my external mic (a cheap depstech webcam and mic combo) has stutters in audio. it works on windows but not zorin or Garuda KDE.
inxi -Fxxxza:
System: Kernel: 5.12.5-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=1bd8d309-93f0-4ae6-996a-25d14a542b9e rw
[email protected] quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.21.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux
base: Arch Linux
Machine: Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 15-dw2xxx v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10
serial: <filter>
Mobo: HP model: 85F3 v: 40.33 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: F.43 date: 03/31/2021
Battery: ID-1: BAT1 charge: 21.2 Wh (54.6%) condition: 38.8/41.0 Wh (94.6%) volts: 11.3 min: 11.3 model: COMPAL PABAS0241231
type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Discharging
CPU: Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-1035G1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ice Lake family: 6 model-id: 7E (126)
stepping: 5 microcode: A0 cache: L2: 6 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19046
Speed: 832 MHz min/max: 400/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 832 2: 1983 3: 3232 4: 821 5: 887 6: 601 7: 3585 8: 601
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G1 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:8a56 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: WCM_USB WEB CAM type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-2:3 chip-ID: 1c3f:2002 class-ID: 0102
Device-3: IMC Networks HP TrueVision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 13d3:56c9
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") s-diag: 414mm (16.3")
Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 102 size: 340x190mm (13.4x7.5") diag: 389mm (15.3")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (ICL GT1) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.1.0 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Smart Sound Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_icl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:34c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: GN Netcom Jabra EVOLVE 20 MS type: USB driver: jabra,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-1:7
chip-ID: 0b0e:0300 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-3: WCM_USB WEB CAM type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-2:3 chip-ID: 1c3f:2002 class-ID: 0102
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.12.5-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: no
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.28 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel
port: 4000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw_8821ce
v: N/A modules: rtw88_8821ce port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c821 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Realtek Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-10:6 chip-ID: 0bda:b00a
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
RAID: Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: 5060 bus-ID: 00:17.0
chip-ID: 8086.282a rev: 30 class-ID: 0104
Drives: Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 172.68 GiB (18.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10SPZX-60Z10T0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1A04 scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 100 GiB size: 100 GiB (100.00%) used: 18.45 GiB (18.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%) used: 82.7 MiB (32.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 100 GiB size: 100 GiB (100.00%) used: 18.45 GiB (18.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 100 GiB size: 100 GiB (100.00%) used: 18.45 GiB (18.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda6
maj-min: 8:6
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 100 GiB size: 100 GiB (100.00%) used: 18.45 GiB (18.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda6
maj-min: 8:6
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 75 (default 100)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 1.44 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 1.44 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram1
ID-3: swap-3 type: zram size: 1.44 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram2
ID-4: swap-4 type: zram size: 1.44 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram3
ID-5: swap-5 type: zram size: 1.44 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram4
ID-6: swap-6 type: zram size: 1.44 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram5
ID-7: swap-7 type: zram size: 1.44 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram6
ID-8: swap-8 type: zram size: 1.44 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram7
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: 10.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 273 Uptime: 1d 4h 44m wakeups: 11 Memory: 11.48 GiB used: 3.54 GiB (30.9%) Init: systemd v: 248
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1442 lib: 341 Shell: fish v: 3.2.2
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.04
i could not change the sample rate.
this is my first forum post so please tell me what more info to include.