My volume in VLC is always defaulting to 100% no matter what I do with pavucontrol. I have read many posts on how to get the default to be something like 70% but I haven't been able to get it to work. Any suggestions are welcome.
It seems to be that pulseaudio is supposed to set the default for VLC but it isn't working for me.
System:
Kernel: 5.16.4-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=746085a3-1efd-44d0-9e3f-bea3af666d4d rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3 nvidia-drm.modeset=1
Desktop: GNOME 41.3 tk: GTK 3.24.31 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 41.3
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING-CF v: x.x
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: F3
date: 08/08/2018
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 8 stepping: 2 microcode: 0x800820D
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 576 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x64 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2671 high: 3906 min/max: 2200/3600 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3901 2: 3903
3: 3904 4: 3906 5: 1856 6: 1752 7: 2155 8: 2015 9: 2365 10: 2195 11: 1916
12: 2184 bogomips: 86399
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2070] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 510.47.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 09:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1f02 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-10:7 chip-ID: 046d:082d
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.Org 1.21.1.4 compositor: gnome-shell driver:
loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x2520 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 910x667mm (35.8x26.3")
s-diag: 1128mm (44.4")
Monitor-1: XWAYLAND0 res: 3440x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109
size: 800x340mm (31.5x13.4") diag: 869mm (34.2")
Monitor-2: XWAYLAND1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 47
size: 1040x590mm (40.9x23.2") diag: 1196mm (47.1")
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/PCIe/SSE2
v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 510.47.03 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 09:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 0b:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-10:7 chip-ID: 046d:082d
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.4-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.44 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Gigabyte driver: igb v: kernel
port: f000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.75 TiB used: 37.66 GiB (1.3%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 PRO 1TB
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B2QEXP7
temp: 51.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDH3 2T00
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 00RL scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 37.66 GiB (2.0%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 580 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 37.66 GiB (2.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 37.66 GiB (2.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 37.66 GiB (2.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 62.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
Message: No sensor data found. Is lm-sensors configured?
Info:
Processes: 379 Uptime: 20h 18m wakeups: 1 Memory: 62.86 GiB
used: 10.69 GiB (17.0%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1544 lib: 398 Shell: fish v: 3.3.1
running-in: tmux: inxi: 3.3.12
e[1;34mGaruda (2.5.4-1):e[0m
e[1;34m System install date:e[0m 2021-12-26
e[1;34m Last full system update:e[0m 2022-02-02
e[1;34m Is partially upgraded: e[0m No
e[1;34m Relevant software: e[0m NetworkManager
e[1;34m Windows dual boot: e[0m Probably (Run as root to verify)
e[1;34m Snapshots: e[0m Snapper
e[1;34m Failed units: e[0m bluetooth-autoconnect.service