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i have similar issues with multiple apps.
First let me say that im using mint 19 witch is base on ubuntu 18.04. I know its not the same.
The issue is youtube (firefox - which use pulseaudio now) freeze when:
- wine game starts
- skype when calls are made. i'll have to try and see if this happens also during calls.
- open the sound controller (not pavucontrol)
- launching genymotion emulators
The situation seems to be less present in pulseaudio 12.2 and much stable than v11.x
But the general idea is simple: when two programs use pulse one will freeze for a short period of time before the app starts.
Also sometimes after the freeze is gone the sound is distorted (i don't know the exact word).
Sometimes pulse will revert from 7.1 to stereo and sound app will only show Analog Stereo Input and Analog Mono Input. Yes INPUT.
The solution to make the sound app to show the normval options is to select digital output and back to analog output
This is very very very very very very annoying. I've reach this page while searching google. I've noticed this freeze issue is quite old.
After i've read some "comments" and with my very little knowledge of linux in general i've came to wonder: why does pulseaudio even exists if it fails to do the most important thing: to allow more programs to use same device simultaneously?
I had no issue with alsa being use by more then 1 program. but since pulse started to grow in this present ugly thing, more and more programs also remove alsa support and move to pulseaudio only.
I have so many issues with pulseaudio now but the problem is i can't disable it without losing sound in some programs.
The sound app that comes with linuxmint is unable to unmoute the center/lfe channel since i've started to use mint (v15).
But if i remember correctly ubuntu was also unable to unmute center/lfe channel a long time ago.
i have to go alsaamixer and unmute it.
My audio card is creative x-fi fatality pro.
P.S: i'm mostly venting here after so many problems with pulse over so many years. Probably its not even ubuntu/mint problem/bug