Hello everyone,
I'm experiencing audio issues with Kodi 20.5 on Linux Mint 22 (Wilma). Here's my setup:
Operating System: Linux Mint 22 Kernel 6.8.0-51 (same on 6.8.0-38)
Kodi Version: 20.5.0 (apt installed)
Python Version: 3.12
Processor: Intel Core i5-4590
Graphics: Onboard graphics (Intel HD Graphics 4600)
System: CELSIUS W530
Audio Output: DisplayPort (connected to an LG TV)
The Issue:
When playing movies or IPTV in Kodi, the audio stutters and crackles when using the DisplayPort output (similar to the sound you hear when inserting a headphone jack). However, the same setup works perfectly when I switch to analog audio output.
This issue didn’t occur when I used Ubuntu 20.04 on the same hardware—everything worked flawlessly, including DisplayPort audio.
Troubleshooting Attempts:
Tested with Python 3.10 (manually installed), but the issue persists.
Ensured audio settings in Kodi are correct (same settings worked on Ubuntu 20.04).
Installed Kodi via Flatpak with the same results.
Updated all packages and verified drivers (no additional drivers suggested by mintdrivers).
Switched between PulseAudio and PipeWire with no improvement.
Fresh .kodi profile or copied from an working machine no difference.
Additional Observations:
Non-Kodi audio works fine over DisplayPort.
The issue seems specific to Kodi, potentially related to its handling of Python 3.12 or audio drivers under Linux Mint 22.
I testet it with a random choosed Ubuntu driver 5.15-130 and the audio output works cracklefree and perfectly. But the Mint people said its not the best way to solve such issues. They say its a very BAAAD way and should have to turn back ;-).
Has anyone encountered this issue or have suggestions on how to resolve it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Systeminfo
I'm experiencing audio issues with Kodi 20.5 on Linux Mint 22 (Wilma). Here's my setup:
Operating System: Linux Mint 22 Kernel 6.8.0-51 (same on 6.8.0-38)
Kodi Version: 20.5.0 (apt installed)
Python Version: 3.12
Processor: Intel Core i5-4590
Graphics: Onboard graphics (Intel HD Graphics 4600)
System: CELSIUS W530
Audio Output: DisplayPort (connected to an LG TV)
The Issue:
When playing movies or IPTV in Kodi, the audio stutters and crackles when using the DisplayPort output (similar to the sound you hear when inserting a headphone jack). However, the same setup works perfectly when I switch to analog audio output.
This issue didn’t occur when I used Ubuntu 20.04 on the same hardware—everything worked flawlessly, including DisplayPort audio.
Troubleshooting Attempts:
Tested with Python 3.10 (manually installed), but the issue persists.
Ensured audio settings in Kodi are correct (same settings worked on Ubuntu 20.04).
Installed Kodi via Flatpak with the same results.
Updated all packages and verified drivers (no additional drivers suggested by mintdrivers).
Switched between PulseAudio and PipeWire with no improvement.
Fresh .kodi profile or copied from an working machine no difference.
Additional Observations:
Non-Kodi audio works fine over DisplayPort.
The issue seems specific to Kodi, potentially related to its handling of Python 3.12 or audio drivers under Linux Mint 22.
I testet it with a random choosed Ubuntu driver 5.15-130 and the audio output works cracklefree and perfectly. But the Mint people said its not the best way to solve such issues. They say its a very BAAAD way and should have to turn back ;-).
Has anyone encountered this issue or have suggestions on how to resolve it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Systeminfo
Code:
Code:System:
Kernel: 6.8.0-51-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.2.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.2.0 tools: cinnamon-screensaver
vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 22 Wilma base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: FUJITSU product: CELSIUS W530 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
type: 6 v: C$WXC6 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: FUJITSU model: D3227-A1 v: S26361-D3227-A1 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: S26361-Kxxx-Vyyy uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: FUJITSU // American Megatrends
v: 4.6.5.4 R1.37.0 for D3227-A1x date: 08/06/2015
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-4590 bits: 64 type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Haswell
rev: 3 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2942 high: 3689 min/max: 800/3700 cores: 1: 3689 2: 3689 3: 3592 4: 800
bogomips: 26340
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics
vendor: Fujitsu Solutions driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 ports: active: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1
empty: HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0412 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4864x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1286x317mm (50.63x12.48")
s-diag: 1324mm (52.15")
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: top-right model: LG (GoldStar) TV serial: <filter> res: 1920x1080 hz: 60
dpi: 305 size: 160x90mm (6.3x3.54") diag: 184mm (7.2") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary,top-center model: LG (GoldStar) 24EB23
serial: <filter> res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94 size: 520x330mm (20.47x12.99") diag: 616mm (24.2")
modes: max: 1920x1200 min: 720x400
Monitor-3: VGA-1 pos: bottom-l serial: <filter> res: 1024x768 hz: 60 dpi: 55
size: 470x260mm (18.5x10.24") diag: 537mm (21.1") modes: max: 1024x768 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus device: 1 drv: swrast
surfaceless: drv: crocus x11: drv: crocus inactive: gbm,wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.0.9-0ubuntu0.3 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) device-ID: 8086:0412
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio vendor: Fujitsu Solutions
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0c0c class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Fujitsu Solutions 8
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-51-generic status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pw-jack type: plugin
Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: off (using pipewire-pulse)
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-LM vendor: Fujitsu Solutions driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f080
bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:153a class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s25 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.04 TiB used: 1.55 TiB (76.2%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SanDisk model: SSD PLUS 240GB size: 223.57 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 04RL scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EURX-64HYZY0 size: 1.82 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0A80
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 218.51 GiB used: 32.16 GiB (14.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 chip-ID: 8087:8008 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 chip-ID: 8087:8000 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 15 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 3-2:2 info: Terminus Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 1a40:0101 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-2.1:4 info: Logitech G3 (MX518) Optical Mouse type: mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 98mA
chip-ID: 046d:c051 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 3-12:3 info: Realtek RTS5182 Card Reader type: mass storage driver: ums-realtek
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0184 class-ID: 0806
serial: <filter>
Hub-7: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 78.0 C pch: 59.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 2418 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2411 pm: flatpak pkgs: 7
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
1: deb [trusted=yes] http: //www.dmitry-kazakov.de/distributions/ubuntu jammy main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https: //brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cappelikan-ppa-noble.list
1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/cappelikan-ppa-noble.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/cappelikan/ppa/ubuntu noble main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nextcloud-devs-client-noble.list
1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nextcloud-devs-client-noble.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/nextcloud-devs/client/ubuntu noble main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http: //linux-mint.froonix.org wilma main upstream import backport
2: deb http: //mirror2.tuxinator.org/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //mirror2.tuxinator.org/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //mirror2.tuxinator.org/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list
1: deb https: //deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list
1: deb https: //deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/team-xbmc-ppa.list
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.5 GiB used: 1.89 GiB (12.2%)
Processes: 243 Power: uptime: 0m states: freeze,standby,mem,disk suspend: deep wakeups: 0
hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Unknown python3.12 client inxi: 3.3.34