Public bug reported: The bluetooth drivers that come with Ubuntu have very poor audio quality which are not suitable for playing music.
Apparently thousands of people on stackoverflow have the exact same problem: https://askubuntu.com/questions/676853/bluetooth-headset-with-poor-sound-quality-on-ubuntu A2DP was not an option for the WH-1000XM4 bluetooth headphones, so the first upvoted answer should absolutely be the default for people who have A2DP - but that won't fix this exact ticket. Sony devices and other high end Bluetooth audio devices would greatly benefit from having pulse audio installed and enabled by default: https://askubuntu.com/a/1100224 -> https://tutorials.technology/tutorials/Bluetooth-headset-playing-low-quality-on-ubuntu-18.html If `pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils pavucontrol pulseaudio-module-bluetooth` packages are added to the default desktop and A2DP is enabled then the average desktop user will be happy with wonderful crisp audio in line with osx and windows. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:15.99.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-58.64-generic 5.15.74 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-58-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: mike 1691 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: mike 1691 F.... pulseaudio CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: Pantheon Date: Sun Feb 5 20:55:26 2023 InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-02-04 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220809.1) SourcePackage: pulseaudio Symptom: audio Symptom_Card: WH-1000XM4 Symptom_Type: Digital clip or distortion, or "overdriven" sound Title: [WH-1000XM4, playback] Sound is distorted UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/14/2020 dmi.bios.release: 5.17 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2607 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string dmi.chassis.version: Default string dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2607:bd08/14/2020:br5.17:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnTUFGAMINGX570-PLUS(WI-FI):rvrRevX.0x:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring:skuSKU: dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.sku: SKU dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer ** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2006078 Title: [WH-1000XM4, playback] Sound is distorted Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The bluetooth drivers that come with Ubuntu have very poor audio quality which are not suitable for playing music. Apparently thousands of people on stackoverflow have the exact same problem: https://askubuntu.com/questions/676853/bluetooth-headset-with-poor-sound-quality-on-ubuntu A2DP was not an option for the WH-1000XM4 bluetooth headphones, so the first upvoted answer should absolutely be the default for people who have A2DP - but that won't fix this exact ticket. Sony devices and other high end Bluetooth audio devices would greatly benefit from having pulse audio installed and enabled by default: https://askubuntu.com/a/1100224 -> https://tutorials.technology/tutorials/Bluetooth-headset-playing-low-quality-on-ubuntu-18.html If `pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils pavucontrol pulseaudio-module-bluetooth` packages are added to the default desktop and A2DP is enabled then the average desktop user will be happy with wonderful crisp audio in line with osx and windows. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:15.99.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-58.64-generic 5.15.74 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-58-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: mike 1691 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: mike 1691 F.... pulseaudio CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: Pantheon Date: Sun Feb 5 20:55:26 2023 InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-02-04 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220809.1) SourcePackage: pulseaudio Symptom: audio Symptom_Card: WH-1000XM4 Symptom_Type: Digital clip or distortion, or "overdriven" sound Title: [WH-1000XM4, playback] Sound is distorted UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/14/2020 dmi.bios.release: 5.17 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2607 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string dmi.chassis.version: Default string dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2607:bd08/14/2020:br5.17:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnTUFGAMINGX570-PLUS(WI-FI):rvrRevX.0x:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring:skuSKU: dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.sku: SKU dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/2006078/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
