I have a brand new Ubuntu installation on a fairly old system. Getting the system to even start was a bit painful until I found this helpful blog post.
Anyway I'm typing from this machine running Ubuntu now and I have 3 audio outputs (I tried to take a screenshot of the settings - sound window with the drop-down menu for selecting output device but the screenshot key doesn't work unless the menu is closed. ):
- HSMI/DisplayPort 2 - GK104 HDMI Audio Controller
- Digital Output(S/PDIF) - Built-in audio
- Line Out - Built-in Audio
The first one outputs to my monitor through the HDMI cable and it works fine, as far as I can't tell
The second one I don't use, but it doesnt even stay selected - whenever I try to select it it just reverses to Line Out.
The third one outputs to my headphones, it's the one I use the most and where the problem occurs:
Whenever any audio is going to my headphones, popping/cracking sounds at seemingly random times and amplitudes appear at my monitor speakers. I'm not a native English speaker so I'm having a hard time figuring out how to explain it with words, so I recorded a video
In the video you can see that the output section of settings -> sound flickers more or less in sync with the popping.
Things I've tried to solve the issue with no luck:
Annoying click/popping sound on Ubuntu 20.04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdmy8dMWitg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjmHVgCSpQQ
I reverted all the changes suggested in the links above since they didn't work and I don't really know what else they do on the system
MoBo is a Asus RoG Maximus V gene running an i5-3750k and gfx card is a GTX660Ti.
Any help is appreciated but I won't be able to come back to this until tomorrow. Ubuntu version is Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
