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Chad Rosswick

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Registered: 2021-06-27

Posts: 36

Audio in Pipewire is quieter than Alsa audio

I have all the settings in alsamixer set to 100% and have maximized the volume everywhere. The speaker volume in Pipewire

mpv test.mp3 --audio-device=pipewire

is barely audible. Whereas the volume through Alsa directly

mpv test.mp3 --audio-device=sysdefault

is normal. What could be the cause of this?
Edit: Pulseaudio Volume is also normal

Last edited by Chad Rosswick (2022-02-24 16:09:17)

Maniaxx

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Registered: 2014-05-14

Posts: 757

Re: Audio in Pipewire is quieter than Alsa audio

Check the active 'profile' in 'pavucontrol'. Maybe you have a 5.1 profile or something activated and you just hear some cross-talk.
Another attempt would be to make your audio path visible with something like Helvum, qpwgraph, Catia or Carla.

Last edited by Maniaxx (2022-02-24 17:01:21)

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Chad Rosswick

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Registered: 2021-06-27

Posts: 36

Re: Audio in Pipewire is quieter than Alsa audio

Check the active 'profile' in 'pavucontrol'

The active profile is HiFi. The only other profile would be off.

Maniaxx

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Registered: 2014-05-14

Posts: 757

Re: Audio in Pipewire is quieter than Alsa audio

Please post this:

$ pactl list cards

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Chad Rosswick

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Registered: 2021-06-27

Posts: 36

Re: Audio in Pipewire is quieter than Alsa audio

Please post this:

$ pactl list cards

http://ix.io/3QEf

Maniaxx

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Registered: 2014-05-14

Posts: 757

Re: Audio in Pipewire is quieter than Alsa audio

Please post a 'dmesg' log.

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