u/GermanLetzPloy — reddlx

Hello, I have the following issue:

I want to hear the output on my Switch 2 so I can use my pc and Switch 2 at the same time. I connected my Switch 2 over my line in on my motherboard, and on Windows 11, I can just tick the "listen to this device" setting, and everything works without any issues.

But since I prefer using Linux, I want to have the same functionality here as on Windows. I searched online, and the only thing I found was module-loopback, which I enabled like this:

$ pactl load-module module-loopback \
        source=alsa_input.pci-0000_2d_00.4.pro-input-0 \
        sink=easyeffects_sink \
        latency_msec=20pactl load-module module-loopback \
        source=alsa_input.pci-0000_2d_00.4.pro-input-0 \
        sink=easyeffects_sink \
        latency_msec=1

At first, I thought it worked, but then I ran into the following issues, which I do not have on Windows at all:

There is a constant "static" sound in the background.
The audio is heavily distorted.

Does anyone know what might be causing these issues? As I mentioned, this only happens on Linux.

I am using CachyOS if that helps.