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Hello everyone,
I require help with an issue while playing YouTube videos.
I'm running a Wayland session using Hyprland as my WM
On Brave Browser (binary from AUR), there's no audio playback
Additional information -
Using Pipewire + Wireplumber (along with it's other plugins)
All the configurations are at their default values, I've not made any changes
$ pacman -Qq | grep -iE 'pipe|wire|pulse|alsa'
alsa-card-profiles
alsa-lib
alsa-topology-conf
alsa-ucm-conf
alsa-utils
gst-plugin-pipewire
lib32-alsa-lib
lib32-libpipewire
lib32-pipewire
lib32-pipewire-jack
libpipeline
libpipewire
libpulse
libwireplumber
pipewire
pipewire-alsa
pipewire-audio
pipewire-docs
pipewire-jack
pipewire-pulse
pipewire-v4l2
wireplumber
While video is paused
$ wpctl status
PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [0.3.80, ameyng@home-nix, cookie:2122816728]
└─ Clients:
31. WirePlumber [0.3.80, ameyng@home-nix, pid:23497]
32. WirePlumber [export] [0.3.80, ameyng@home-nix, pid:23497]
55. Brave input [0.3.80, ameyng@home-nix, pid:23566]
56. mpv [0.3.80, ameyng@home-nix, pid:25185]
68. wpctl [0.3.80, ameyng@home-nix, pid:26635]
Audio
├─ Devices:
│ 48. Built-in Audio [alsa]
│ 49. HDA NVidia [alsa]
│
├─ Sinks:
│ * 51. Built-in Audio Analog Stereo [vol: 0.60]
│
├─ Sink endpoints:
│
├─ Sources:
│ * 53. Built-in Audio Analog Stereo [vol: 1.00]
│
├─ Source endpoints:
│
└─ Streams:
57. mpv
60. output_FR > ALC285 Analog:playback_FR [init]
61. output_FL > ALC285 Analog:playback_FL [init]
Video
├─ Devices:
│ 40. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam: USB2.0 HD [libcamera]
│ 50. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam [v4l2]
│ 52. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam [v4l2]
│
├─ Sinks:
│
├─ Sink endpoints:
│
├─ Sources:
│ 45. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam USB2.0 HD
│ * 47. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam (V4L2)
│
├─ Source endpoints:
│
└─ Streams:
Settings
└─ Default Configured Node Names:
While video is playing
$ wpctl status
PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [0.3.80, ameyng@home-nix, cookie:2122816728]
└─ Clients:
31. WirePlumber [0.3.80, ameyng@home-nix, pid:23497]
32. WirePlumber [export] [0.3.80, ameyng@home-nix, pid:23497]
55. Brave input [0.3.80, ameyng@home-nix, pid:23566]
56. mpv [0.3.80, ameyng@home-nix, pid:25185]
62. wpctl [0.3.80, ameyng@home-nix, pid:26748]
68. Brave [0.3.80, ameyng@home-nix, pid:23566]
Audio
├─ Devices:
│ 48. Built-in Audio [alsa]
│ 49. HDA NVidia [alsa]
│
├─ Sinks:
│ * 51. Built-in Audio Analog Stereo [vol: 0.60]
│
├─ Sink endpoints:
│
├─ Sources:
│ * 53. Built-in Audio Analog Stereo [vol: 1.00]
│
├─ Source endpoints:
│
└─ Streams:
57. mpv
60. output_FR > ALC285 Analog:playback_FR [init]
61. output_FL > ALC285 Analog:playback_FL [init]
69. Brave
71. output_FL > ALC285 Analog:playback_FL [active]
73. output_FR > ALC285 Analog:playback_FR [active]
Video
├─ Devices:
│ 40. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam: USB2.0 HD [libcamera]
│ 50. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam [v4l2]
│ 52. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam [v4l2]
│
├─ Sinks:
│
├─ Sink endpoints:
│
├─ Sources:
│ 45. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam USB2.0 HD
│ * 47. USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam (V4L2)
│
├─ Source endpoints:
│
└─ Streams:
Settings
└─ Default Configured Node Names:
Note, I am testing this using a basic pair of earphones connected to my laptop's 3.5mm jack
mpv can play the video flawlessly, but Brave Browser cannot
Also, if I use the speaker-test utility and run
speaker-test -c 2
The test audio plays perfectly through both the left and right sides of the earphone
Additionally, all services for pipewire and wireplumber are running normally
$ systemctl --user list-units --no-pager | grep -iE 'wire|pulse|alsa|pipe'
pipewire-pulse.service loaded active running PipeWire PulseAudio
pipewire.service loaded active running PipeWire Multimedia Service
wireplumber.service loaded active running Multimedia Service Session Manager
pipewire-pulse.socket loaded active running PipeWire PulseAudio
pipewire.socket loaded active running PipeWire Multimedia System Socket
Lastly, all packages on my system are up-to-date
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This probably won't help you but just in case. Occasionally I have this problem come up with firefox and it's always because the app itself is muted. I use kde and just use the audio icon in the system tray to unmute muted apps.
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This probably won't help you but just in case. Occasionally I have this problem come up with firefox and it's always because the app itself is muted. I use kde and just use the audio icon in the system tray to unmute muted apps.
Nope mate,
Thank you for your suggestion, but I also checked this already. The browser itself is unmuted.
Can you give me any other suggestions/ideas?
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Sorry. I suspect pulseaudio is involved in this but you need somebody that knows more than me.
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