Amadeus Paulussen<p>I have recently started experiencing occasional short dropouts in music playback via my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/usb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usb</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rme</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fireface" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fireface</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/audiointerface" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audiointerface</span></a> on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/arch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a>.</p><p>This is what journalctl says whenever such a dropout occurs:<br>```<br>pipewire[1606]: spa.alsa: front:0p: snd_pcm_drop: No such device<br>pipewire[1606]: spa.alsa: front:0p: close failed: No such device<br>gsd-media-keys[1865]: Unable to get default sink<br>```</p><p>Do any of you know where I could start to look for potential causes?<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linuxaudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxaudio</span></a></p>