Crackle-free audio on the Raspberry Pi with mpd and PulseAudio The Raspberry Pi single-board computer is a wonderful little machine. Sadly, its audio output is a bit riddled with software problems and produces crackling and popping noises. In this article I’ll explain how to configure your Pi to get crackle-free audio playback on Raspbian Linux with mpd and PulseAudio. Update: The problem seems to