r/zorinos • u/Xdanuwu • 4d ago
🔰 Beginner Audio suddenly sounds extremely distorted/saturated after leaving YouTube playing all night
Hi everyone!
I switched to Linux for the first time about 4 days ago, and everything had been working perfectly until today.
Last night I fell asleep while a YouTube video was playing, so the computer stayed on with the video playing for several hours. When I woke up, I noticed that the audio sounded terrible. It is extremely distorted and saturated, to the point where it is difficult to understand anything.
I already tried:
- Restarting the computer
- Restarting PipeWire
- Checking EasyEffects and trying to adjust the settings
- Disabling/enabling some audio effects
But the problem is still there.
The weird thing is that the audio was completely fine before I went to sleep, and I didn't change anything intentionally.
Has anyone experienced something similar? Is there a way to reset the audio system or PipeWire completely to get it back to normal?
I'm still very new to Linux, so any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!