Activity log for bug #1923841

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2021-04-14 12:37:16 Kai-Heng Feng bug added bug
2021-04-14 12:37:54 Kai-Heng Feng description [Impact] Audio gets recorded by "arecord" has really bad sound quality when the volume is low. [Fix] Switch the default audio format from 8 bits to 16 bits if hardware supports it. [Test] 1. Plug a microphone. 2. Run `arecord | aplay` and say something to the microphone. 3. Only noise can be heard. With the fix applied, the recording is clear. [Where problems could occur] If there's any hardware falsely advertised to support 16 bits, this change will break them. However, this is effectively using `arecord -f cd` or `arecord -f cdr`, so that's not likely. [Impact] Audio gets recorded by "arecord" has really bad sound quality when the volume is low. [Fix] https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-utils/pull/69 Switch the default audio format from 8 bits to 16 bits if hardware supports it. [Test] 1. Plug a microphone. 2. Run `arecord | aplay` and say something to the microphone. 3. Only noise can be heard. With the fix applied, the recording is clear. [Where problems could occur] If there's any hardware falsely advertised to support 16 bits, this change will break them. However, this is effectively using `arecord -f cd` or `arecord -f cdr`, so that's not likely.
2021-04-14 14:23:06 Kai-Heng Feng attachment added alsa-utils_1.2.4-1ubuntu3.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-utils/+bug/1923841/+attachment/5487830/+files/alsa-utils_1.2.4-1ubuntu3.debdiff
2021-04-14 14:23:41 Kai-Heng Feng attachment added alsa-utils_1.2.3-1ubuntu1.1.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-utils/+bug/1923841/+attachment/5487831/+files/alsa-utils_1.2.3-1ubuntu1.1.debdiff
2021-04-14 14:24:21 Kai-Heng Feng attachment added alsa-utils_1.2.2-1ubuntu2.1.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-utils/+bug/1923841/+attachment/5487832/+files/alsa-utils_1.2.2-1ubuntu2.1.debdiff
2021-04-14 14:24:59 Kai-Heng Feng bug added subscriber Canonical Hardware Enablement
2021-04-14 14:25:04 Kai-Heng Feng tags oem-priority originate-from-1868034 sutton
2021-04-14 16:28:36 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot tags oem-priority originate-from-1868034 sutton oem-priority originate-from-1868034 patch sutton
2021-04-14 16:28:45 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot bug added subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors Team
2021-04-15 08:22:53 Sebastien Bacher alsa-utils (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Low
2021-04-15 08:22:55 Sebastien Bacher alsa-utils (Ubuntu): status New Fix Committed
2021-04-15 08:24:22 Sebastien Bacher bug added subscriber Sebastien Bacher
2021-04-15 08:24:24 Sebastien Bacher removed subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors Team
2021-04-15 20:08:42 Launchpad Janitor alsa-utils (Ubuntu): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2021-04-26 08:45:38 Timo Aaltonen alsa-utils (Ubuntu Focal): status New Fix Committed
2021-04-26 08:45:40 Timo Aaltonen bug added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2021-04-26 08:45:41 Timo Aaltonen bug added subscriber SRU Verification
2021-04-26 08:45:46 Timo Aaltonen tags oem-priority originate-from-1868034 patch sutton oem-priority originate-from-1868034 patch sutton verification-needed verification-needed-focal
2021-04-27 06:09:12 Kai-Heng Feng tags oem-priority originate-from-1868034 patch sutton verification-needed verification-needed-focal oem-priority originate-from-1868034 patch sutton verification-done-focal verification-needed
2021-05-06 08:52:40 Launchpad Janitor alsa-utils (Ubuntu Focal): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2021-05-06 08:52:44 Ɓukasz Zemczak removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2022-09-02 14:36:21 Timo Aaltonen hwe-next: status New Fix Released