Pulseaudio minimum volume too loud

wecing · 2011-12-11 08:24:38

Hi,

Just installed Arch on my laptop. Pulse works pretty weird; when set the volume to lower than 16%, the whole system would be completely mute.
But if I play audio with other backends, it would go normal; when only one backend is in use, the strange behavior comes back.

It seems that maybe my configure is not correct -- but I just copied my configure files from my old Gentoo box, which worked prefectly.

Thanks,
Chenguang.

szebenyib · 2012-02-28 21:22:48

I would be interested in that too, same for me here. Have you found any solution?

Hmmm I have just adjusted the volume slider on youtube and it has an effect on this.
I have moved it to max and now I can set it to a lower sound without muting itself, strange....

Last edited by szebenyib (2012-02-28 21:24:36)

peebo · 2012-10-15 13:31:58

Same problem here.
Any news?

siriusarch · 2018-02-07 02:05:31

For future problem solvers:

https://chrisjean.com/fix-for-usb-audio … in-ubuntu/

1. Edit the /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output.conf.common file as root.
2. Change...

[Element PCM]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right

to

[Element PCM]
switch = mute
volume = ignore
volume-limit = 0.01
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right

"Note that the value 0.01 can be adjusted as needed to change how quiet and loud the volume is. Making the number smaller reduces the max volume while making the number larger increases the max volume. I tested out 0.05 and found that the max volume was much louder than I would ever use. I also decided that 0.01 was technically louder than I’d ever use. I ended up with a value of 0.0075 (0.005 was too quiet) which I felt gave a good maximum volume and resulted in better overall control over the volume range."

3. Run 'pulseaudio -k' and restart audio programs.

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If you find that the max volume is too low after this then:

https://superuser.com/questions/300178/ … 0-in-linux
Answer by deFreitas

pactl -- set-sink-volume 0 200%

Where 0 is the output device (sink:output as source:input) and 200% is double whatever the volume is now.

Last edited by siriusarch (2018-02-07 03:23:56)

jasonwryan · 2018-02-07 06:24:11

Don't necrobump: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … bumping.22

Closing

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#1 2011-12-11 08:24:38

Pulseaudio minimum volume too loud

#2 2012-02-28 21:22:48

Re: Pulseaudio minimum volume too loud

#3 2012-10-15 13:31:58

Re: Pulseaudio minimum volume too loud

#4 2018-02-07 02:05:31

Re: Pulseaudio minimum volume too loud

#5 2018-02-07 06:24:11

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