MC-220080Stereo audio channels don't work how they should without directional audio
Since 1.13 there is a bug, where you cannot hear sound of the game in some channels if you are turned only one way (left or right) to the source. You can hear the sound only at one side and it is very irritating and unnatural. I'm not some audio expert, but I think, that if you had only one ear and you turn the way that your only ear is on one side of the head, with the source being on the other side of the head, you would hear it.
In past versions of Minecraft (in 1.12 and below) the sound system worked pretty good and it was great.
The following image visually shows the channels (1.8 in the left, 1.16 in the right):
Video describing the situation: audiobug.mp4
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1.16.5 - 25w06a
1.16.5 21w11a 21w13a 21w14a 21w15a 21w16a 21w18a 1.17-pre1 1.17 1.17.1-pre3 1.17.1-rc1 1.17.1 21w37a 21w41a 21w42a 21w44a 1.18-pre1 1.18-pre4 1.18-pre6 1.18-rc1 1.18 1.18.1-rc1 22w05a 22w07a 1.18.2-pre1 1.18.2-rc1 1.18.2 22w11a 22w15a 22w16b 22w18a 1.19-pre1 1.19-pre2 1.19-rc1 1.19-rc2 1.19 1.19.1-rc1 1.19.1-pre2 1.19.1-pre3 1.19.1-pre5 1.19.1-pre6 1.19.1-rc2 1.19.2-rc1 1.19.2 22w42a 22w43a 22w46a 1.19.3-rc1 1.19.3 23w03a 23w05a 23w06a 23w07a 1.19.4-pre3 1.19.4-pre4 1.19.4-rc2 1.19.4 23w12a 23w13a 23w17a 1.20-pre1 1.20-pre2 1.20-pre4 1.20-pre5 1.20-pre6 1.20-pre7 1.20-rc1 1.20 1.20.1 23w32a 23w33a 23w41a 23w46a 1.20.3 1.20.4-rc1 1.20.4 23w51b 24w03b 24w05b 24w09a 24w12a 24w13a 24w14a 1.20.5-pre1 1.20.5-pre4 1.20.5-rc2 1.20.5 1.20.6-rc1 1.20.6 24w18a 24w20a 24w21b 1.21-pre2 1.21-pre3 1.21-rc1 1.21 1.21.1 24w34a 24w36a 24w39a 1.21.2-pre1 1.21.2-pre5 1.21.2-rc1 24w44a 1.21.3 24w45a 24w46a 1.21.4-pre1 1.21.4-pre3 1.21.4-rc1 1.21.4-rc3 1.21.4 25w02a 25w06a
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Stereo audio channels don't work how they should
Since 1.13 there is a bug, where you cannot hear sound of the game in some channels if you are turned only one way (left or right) to the source. You can hear the sound only at one side and it is very irritating and unnatural. I'm not some audio expert, but I think, that if you had only one ear and you turn the way that your only ear is on one side of the head, with the source being on the other side of the head, you would hear it.
In past versions of Minecraft (in 1.12 and below) the sound system worked pretty good and it was great.
The following image visually shows the channels (1.8 in the left, 1.16 in the right):
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audiobug.mp4
Since 1.13 there is a bug, where you cannot hear sound of the game in some channels if you are turned only one way (left or right) to the source. You can hear the sound only at one side and it is very irritating and unnatural. I'm not some audio expert, but I think, that if you had only one ear and you turn the way that your only ear is on one side of the head, with the source being on the other side of the head, you would hear it.
In past versions of Minecraft (in 1.12 and below) the sound system worked pretty good and it was great.
The following image visually shows the channels (1.8 in the left, 1.16 in the right):
Since 1.13 there is a bug, where you cannot hear sound of the game in some channels if you are turned only one way (left or right) to the source. You can hear the sound only at one side and it is very irritating and unnatural. I'm not some audio expert, but I think, that if you had only one ear and you turn the way that your only ear is on one side of the head, with the source being on the other side of the head, you would hear it.
In past versions of Minecraft (in 1.12 and below) the sound system worked pretty good and it was great.
The following image visually shows the channels (1.8 in the left, 1.16 in the right):
audiobug.mp4
Since 1.13 there is a bug, where you cannot hear sound of the game in some channels if you are turned only one way (left or right) to the source. You can hear the sound only at one side and it is very irritating and unnatural. I'm not some audio expert, but I think, that if you had only one ear and you turn the way that your only ear is on one side of the head, with the source being on the other side of the head, you would hear it.
In past versions of Minecraft (in 1.12 and below) the sound system worked pretty good and it was great.
The following image visually shows the channels (1.8 in the left, 1.16 in the right):
audiobug.mp4
.Since 1.13 there is a bug, where you cannot hear sound of the game in some channels if you are turned only one way (left or right) to the source. You can hear the sound only at one side and it is very irritating and unnatural. I'm not some audio expert, but I think, that if you had only one ear and you turn the way that your only ear is on one side of the head, with the source being on the other side of the head, you would hear it.
In past versions of Minecraft (in 1.12 and below) the sound system worked pretty good and it was great.
The following image visually shows the channels (1.8 in the left, 1.16 in the right):
Video describing the situation: audiobug.mp4
Since 1.13 there is a bug, where you cannot hear sound of the game in some channels if you are turned only one way (left or right) to the source. You can hear the sound only at one side and it is very irritating and unnatural. I'm not some audio expert, but I think, that if you had only one ear and you turn the way that your only ear is on one side of the head, with the source being on the other side of the head, you would hear it.
In past versions of Minecraft (in 1.12 and below) the sound system worked pretty good and it was great.
The following image visually shows the channels (1.8 in the left, 1.16 in the right):
Video describing the situation: audiobug.mp4
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Relates to MC-71552.
Stereo audio channels don't work how they should without directional audio
Windows 10
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I'm personally unable to reproduce this issue. Using windows 8.1 and with my earphones i do notice a difference when switching the 3D option just like in your clip from linux, specially when testing MC-220080 this option kind of fixes it. I haven't messed with any files (at least that i remember), so not sure if this is hardware related or either a library issue?
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Would MC-58715, MC-220080 or MC-265514 describe your issue?
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Plausible based on provided comparison and analysis.
Experimenting this since 1.13 as well. I always thought this was
MC-121364but seems like that one resulted to be describing a different issue? I believe this got like this after the LWJGL update, and since then it is now really annoying.So... yeah, can confirm here.
Also, you should add a volume warning for the video.
Can confirm in 1.17.1 Pre-release 3.
Can confirm in 1.17.1 Release Candidate 2.
21w37a
This issue doesn't seem to be present when directional audio option is enabled (added in 22w11a), however i noticed the sound gets kind of muffled compared to the "classic" sound but that might be a different issue.
Yet still, hardware that doesn't support HRTF or people who don't want this option enabled will still notice this.
Have a look at the info I posted in MC-249275 , particularly the config file setup and settings link.
Probably worth playing about with these settings...
channels, stereo-mode, stereo-encoding, cf_level
Is it still broken when when turning on directional audio in music/sounds options?
And is the device correct? If you change the device, does it change anything?
It does the same with directional audio, device will change output device it has no affect on the issue.