How do I make everything play on the right speaker?

Usually it’s all about fixing this problem, but only the right speaker works on my laptop. I want everything to play on THAT speaker…
jsyk, i DID try looking, but didnt find any info on this.

garuda-inxi:

System:
Kernel: 6.6.2-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=cd554b12-50c1-4d21-8dc3-75e81b1e0163 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP ZBook 17 G3 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 80D6 v: KBC Version 10.75 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: HP v: N81 Ver. 01.45 date: 01/06/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 5.4 Wh (7.2%) condition: 74.7/74.7 Wh (100.0%) volts: 9.9
min: 11.4 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-6440HQ bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Skylake-S
gen: core 6 level: v3 note: check built: 2015 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x5E (94) stepping: 3 microcode: 0xF0
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB
desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2639 high: 3255 min/max: 800/3500 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 2717 2: 2298 3: 2289
4: 3255 bogomips: 20799
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-9 process: Intel 14n built: 2015-16 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:191b class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GM204GLM [Quadro M3000M] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: nvidia v: 545.29.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-10; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-2019 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:13fa
class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Cheng Uei Precision Industry (Foxlink) HP HD Camera
driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
bus-ID: 1-7:2 chip-ID: 05c8:0383 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau
alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1738 built: 2015 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 128 gamma: 1.2 size: 381x214mm (15x8.43") diag: 437mm (17.2")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland,device-2
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2)
device-ID: 8086:191b memory: 15.14 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 15 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
device-ID: 8086:191b surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
name: Quadro M3000M driver: nvidia v: 545.29.02 device-ID: 10de:13fa
surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256
bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 23.2.1-arch1.2 (LLVM 16.0.6)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fbb class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.6.2-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.85 status: active with: 1: wireplumber
status: active 2: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 3: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b7 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wireless 8260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24f3 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-12:4 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2
lmp-v: 8 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 128.81 GiB (11.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SanDisk model: THNSN5256GPUK
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 5KDA4103 temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS721010A9E630
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: A3T0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 237.97 GiB size: 237.97 GiB (100.00%)
used: 47.92 GiB (20.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 513 MiB size: 512 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 931.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 80.89 GiB (8.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 237.97 GiB size: 237.97 GiB (100.00%)
used: 47.92 GiB (20.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 237.97 GiB size: 237.97 GiB (100.00%)
used: 47.92 GiB (20.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 4 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C pch: 49.5 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 282 Uptime: 38m wakeups: 2 Memory: total: 16 GiB
available: 15.5 GiB used: 6.82 GiB (44.0%) Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
Packages: 2142 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2 pm: pacman pkgs: 2107 libs: 561
tools: octopi,paru pm: flatpak pkgs: 33 Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash
v: 5.2.15 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.19-2):
System install date:     2023-07-21
Last full system update: 2023-11-22
Is partially upgraded:   Yes
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

This seems the most promising: drivers - How can I downmix stereo audio output to mono in PipeWire (on 22.10)? - Ask Ubuntu

This is a different requirement (mix two sources) but the method may be adapted:
linux - How to create a new pipewire virtual device that to combines an real input and output into a new input? - Super User

I also found this old thread, probably not the best way to go about it (ALSA)
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/reroute-all-audio-to-right-speaker-4175502248/

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