Reacting to microphone (input), instead of speakers (output)

[Ilovemyhous]

When/where was the bug introduced?

• Are you using cava from a package repository, like AUR? AUR

Describe the bug cava is reacting to the microphone, instead of the speakers. https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/50217071/144102743-7aae3bad-1460-4dc5-ad9f-0db2826784b2.mp4

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Used Octopi to install cava (0.7.4)
2. Then ran cava.

Expected behavior I expected cava to react to the output, not the input.

Screenshots Look video above

Desktop (please complete the following information):

Terminal emulator Alacritty (0.9.0) and fish (3.3.1)

Additional context Might be because I use PipeWire, instead of PulseAudio. I already tried with PulseAudio, but it bricked my audio.

I already looked this issue, but it was an user issue.

[karlstav]

hi @Ilovemyhous

i am pretty sure pipewire is the reason behind this. since cava does not have a native pipewire input module but would rely on the pulseaudio support in pipewire. However I tried to reproduce this by installing pipewire on my ubunyu 21.10 setup and it worked fine.

do you know if you are running pipewire-pulse?

if so, you could run pactl list sources, find the .monitor source for your output device and set it as the 'source' in the '[input]' section of the cava config.

[Ilovemyhous]

Hi! I indeed have _pipewirepulse (look image).

For the .monitor I found two entries. One from the audio card, and one from Nvidia. I took the audio card, but still not working. :/

I might have put the wrong name in the cava config.

[karlstav]

You need to remove the ; in front of the line you are trying to edit. Remove the ; before method = pulse also. Just so we are sure that we are using pulseaudio.

[Ilovemyhous]

Tried with # For alsa 'source' will be the capture device. # For fifo 'source' will be the path to fifo-file. # For shmem 'source' will be /squeezelite-AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF where 'AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF' will be squeezelite's MAC address method = pulse ; source = alsa_output.pci-0000_05_00.6.analog-stereo.monitor

along with removing the ; in front of the source but it didn't worked either.

[karlstav]

hmm well, you don't by any chance have the sound from your mic in your speakers as well? That would explain it. Other than that, I am not sure here.

[Ilovemyhous]

If you mean, that I hear like, my own voice, no.

But I'll try to install cava on Linux Mint.

[Ilovemyhous]

Hi! So, I apparently already installed cava on my Mint distro, but it uses Pulseaudio. I'll try to switch on Pulseaudio on Garuda too, and hope it won't break my audio outputs.

[Ilovemyhous]

Hey! Some updates, so I finally had time to give PulseAudio a new try, and it worked, along with cava.

[James-hoerr]

I am using pipewire and experiencing the same issue. Is there any way to troubleshoot this further?

[James-hoerr]

I actually was able to solve this for anyone who finds this:

When getting the sources from: pactl list sources Instead of using the monitor name use the source number

Source #65584
    State: IDLE
    Name: alsa_output.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_2i2_USB_Y80P36N9A849F2-00.analog-stereo.monitor
    Description: Monitor of Scarlett 2i2 Camera Analog Stereo

So for the above:

 method = pulse
 source = alsa_output.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_2i2_USB_Y80P36N9A849F2-00.analog-stereo.monitor

Does not work, but the below does

 method = pulse
 source = 65584

[Tupu4545]

I am using pipewire and I have changed the source to the source number listed in the pactl list sources instead of the .monitor but still I am facing the same issue

[IdreesM0]

Hi! Not opening new issue since mine is very similar to this one. I actually had the same setup working on my other laptop. I have the bars but they just do not respond to the music stream and if I unmute the mic, the high end has kinda have brain of its own. I have cave and pulseeffects-legacy installed from AUR. My system:

pactl list sources

`Source #0 State: IDLE Name: alsa_output.usb-FiiO_FiiO_BTR5-00.analog-stereo.monitor Description: Monitor of FiiO BTR5 Analog Stereo Driver: module-alsa-card.c Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 48000Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Owner Module: 7 Mute: no Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB balance 0.00 Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB Monitor of Sink: alsa_output.usb-FiiO_FiiO_BTR5-00.analog-stereo Latency: 0 usec, configured 2000000 usec Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY Properties: device.description = "Monitor of FiiO BTR5 Analog Stereo" device.class = "monitor" alsa.card = "2" alsa.card_name = "FiiO BTR5" alsa.long_card_name = "FiiO FiiO BTR5 at usb-0000:00:14.0-3, high speed" alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:3:1.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/sound/card2" udev.id = "usb-FiiO_FiiO_BTR5-00" device.bus = "usb" device.vendor.id = "2972" device.vendor.name = "FiiO Electronics Technology" device.product.id = "0047" device.product.name = "FiiO BTR5" device.serial = "FiiO_FiiO_BTR5" device.string = "2" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb" Formats: pcm

Source #1 State: SUSPENDED Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor Description: Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo Driver: module-alsa-card.c Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 44100Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Owner Module: 8 Mute: no Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB balance 0.00 Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB Monitor of Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY Properties: device.description = "Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo" device.class = "monitor" alsa.card = "0" alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH" alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0x6203108000 irq 161" alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "8086" device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation" device.product.id = "06c8" device.product.name = "Comet Lake PCH cAVS" device.form_factor = "internal" device.string = "0" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" Formats: pcm

Source #2 State: RUNNING Name: alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo Description: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo Driver: module-alsa-card.c Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 48000Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Owner Module: 8 Mute: yes Volume: front-left: 30421 / 46% / -20.00 dB, front-right: 30421 / 46% / -20.00 dB balance 0.00 Base Volume: 6554 / 10% / -60.00 dB Monitor of Sink: n/a Latency: 1845 usec, configured 40000 usec Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY Properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "32" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" alsa.name = "ALC295 Analog" alsa.id = "ALC295 Analog" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "0" alsa.card = "0" alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH" alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0x6203108000 irq 161" alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "8086" device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation" device.product.id = "06c8" device.product.name = "Comet Lake PCH cAVS" device.form_factor = "internal" device.string = "front:0" device.buffering.buffer_size = "768000" device.buffering.fragment_size = "384000" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "analog-stereo" device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo" device.description = "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" Ports: analog-input-mic: Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8700, availability unknown) Active Port: analog-input-mic Formats: pcm

Source #3 State: RUNNING Name: PulseEffects_apps.monitor Description: Monitor of PulseEffects(apps) Driver: module-null-sink.c Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Owner Module: 26 Mute: no Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB balance 0.00 Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB Monitor of Sink: PulseEffects_apps Latency: 0 usec, configured 10000 usec Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY Properties: device.description = "Monitor of PulseEffects(apps)" device.class = "monitor" device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone" Formats: pcm

Source #4 State: SUSPENDED Name: PulseEffects_mic.monitor Description: Monitor of PulseEffects(mic) Driver: module-null-sink.c Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 44100Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Owner Module: 27 Mute: no Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB balance 0.00 Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB Monitor of Sink: PulseEffects_mic Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY Properties: device.description = "Monitor of PulseEffects(mic)" device.class = "monitor" device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone" Formats: pcm ` AND

pactl list sinks

`Sink #0 State: RUNNING Name: alsa_output.usb-FiiO_FiiO_BTR5-00.analog-stereo Description: FiiO BTR5 Analog Stereo Driver: module-alsa-card.c Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 48000Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Owner Module: 7 Mute: no Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB balance 0.00 Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB Monitor Source: alsa_output.usb-FiiO_FiiO_BTR5-00.analog-stereo.monitor Latency: 69735 usec, configured 90000 usec Flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY Properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "32" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" alsa.name = "USB Audio" alsa.id = "USB Audio" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "0" alsa.card = "2" alsa.card_name = "FiiO BTR5" alsa.long_card_name = "FiiO FiiO BTR5 at usb-0000:00:14.0-3, high speed" alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:3:1.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/sound/card2" udev.id = "usb-FiiO_FiiO_BTR5-00" device.bus = "usb" device.vendor.id = "2972" device.vendor.name = "FiiO Electronics Technology" device.product.id = "0047" device.product.name = "FiiO BTR5" device.serial = "FiiO_FiiO_BTR5" device.string = "front:2" device.buffering.buffer_size = "768000" device.buffering.fragment_size = "384000" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "analog-stereo" device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo" device.description = "FiiO BTR5 Analog Stereo" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb" Ports: analog-output: Analog Output (type: Analog, priority: 9900, availability unknown) Active Port: analog-output Formats: pcm

Sink #1 State: SUSPENDED Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo Description: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo Driver: module-alsa-card.c Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 44100Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Owner Module: 8 Mute: no Volume: front-left: 7864 / 12% / -55.25 dB, front-right: 7864 / 12% / -55.25 dB balance 0.00 Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY Properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "32" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" alsa.name = "ALC295 Analog" alsa.id = "ALC295 Analog" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "0" alsa.card = "0" alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH" alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0x6203108000 irq 161" alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "8086" device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation" device.product.id = "06c8" device.product.name = "Comet Lake PCH cAVS" device.form_factor = "internal" device.string = "front:0" device.buffering.buffer_size = "768000" device.buffering.fragment_size = "384000" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "analog-stereo" device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo" device.description = "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" Ports: analog-output-speaker: Speakers (type: Speaker, priority: 10000, availability unknown) analog-output-headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 9900, not available) Active Port: analog-output-speaker Formats: pcm

Sink #2 State: RUNNING Name: PulseEffects_apps Description: PulseEffects(apps) Driver: module-null-sink.c Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Owner Module: 26 Mute: no Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB balance 0.00 Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB Monitor Source: PulseEffects_apps.monitor Latency: 8612 usec, configured 10000 usec Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY SET_FORMATS Properties: device.description = "PulseEffects(apps)" device.class = "sound" device.icon_name = "audio-card" Formats: pcm

Sink #3 State: SUSPENDED Name: PulseEffects_mic Description: PulseEffects(mic) Driver: module-null-sink.c Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 44100Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Owner Module: 27 Mute: no Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB balance 0.00 Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB Monitor Source: PulseEffects_mic.monitor Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY SET_FORMATS Properties: device.description = "PulseEffects(mic)" device.class = "sound" device.icon_name = "audio-card" Formats: pcm `

the config file is setup for pulse as `method = pulse

source = PulseEffects_apps.monitor ` This is what cava looks like:

I could not make sense of manjaro cinnamon audio setup. Pipewire and pulseaudio both are installed. Trying to remove any one of them spills big dependency conflicts like muffin and manjaro-cinnamon. Trying to install pipewire-pulse also fails due to conflict.

pacmd list clients is a very long list. Please let me know if any more info is required. Help is much appreciated.

[RandomExplosion]

I too have been experiencing a similar problem. I'm using pipewire with wireplumber and alacritty as my terminal emulator. I get blank bars as described above. Interestingly cava doesn't seem to have opened a stream whatsoever as it is not present in qpwgraph/hevlum/carla/any other patchbay:

Breakdown of screenshot: Top: Cava running in alacritty and displaying a blank spectrum Bottom Left: Carla's Patchbay Right: Big Meter lv2 plugin connected to monitor for my headphones

[karlstav]

@RandomExplosion, this sounds like a separate issue. are you sure pipewire is the selected input?

[Blueskygod]

My Server Name : PulseAudio (on pipewire 0.3.882) terminal alacritty,kitty systemctl --user status pipewire is active (running) systemctl --user status pulseaudio is service not found cava is working fine with mpd/mpcpp but it doesn't work when i use spotify , youtube or local system music from dolphin store help me fixing it please