After running another apt update && apt upgrade this problem seems to have resolved itself. I hate mysteries :)
** Attachment added: "Non choppy sound. yay." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1871137/+attachment/5347952/+files/Non%20choppy%20sound.%20yay. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1871137 Title: Recorded audio is super choppy with today's apt upgrade Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: People reported choppy audio coming from me in my morning stand-up call. I thought it might be an issue with our chat system, so I tried recording a sound bite in Audacity both with and without my bluetooth headset. I got the same incredibly choppy sound in either case. I'll attach a clip to the bug if I can so you can see what I mean. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-21.25-generic 5.4.27 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu22 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Apr 6 11:07:37 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-01-09 (87 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-01-24 (73 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 04/18/2019 dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware dmi.bios.version: 1.7.0 dmi.board.name: Alienware 17 R5 dmi.board.vendor: Alienware dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvr1.7.0:bd04/18/2019:svnAlienware:pnAlienware17R5:pvr1.7.0:rvnAlienware:rnAlienware17R5:rvrA00:cvnAlienware:ct10:cvrNotSpecified: dmi.product.family: Alienware dmi.product.name: Alienware 17 R5 dmi.product.sku: 0877 dmi.product.version: 1.7.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1871137/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
