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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/2/20 5:28 AM, David Watkins
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                  10:40, David Watkins <<a
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                    Alternatively make myth use a mixed output (e.g.
                    alsa dmix or pulse-audio), and have the computer
                    "keep the audio circuit open" (for want of a better
                    term). The pop is from your computer's output
                    turning on. Again, your ears have the final say.<br>
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                  <div>That's the sort of solution I’ve  been searching
                    for.  I am using pulse-audio and I’ve been playing
                    around with alsa-mixer but I don't really know where
                    to go from there.  Any tips?</div>
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                <div>This looks similar to my issue....</div>
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          <div>Trial and Error seemed to support that something was
            turning the sound card off when not in use and the pop was
            caused by the card being turned on again.</div>
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          <div>If I start playing a recording within 10s of stopping a
            previous one then no 'Pop'.  Wait longer than that and I
            hear the pop.</div>
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          <div>This link discusses the issue:</div>
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          <div><a
href="https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/565886/how-to-disable-the-power-saving-for-snd-hda-codec-realtek"
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          <div>,,,and the suggested workaround appears to have worked
            for me.  Namely</div>
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              class="gmail_quote">As a workaround, you can comment out
              the following line in <code style="margin:0px;padding:2px 4px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,"Lucida Console","Liberation Mono","DejaVu Sans Mono","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono","Courier New",monospace,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap;border-radius:3px">/etc/pulse/<a href="http://default.pa" moz-do-not-send="true">default.pa</a></code>:<br>
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style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,"Lucida
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New",monospace,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;white-space:inherit;border-radius:0px">load-module
                module-suspend-on-idle<br>
              </code>Afterwards, restart PulseAudio with <code style="margin:0px;padding:2px 4px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,"Lucida Console","Liberation Mono","DejaVu Sans Mono","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono","Courier New",monospace,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap;border-radius:3px">systemctl restart --user pulseaudio</code>.</blockquote>
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    <p>I had a number of audio quality issue with Mythtv and Kodi on a
      system that had to use the mini audio analog plug to get the
      signal to an amp without digital connection. I found a number of
      solutions like HDMI splitters that pass on the HDMI, but split out
      the audio into mini plug, Optical, and Coaxial digital.  I've
      notice no noise or popping on that solution.</p>
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