Pipewire performance problems after 25.10 update

Ubuntu Version:
25.10 Studio

Desktop Environment (if applicable):
KDE Plasma 6.4.5

Hardware: Surface Pro 8
Problem Description:
First of all thanks for all your good work!
25.04. was a great Version that did improve Audio a lot.
I was able to set my global Audio latency to 64 96000
I was able to run my DJ software (MIXXX) at lowest latency.
All Audio sources run through pw without flawes and I was also able to set higher resampling quality what did improve playbackquality for Firefox etc…

Now after the Update I get a lot of crackling and underflow… My old settings are not usable anymore.
I also had to hardreset my laptop once during the update, so I’m not 100% sure if I have a clean install. I’d love to find out how to debug this. Or check if my 25.10 install is fine.
Maybe someone can point me in the right direction.

Screenshots or Error Messages:

Moved to Support and Help.

Please note that the Flavours categories are for discussions not technical help.

Thanks

1 Like