture for Linux distros since forever.

        Pulse Audio was supposed to modernize audio for Linux and ultimately replace ALSA.

        But last time I installed Linux on my desktop, I couldn’t get audio output from my motherboard’s TOSLINK S/PDIF port no matter which settings I changed in the GUI, uninstalled/reinstalled drivers and codecs and whatnot, etc.

        Nothing made any difference until I eventually found some forum post which suggested using ALSAmixer to check the settings for various audio channels. ALSAmixer is not typically installed by default and not commonly used anymore, but it was the only tool that could unmute the digital audio output channel that served the TOSLINK port - that functionality was not present anywhere else in any of the configuration options. Pulse appeared to be in control of the system audio hardware, but in reality it was just sitting on top of and still relying on ALSA to handle the back end. Also, whoever set ALSA to mute some audio channels by default on a clean install… wtf dude, that shit just makes people think their hardware isn’t properly supported and they have a driver issue.

        The point being, ALSA was supposed to be deprecated years ago and all of the old audio issues resolved and modernized with a new architecture, but… I’ll believe it when I see it, when whatever the new thing is actually proves itself to be an all-singing, all-dancing audio architecture. I’ve seen this rodeo before, and last time I checked it was still a clownshow.

    • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      I would make fun of you for using toslink but eARC is such a scam that I don’t know why they didn’t just bother to upgrade toslink anyway.

      I think they’re lying when they say it can’t handle the bandwidth. It’s a fricken fiber optic cable, just bump the transmitter.

      • ShankShill@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        7 days ago

        I had a Samsung TV and Samsung home theater in a box as my first 4k setup. The last update to the TV broke eARC.

        Just wanted to throw out at every opportunity why I will not buy a Samsung anything.