Open BloodyIron opened 4 years ago
BloodyIron
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1 year ago I honestly gave up on this crap (STEAM's Voice Chat) years ago. I have other tools I can use that actually work, since you know, VoIP is already a solved problem.
I don't even know why they include this as a feature if they don't even give a damn about it even working. What a waste of time.
chinoto
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1 year ago @BloodyIron Probably because it exists in the Windows (and Mac, I would expect) version, where it doesn't have the issues we experience, and it would be weird to remove a feature for one specific kernel/OS...
Pickles888
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11 months ago I have the same issue on EndeavourOS with pipewire & Blue Yeti. Changing the input and output to not the defaults helps but is still very crackly,
topas-rec
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10 months ago I have switched my hardware by accident from a more than ten years old i5 3570k to a newer CPU, motherboard and RAM. I don't understand how that could solve the issue, but since then I experience this issue no more.
That shouldn't mean that everyone has to to go out and buy new hardware to be able to do voice chat.
I just don't want to hold back the experiences I made.
topas-rec
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10 months ago I didn't reinstall, but reused my existing arch installation.
I'll post my Steam Information in a reply.
When I use STEAM voice chat, the output (speakers/headphones) and input (microphone) is crackly.
It crackles when I hear what other people are saying, and when people listen to what I say into my mic, they say that's crackly too (or breaks up).
When I use other VoIP tools, like Riot.im or Discord, I do not get the same issue.
This has been persistent for many months now, and I'm very confident this is a STEAM bug. This has also persisted across different hardware and major versions of Ubuntu, for me.