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OMEGA Jun 17, 2022 @ 6:46pm

Audio Issue after waking from sleep

When playing a game, if I pause a game then put the Steam Deck to sleep, then wake it up to play the same game, it has audio/sound problems. Some games are worse than others. I experience anything from crackling, warped sound, delayed/unsynced sound (such as cut scenes), or missing audio together. Existing and restarted the game fixes the issue, but I can't put the Deck to sleep and pick it up again later to play the same game without an audio problem.

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Originally posted by Significant Otter:

There's an update for this staged, and should get rolled in whenever we ship a new preview build.

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ChunkyLuvr53@aol.com Jul 6, 2022 @ 5:49pm

Yep me too! Resident Evil 2 Remake I've noticed this a lot.

Alexithymia Jul 6, 2022 @ 7:38pm

This is fixed in the beta so it will be fixed in stable soon

tomaszolchowik Jul 14, 2022 @ 1:52pm

I'm on beta and i got the same issue. It's a nightmare in Days Gone

solace lost Aug 4, 2022 @ 8:32pm

+1 from me, happens on preview channel fully updated on RDR2.

miku Sep 17, 2022 @ 8:38am

yep, still around.
might add that the the sound is fine when I plug in headphones, very weird.
Only the internal speakers seem to be affected.

perroloco393 Sep 17, 2022 @ 1:38pm

This audio bug is still occurring as of the latest beta update.

shin_knives Dec 20, 2022 @ 2:34pm

Did they addressed this issue already? Im still getting this issue on my deck its December 2022 already…

76561198870432598 Dec 20, 2022 @ 2:40pm

Hi all, we just bumped Preview OS (version 3.4) with an audio driver fix. If you've been running into the suspend/resume audio issues with the built-in speakers or the headphone jack, can you please test this and let us know if you are still running into issues.

Please include as much relevant information as possible including game and proton version.

Cardinal Jim Dec 28, 2022 @ 8:14pm

Originally posted by Significant Otter:
Hi all, we just bumped Preview OS (version 3.4) with an audio driver fix. If you've been running into the suspend/resume audio issues with the built-in speakers or the headphone jack, can you please test this and let us know if you are still running into issues.

Please include as much relevant information as possible including game and proton version.

I believe I was able to replicate this under 3.4.2 in “Horizon: Zero Dawn”. I believe it only happens if you put the steam deck to sleep while there is an active audio stream. I.e., if I put the deck to sleep in the middle of gameplay WITHOUT pausing, it sometimes resumes with the audio stuttering bug.

I have been able to avoid this issue entirely by PAUSING the game first, but that is because in Horizon Zero Dawn, the pause menu mutes all music and sound. Sleeping and waking when in that soundless pause menu allows me to always avoid this bug.

floatikus Dec 28, 2022 @ 8:29pm

I am also experiencing this while playing Persona 4

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Joc3! Dec 28, 2022 @ 8:43pm

games audio: yes

steam interface audio: no

Last edited by Joc3!; Dec 28, 2022 @ 8:44pm

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Logekyl Dec 29, 2022 @ 5:33pm

I've the same problem as Joc3!, game audio after waking is like 10 seconds behind but the steam interface audio is in perfect sync.

I'm playing the native Linux version Dead Cells, so I don't think proton is the issue here.

Last edited by Logekyl; Dec 29, 2022 @ 5:35pm

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EDEN Jan 1, 2023 @ 12:02am

same on astlibra revision

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Joc3! Jan 1, 2023 @ 5:53pm

Originally posted by Logekyl:
I've the same problem as Joc3!, game audio after waking is like 10 seconds behind but the steam interface audio is in perfect sync.

I'm playing the native Linux version Dead Cells, so I don't think proton is the issue here.

I solved the problem, apparently it is steam OS in desktop mode, enter that mode and only activate the audio that is disabled

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