Howto change PulseAudio Sample Rate in Ubuntu

This tutorial will explain Howto change PulseAudio sampling rate.This is very useful if you have problems with any external devices using different sample rate.

Solution

You can change PulseAudio sample rate in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf file

gksudo gedit /etc/pulse/daemon.conf

Just look for the following line

;default-sample-rate = 44100

and change it to look like this:

default-sample-rate = 48000

Save and exit the file

Note:- Make sure you have removed ;

Now you will need to restart pulseaudio for that to take effect

To restart pulseaudio use the following command

pulseaudio -D