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[–] [email protected] 19 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Incorrect. Not run as root, but launched by root in a system service (runs as the pipewire user).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago

Updated the title

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Hum, don't know if this is a pipewire issue or if the DeskMini has too bad shielding (then again, DAC is outside via USB-C). But each time i have slightly huge CPU load, audio starts glitching with crackling to the point of failing altogether until restart of the audio server.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I also have a DAC connected via USB to my laptop but I have never experienced this. Which distro are you on?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Artix, basically Arch. Replaced Pulseaudio with Pipewire as user service. Same issue with PA tho.