TL;DR: I can play and hear sounds with mpg123. Audacity appears to play its own files, but there’s no sound output. Many thanks for any suggestions for how to fix or what to check. Let me know if any further info would help.
Audacity 3.2.4 with Debian Linux 12 “bookworm”, XFCE desktop. Pipewire, Pipewire-Pulse, and Wireplumber manage audio. Lenovo Thinkpad P51.Audacity settings are
Audio Host: ALSA
Recording device: pipewire
Playback device: pipewire
I recorded some music from Firefox. Exported a portion of the Audacity project as a .mp3. I can play and hear the .mp3 using mpg123. Audacity appears to play the project: the cursor moves through the waveform display, and the playback meter bounces around. But there's no sound.
Checking pavucontrol.
With mpg123 playing (audibly), the Playback tab shows two items: (1) System Sounds and (2) mpg123: via out123, with the volume slider at 100% and a volume indicator that bounces around with the music. The Output Devices tab shows 1 item, Built-in Audio Analog Stereo, with the Port dropdown showing Speakers, volume set at 45%, and a bouncing playback meter like the one in the Playback tab. The Configuration tab shows 2 items: (1) GM206 High Definition Audio Controller, with the Profile dropdown showing Off; and (2) Built-in Audio, with the Profile dropdown showing Analog Stereo Output.
While Audacity is playing the file it recorded (but inaudibly), the Playback tab shows two items: (1) System Sounds and (2) Pipewire ALSA [audacity]: ALSA Playback, with the volume slider at 100% (it's not muted - I checked!). Now there is no volume indicator. The Output Devices tab is the same as with mpg123 except the volume indicator is missing here too. The Configuration tab is the same as with mpg123.
The console command $ wpctl status shows 7 Clients when either Audacity or mpg123 is playing. With Audacity, one of them is 58. PipeWire ALSA [audacity]. With mpg123, that’s gone, replaced by 71. mpg123.
In the Audio section of the $ wpctl status output, there’s no difference until the Streams item. With mpg123 playing, it showsand with Audacity playing, it is Checking services with $ systemctl --user status pipe* and $ systemctl --user status wire* shows the following enabled & running: (1) pipewire-pulse.socket - PipeWire PulseAudio, (2) pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service, (3) pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio, and (4) wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager.
System info:
Audacity 3.2.4 with Debian Linux 12 “bookworm”, XFCE desktop. Pipewire, Pipewire-Pulse, and Wireplumber manage audio. Lenovo Thinkpad P51.
Code:
$ cat /proc/asound/cards: 0 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH HDA Intel PCH at 0x2ff3010000 irq 144 1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia HDA NVidia at 0xec000000 irq 17$ grep snd /proc/asound/modules 0 snd_hda_intel 1 snd_hda_intelAudio Host: ALSA
Recording device: pipewire
Playback device: pipewire
I recorded some music from Firefox. Exported a portion of the Audacity project as a .mp3. I can play and hear the .mp3 using mpg123. Audacity appears to play the project: the cursor moves through the waveform display, and the playback meter bounces around. But there's no sound.
Checking pavucontrol.
With mpg123 playing (audibly), the Playback tab shows two items: (1) System Sounds and (2) mpg123: via out123, with the volume slider at 100% and a volume indicator that bounces around with the music. The Output Devices tab shows 1 item, Built-in Audio Analog Stereo, with the Port dropdown showing Speakers, volume set at 45%, and a bouncing playback meter like the one in the Playback tab. The Configuration tab shows 2 items: (1) GM206 High Definition Audio Controller, with the Profile dropdown showing Off; and (2) Built-in Audio, with the Profile dropdown showing Analog Stereo Output.
While Audacity is playing the file it recorded (but inaudibly), the Playback tab shows two items: (1) System Sounds and (2) Pipewire ALSA [audacity]: ALSA Playback, with the volume slider at 100% (it's not muted - I checked!). Now there is no volume indicator. The Output Devices tab is the same as with mpg123 except the volume indicator is missing here too. The Configuration tab is the same as with mpg123.
The console command $ wpctl status shows 7 Clients when either Audacity or mpg123 is playing. With Audacity, one of them is 58. PipeWire ALSA [audacity]. With mpg123, that’s gone, replaced by 71. mpg123.
In the Audio section of the $ wpctl status output, there’s no difference until the Streams item. With mpg123 playing, it shows
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└─ Streams: 56. mpg123 68. output_FR > ALC298 Analog:playback_FR[active] 165. output_FL > ALC298 Analog:playback_FL[active] 66. PulseAudio Volume Control 52. input_FL < mpg123:output_FL[active] 67. monitor_FL 70. monitor_FR 71. input_FR < mpg123:output_FR[active] 156. PulseAudio Volume Control 61. monitor_FR 154. input_FL < ALC298 Analog:monitor_FL[active] 158. monitor_FL 162. input_FR < ALC298 Analog:monitor_FR[active]Code:
└─ Streams: 56. PulseAudio Volume Control 58. input_FR < ALSA Playback:output_FR[active] 60. monitor_FL 68. input_FL < ALSA Playback:output_FL[active] 165. monitor_FR 70. PipeWire ALSA [audacity] 67. output_FL > ALC298 Analog:playback_FL[active] 71. output_FR > PulseAudio Volume Control:input_FR[active] 156. PulseAudio Volume Control 61. monitor_FR 154. input_FL < ALC298 Analog:monitor_FL[active] 158. monitor_FL 162. input_FR < ALC298 Analog:monitor_FR[active]System info:
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