2021-09-15 Audio Test Day

Audio Test Day


Date	2021-09-15
Time	all day

Website	QA/Test Days
IRC	#fedora-test-day (webirc)
Mailing list	test

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What to test?

This Test Day will focus on Pipewire by Default and Wire Plumber

Who's available

The following cast of characters will be available testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion:

Development - Wtaymans (Wtaymans)
Quality Assurance - Lukáš Růžička (lruzicka), Sumantro Mukherjee (sumantrom), Geoffrey Marr (coremodule), Kamil Páral (kparal), Adam Williamson (adamw)

You can chat with us on IRC. See the infobox on top of the page to learn the right IRC channel.

Prerequisite for Test Day

A virtual machine or a bare metal machine
An installation of Fedora 35 Pre-release (any Desktop Edition or Spin). Make sure to fully update your system. If installing a fresh system, it's recommended to use the latest nightly image.

How to test?

Visit the results page and click on the column title links to see the tests that need to be run: most column titles are links to a specific test case. Follow the instructions there, then enter your results by clicking the Enter result button for the test.

Please also try to experiment and explore and perform tasks not mentioned in any of the pre-defined test cases.

Reporting bugs

All bugs should be reported into Bugzilla, in most cases against the Pipewire component. If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report or what other information to include, just ask us on IRC (see instructions above).

Test Results

Regression Test

User	Profile	PipeWire is used by default	PipeWire CLI	ALSA backend	GNOME Control Center	Pavucontrol works	Pavucontrol mixing	Pavucontrol recording	Pavucontrol add and remove devices	PipeWire handles Bluetooth devices	Jack applications	References
Renault	Workstation GNOME x86_64	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass		pass
akumar99	VMware VM (AMD Ryzen 3900x - 4 core, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB HDD) - Fedora 35 Workstation	pass
cvincible	2020 HP Envy x360 Ryzen 4500u (bare metal)	fail ^[1]	pass		pass	pass	pass	fail ^[2]		fail ^[3]		↑ Upgraded from working fedora 34 (withsound). Failed steps 3 and 4: Wireplumber not active, basic information could not be obtained. Fix: Enabled wireplumber using "systemctl --user --now enable wireplumber". Successfully turned on sound, but volume control sound indicator (beep when changing sound) not active. After enabling wireplumber manually, all input devices (camera, microphone, and speaker) worked. ↑ Microphone on bluetooth headphones will not show up unless manually switching from AAC codec to HSP codec on configuration menu. Recording device will not record through bluetooth headphones unless input device is also switched on Settings-->Sound. ↑ Bug in steps 5 and 6; Sound begins after switching codec (HSP to AAC and vice versa) or connecting bluetooth device only after moving volume control button on keyboard.
danniel	Fedora Workstation 35 lenovo ideapad s145 i7 8gb				pass	pass	pass	pass	pass
edson	Fedora Workstation 35 - Athlon II X2 250 3.0Ghz - 4GB DDR2	pass	pass	pass	pass						pass
edson	Fedora Workstation 35 - Lenovo Ideapad i3 6100U - 12GB	pass	pass	pass	pass					pass	pass
ersen	Fedora Workstation 35 - virt-manager	pass	pass			pass	pass		pass
fuller	KDE Plasma F35 Beta (https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=28ce3a6f8d)	fail ^[1]	fail ^[2]	fail ^[3]								↑ $ systemctl --user status wireplumber ○ wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) ↑ $ pw-cat -p --list-targets Available targets ("*" denotes default): 45: description="Built-in Audio Analog Stereo" prio=1009 Graphical interface shows no audio devices available, unable to play sound ↑ Unable to playback anything
geraldosimiao	Fedora 35 kde spin	pass	pass	pass		pass
giperborey	Fedora Workstation 35, Asus ROG STRIX B360-I, x86_64	pass	pass ^[1] pass	pass						fail ^[2]		↑ Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 was used as a microphone ↑ RHBZ #2004740 RHBZ #2004742 Sony WH-1000XM2 headset was used for test. pipewire-0.3.35-2 wireplumber-0.4.1-2 bluez-5.61-1
hricky	Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare-Metal	pass ^[1]			pass ^[2]	pass ^[3] pass ^[4]					pass ^[5] pass ^[6] pass ^[7]	↑ Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare-Metal PipeWire PulseAudio systemd service is active, but "failed to set metadata restore.stream.Output/Audio.media.role:Notification = { "mute": false, "volumes": [ 0.174596 ], "channels": [ "MONO" ] }". WirePlumber is working, but "GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply". ↑ Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare-Metal ↑ Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare-Metal ↑ Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare-Metal ↑ Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare-Metal ↑ Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare-Metal ↑ Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare-Metal
luya	Fedora Design Suite on desktop tower	pass ^[1]	pass ^[2]		warn ^[3]							↑ Tested on AMD Ryzen 5 3600 powered by Radeon RX 560 on ASUS X570 motherboard ↑ All play and recording runs smooth ↑ Digital Outout S/PDIF few seconds delay when unplugged as tested with pipewire 0.3.35
mzink	Lenovo Thinkpad 14s	fail ^[1]										↑ pipewire is not started by default for a newly created user
royboy626	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-35-20210914.n.0.iso; BareMetal; x86_64;en_US.UTF-8	pass	pass ^[1]	pass	pass ^[2]	pass	pass	pass	pass ^[3]		fail ^[4]	↑ simple pw-cat recording much inferior to original. Investigating. ↑ #11: "you can set up Alert Sounds" (???) ↑ No HDMI/DisplayPort ↑ Guessing nouveau driver causes yoshimi to display opening pop-up, then die
shdwchn10	Workstation,KVM,ru_RU,x86_64	pass	pass ^[1]	pass ^[2]	pass	pass	pass	pass	fail ^[3]		pass	↑ I used virt-manager with USB device pass-through. input&output device was my Blue Yeti Black. ↑ I used virt-manager with USB device pass-through. input&output was my Blue Yeti Black. ↑ I used virt-manager with USB device pass-through. input&output was my Blue Yeti Black. I set Built-in Audio (SPICE guest tools audio forwarding to host) as default output. And tried to on/off pass-through for Blue Yeti. When Yeti turned off the sound was playing on the Built-in audio. But turning Yeti on again didn't reroute the sound to the Yeti. Making Yeti as default output didn't change anything.
trosendal	VM running on Gnome boxes - Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-35-20210915.n.0	fail ^[1]	pass ^[2]	pass	fail ^[3]	pass ^[4]	pass ^[5]	pass ^[6]				↑ Everything worked except " systemctl --user status wireplumber " which produced an Active service for wireplumber but the last line was: "fedora wireplumber[1832]: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply" ↑ Running on a VM with USB pass through. Success with Røde podcaster USB mic and Zoom L-8 mixer USB audio interface. ↑ Run on VM with USB pass through. In the input devices list I am missing L-8 a Zoom L-8 usb interface. It appears in the output devices list and can be both played to and recorded from using pipewire in the previous tests. It is just missing from this list. ↑ VM with USB passthrough ↑ VM with usb passthrough ↑ VM with USB passthrough
trugul	Thinkpad Yoga 260 Type 20FD, Intel® Core™ i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30GHz × 4, Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 520 (SKL GT2)	pass	pass	pass ^[1]								↑ I did not manage to complete step 3.
uwueviee	Fedora Workstation 35 - Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq Elite 8300 SFF	pass	pass	pass	pass

[1] Upgraded from working fedora 34 (withsound). Failed steps 3 and 4: Wireplumber not active, basic information could not be obtained. Fix: Enabled wireplumber using "systemctl --user --now enable wireplumber". Successfully turned on sound, but volume control sound indicator (beep when changing sound) not active. After enabling wireplumber manually, all input devices (camera, microphone, and speaker) worked.

[2] Microphone on bluetooth headphones will not show up unless manually switching from AAC codec to HSP codec on configuration menu. Recording device will not record through bluetooth headphones unless input device is also switched on Settings-->Sound.

[3] Bug in steps 5 and 6; Sound begins after switching codec (HSP to AAC and vice versa) or connecting bluetooth device only after moving volume control button on keyboard.

[4] $ systemctl --user status wireplumber ○ wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead)

[5] $ pw-cat -p --list-targets Available targets ("*" denotes default):
45: description="Built-in Audio Analog Stereo" prio=1009
Graphical interface shows no audio devices available, unable to play sound

[6] 45: description="Built-in Audio Analog Stereo" prio=1009

[6] Unable to playback anything

[7] Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 was used as a microphone

[8] RHBZ #2004740 RHBZ #2004742 Sony WH-1000XM2 headset was used for test. pipewire-0.3.35-2 wireplumber-0.4.1-2 bluez-5.61-1

[9] Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare-Metal PipeWire PulseAudio systemd service is active, but "failed to set metadata restore.stream.Output/Audio.media.role:Notification = { "mute": false, "volumes": [ 0.174596 ], "channels": [ "MONO" ] }". WirePlumber is working, but "GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply".

[10] Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare-Metal

[11] Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare-Metal

[12] Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare-Metal

[13] Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare-Metal

[14] Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare-Metal

[15] Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU, 32 GB RAM, Bare-Metal

[16] Tested on AMD Ryzen 5 3600 powered by Radeon RX 560 on ASUS X570 motherboard

[17] All play and recording runs smooth

[18] Digital Outout S/PDIF few seconds delay when unplugged as tested with pipewire 0.3.35

[19] wire is not started by default for a newly created user

[20] simple pw-cat recording much inferior to original. Investigating.

[21] #11: "you can set up Alert Sounds" (???)

[22] No HDMI/DisplayPort

[23] Guessing nouveau driver causes yoshimi to display opening pop-up, then die

[24] I used virt-manager with USB device pass-through. input&output device was my Blue Yeti Black.

[25] I used virt-manager with USB device pass-through. input&output was my Blue Yeti Black.

[26] I used virt-manager with USB device pass-through. input&output was my Blue Yeti Black. I set Built-in Audio (SPICE guest tools audio forwarding to host) as default output. And tried to on/off pass-through for Blue Yeti. When Yeti turned off the sound was playing on the Built-in audio. But turning Yeti on again didn't reroute the sound to the Yeti. Making Yeti as default output didn't change anything.

[27] Everything worked except " systemctl --user status wireplumber " which produced an Active service for wireplumber but the last line was: "fedora wireplumber[1832]: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply"

[28] Running on a VM with USB pass through. Success with Røde podcaster USB mic and Zoom L-8 mixer USB audio interface.

[29] Run on VM with USB pass through. In the input devices list I am missing L-8 a Zoom L-8 usb interface. It appears in the output devices list and can be both played to and recorded from using pipewire in the previous tests. It is just missing from this list.

[30] VM with USB passthrough

[31] VM with usb passthrough

[32] VM with USB passthrough

[33] I did not manage to complete step 3.

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