When playing videos in a web browser, and sending the sound to a
bluetooth speaker (amazon echo) I get playback problems; stuttering,
sound quality reduction to AM radio level or lower). These things can
clear up after a minute or two, or be reduced.

When playing from nvlc however I get no such problems. (I haven't tried
vlc so I am not sure if it is just that it is a command line).

I have tried google-chrome and firefox-esr.

Perhaps there is some other browser which will work? Maybe I need to
isolate the process from the browser? I tried pop-out picture on you
tube and it improved but there was still stuttering.

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Richmond <[email protected]> writes:

When playing videos in a web browser, and sending the sound to a
bluetooth speaker (amazon echo) I get playback problems; stuttering,
sound quality reduction to AM radio level or lower). These things can
clear up after a minute or two, or be reduced.

When playing from nvlc however I get no such problems. (I haven't
tried vlc so I am not sure if it is just that it is a command line).

I have tried google-chrome and firefox-esr.

Perhaps there is some other browser which will work? Maybe I need to
isolate the process from the browser? I tried pop-out picture on you
tube and it improved but there was still stuttering.

I installed Falkon and Konqueror. I tried Falkon and it worked fine, no
sound problems. But then I tried Google-chrome again and that was
working fine too, and so was Firefox-esr. The problems have gone away
and even rebooting doesn't bring them back. Maybe one of those browsers
brought a better library with it.

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Richmond <[email protected]> writes:

Richmond <[email protected]> writes:

When playing videos in a web browser, and sending the sound to a
bluetooth speaker (amazon echo) I get playback problems; stuttering,
sound quality reduction to AM radio level or lower). These things can
clear up after a minute or two, or be reduced.

When playing from nvlc however I get no such problems. (I haven't
tried vlc so I am not sure if it is just that it is a command line).

I have tried google-chrome and firefox-esr.

Perhaps there is some other browser which will work? Maybe I need to
isolate the process from the browser? I tried pop-out picture on you
tube and it improved but there was still stuttering.

I installed Falkon and Konqueror. I tried Falkon and it worked fine, no
sound problems. But then I tried Google-chrome again and that was
working fine too, and so was Firefox-esr. The problems have gone away
and even rebooting doesn't bring them back. Maybe one of those browsers brought a better library with it.

These problems have come back again. I have tried rebooting. I tried
sending the same audio from an android phone and it works fine. How do I
find out what the problems is? I cannot see errors in journalctl

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Thanks, I tried it but it turns out to be a wifi/usb problem I think.

Jan Krapivin <[email protected]> writes:

Have you tried a LIVE-version of another Linux distribution? It will
be interesting to compare.

вс, 7 апр. 2024 г. в 22:30, Richmond <[email protected]>:

Richmond <[email protected]> writes:

> Richmond <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> When playing videos in a web browser, and sending the sound to
a
>> bluetooth speaker (amazon echo) I get playback problems;
stuttering,
>> sound quality reduction to AM radio level or lower). These
things can
>> clear up after a minute or two, or be reduced.
>>
>> When playing from nvlc however I get no such problems. (I
haven't
>> tried vlc so I am not sure if it is just that it is a command
line).
>>
>> I have tried google-chrome and firefox-esr.
>>
>> Perhaps there is some other browser which will work? Maybe I
need to
>> isolate the process from the browser? I tried pop-out picture
on you
>> tube and it improved but there was still stuttering.
>
> I installed Falkon and Konqueror. I tried Falkon and it worked
fine, no
> sound problems. But then I tried Google-chrome again and that
was
> working fine too, and so was Firefox-esr. The problems have
gone away
> and even rebooting doesn't bring them back. Maybe one of those
browsers
> brought a better library with it.

These problems have come back again. I have tried rebooting. I
tried
sending the same audio from an android phone and it works fine.
How do I
find out what the problems is? I cannot see errors in journalctl

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Lee <[email protected]> writes:

On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 3:30 PM Richmond wrote:

Richmond writes:

Richmond writes:

When playing videos in a web browser, and sending the sound to a
bluetooth speaker (amazon echo) I get playback problems;
stuttering, sound quality reduction to AM radio level or
lower). These things can clear up after a minute or two, or be
reduced.

When playing from nvlc however I get no such problems. (I haven't
tried vlc so I am not sure if it is just that it is a command
line).

I have tried google-chrome and firefox-esr.

Perhaps there is some other browser which will work? Maybe I need
to isolate the process from the browser? I tried pop-out picture
on you tube and it improved but there was still stuttering.

I installed Falkon and Konqueror. I tried Falkon and it worked
fine, no sound problems. But then I tried Google-chrome again and
that was working fine too, and so was Firefox-esr. The problems
have gone away and even rebooting doesn't bring them back. Maybe
one of those browsers brought a better library with it.

These problems have come back again.

So unless you've updated or installed new hardware or software it's
probably not a firmware/software issue.

I have tried rebooting. I tried sending the same audio from an
android phone and it works fine. How do I find out what the problems
is? I cannot see errors in journalctl

It's possible that wifi or usb 3.0 could be interfering with your
bluetooth speakers - eg https://www.zdnet.com/article/usb-3-and-usb-c-devices-can-cause-problems-with-wi-fi-and-bluetooth-connections-but-theres-a-solution/

Thanks, I think this is the answer! I was having no problems today but
noticed that the PC was connected to 5Ghz. Sometimes it connects at
2.4Ghz. When I disabled 5Ghz and forced the PC to use 2.4Ghz the problem
came back. So now all I need to do is seperate those services and/or tie
the PC to 5Ghz.

The PC is a laptop but I never move it from the desktop. I am using a
USB mouse and USB keyboard adapter to an old IBM keyboard.

https://sortatechy.com/spot-and-fix-bluetooth-interference-with-wifi/

If your PC is using wireless and can use a 5Ghz channel, try moving
your PC wireless to a 5Ghz channel first. If you PC only supports
2.4Gh wireless you can install linssid https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/linssid and pick a relatively
unused channel for your PC wireless. Or just try channels 1, 6 and 11
and see if any of those makes a difference..

If you're using a USB 3.0 device on your PC try turning it off or
moving it to a USB 2.0 port and see if that fixes the bluetooth
interference.

Regards, Lee

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