This suggests your mic is low quality, if it's part of a headset.
Do you have specs about your mic?
Does your distro use pipewire or pulseaudio for audio?
pipewire is better.
Hi CaffeineAddict,
Thank you for your response!I understand your concern, and I want to clarify that I'm not claiming that my microphone is of high quality. However, the significant difference in recording quality between Windows and Fedora Linux with the same equipment is what's puzzling me. On Windows, the recordings were clear and usable, but on Fedora, the recorded voice sounds very poor, almost like it was recorded by a calculator. I attached some specs already in .txt file, but I guess that people might not want to open them in this way. So:
System Information
Software Information
- OBS Studio Version: 31.0.0 (64 bit)
- ALSA Version:
aplay -v /dev/zero
Playing raw data '/dev/zero' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono
ALSA <-> PipeWire PCM I/O Plugin
Its setup is:
stream : PLAYBACK
access : RW_INTERLEAVED
format : U8
subformat : STD
channels : 1
rate : 8000
exact rate : 8000 (8000/1)
msbits : 8
buffer_size : 4000
period_size : 1000
period_time : 125000
tstamp_mode : ENABLE
tstamp_type : GETTIMEOFDAY
period_step : 1
avail_min : 1000
period_event : 0
start_threshold : 4000
stop_threshold : 4000
silence_threshold: 0
silence_size : 0
boundary : 9007199254740992000
pipewire --version
pipewire
Compiled with libpipewire 1.2.7
Linked with libpipewire 1.2.7
- PulseAudio Version: not installed
sudo dmesg | grep -i audio
[ 4.429437] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: Handle vga_switcheroo audio client
[ 4.474234] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: autoconfig for ALC897: line_outs=1 (0x14/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line
[ 4.474240] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 4.474242] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: hp_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 4.474245] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 4.474246] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: dig-out=0x11/0x0
[ 4.474247] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: inputs:
[ 4.474249] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: Rear Mic=0x18
[ 4.474250] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: Front Mic=0x19
[ 4.474251] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: Line=0x1a
[ 12.149883] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
Comparison with Windows
- Windows Setup:
- Used GeForce Experience for recording.
- Microphone settings were set to default.
- The recording quality was clear with no background noise or distortion.
Specific Issues
- Quality Issues:
- Background noise (this can be removed in OBS, so it's not a problem)
- Distortion <-- this is the biggest problem
I don't have to have a radio quality voice. Just to have at least similar to the one from Windows. Thanks in advance!