EDIT: I found a possible fix in this post. I'm still testing to see if it stays working properly.
EDIT2: Unfortunately there's still occasional audio/video stuttering. It's not a lot, but enough to be annoying. If anyone has any ideas?
EDIT 3: After testing for several hours, it seems while this solution does indeed get it working, there's still occasional audio/video stutters. Looks like 6.8.0-40 is a no go if you're having this issue, but YMMV. Good luck.
Just did an update on two zorin 17.1 systems (older intel NUCs), and both stopped being able to play back video with Jellyfin. Tried updating directly from their github releases instead of flatpak, still no dice. Even Youtube playback wouldn't work. The video would load, and immediately stop playback, occasionally progressing a frame or two randomly.
Kernel 6.8.0-40
Reverting to Kernel 6.5.0-45 Restored playback functionality.
My wife and daughter are watching stuff on the tvs right now, so i'll have to wait till later to run 6.8.0-40 again, but here's the console output for the commands you requested. Both machines are identical.
Looks normally, nothing to put a finger on there. You can also try to switch between xorg and wayland to see if it have any effect under kernel 6.8.x
you can (when you have time) log out and click username, a cog shuold appear, click it and choose either wayland or xorg.
I think I have the same problems, came up yesterday after the update. Not just video playback is affected but everything with sound. My machines are from the same CPU generation, a D54250WYKH NUC and a Gigabyte GB-BXi3-4010.
Tried to reboot into xorg, no difference.
I remember other Linux distributions had garbled sound issues with these machines, Zorin worked with them without problems. Maybe it is some general driver issue that finally came up in this distribution too?
Not the distribution, the Linux kernel, which is outside Team Zorin's remit. It might also be due in part that Zorin 17 is based on 22.04 and not 24.04, but I could be wrong.
This is exactly it. I just reinstalled 6.8.0-40, and tested it. As soon as i mute the sound, the video starts playing. If i un-mute, video stops again.
EDIT: After some testing, it introduces audio/video stutter. I'm going to see if i can find a way to fix that.
EDIT 2: After clearing all the files from ~/$USER/.config/pulse and rebooting, the audio seems to be playing properly. I'm going to test it for a while and see what happens.
EDIT 3: After testing for several hours, it seems while this solution does indeed get it working, there's still occasional audio/video stutters. Looks like 6.8.0-40 is a no go if you're having this issue, but YMMV. Good luck.
I decided to test the 6.8.0-40 kernel. I am using Nvidia 3060 with 555 driver.
At first, I had no issues - for about three or four days, all was well. But after that initial time, I began to notice lagging, stuttering and other odd graphical glitches. Given the influx of reports, including from non-Nvidia users; I would avoid the 6.8 kernel.
Jumping from 6.5 to 6.8 is a strange and unusual kernel progression to see on Zorin OS.
Looking into it; it looks highly likely that the impetus for such a drastic jump was seeking better Wayland support. This makes sense given that 17 defaults to Wayland, now.