Mic sttuter after upgrading OBS

[Surcouf7]

Problem: my microphone stutters when I record audio using OBS Studio

I was using OBS for Ubuntu 22.04 and everything was working correctly. I performed a system update to Ubuntu 24 and now when I record audio using obs my microphone stutters. It records for a second, stops, then records and so on. When I use other tools to record audio it is working correctly.

Microphone: Rode PodMic USB-C
OBS Studio - 30.0.2
I reinstalled OBS via snap. Issue still persists

After reinstall with apt, I managed to get the following log (the recording won’t even start now):
https://pastebin.com/QcZry2tz

 

[Surcouf7]

I fixed it. Pls give me back the two hours I wasted on this... https://mwop.net/blog/2024-01-18-obs-studio-audio-choppiness.html

 

[stephematician]

You might also want to look into using the PipeWire audio capture plugin.

PipeWire is the 'default' server for audio and video streams on Ubuntu 24.04. PulseAudio is an _older_ server that, on a typical Ubuntu 24.04 system, is supported _by_ PipeWire for compatibility - i.e. it is built on top of PipeWire, but isn't needed. Cutting out the middle man (PulseAudio) is likely to solve any number of latency and stuttering issues.