YouTube volume always resets from 100% to 71% (Firefox Nightly)

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I’m experiencing a repeatable audio issue on Garuda Linux. Every time I open a YouTube video in Firefox Nightly, the YouTube player volume immediately drops from 100% to 71%. It also happens whenever the video refreshes itself, for example when changing quality. Firefox Nightly shows the internal volume as 1.0, but YouTube keeps forcing it back to 71%.

I searched the web, checked the Garuda Wiki and FAQs, and looked for similar cases on the forum but didn’t find anything relevant. I also tried restarting Firefox, disabling extensions, clearing site settings, and testing with hardware acceleration on/off. The issue persists.

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I cannot reproduce this issue with firefox-nightly (fresh install w/ stock settings on Garuda Dr460nized in a VM). No matter what I do, the volume of the YouTube player itself always stays at 100%. If you have a YouTube account and are logged in, log out and check if this still happens.

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Hello and thanks for you reply. I realized that what I wrote here is wrong.
It’s not the YouTube player that changes the volume, but the PipeWire audio manager.
Unfortunately, I cannot upload images as new user, but I hope you understand.

A friend of mine suggested me that the problem was the “flat volumes” PipeWire function, but even setting it as “false”, nothing changed.

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It is probably KDE remembering that the application volume changed, but not recognizing the new volume. Open YT, play something, then adjust volume via widget or settings, the volume limited stream should return and be adjustable.

  • Select Applications from the Volume widget, or Playback Streams from system settings.
  • Adjust the YT player to 100%
  • Adjust the stream/application to 100%

I previously hit this when playing media with private browsing, then resuming other media outside the private window. Clearing site settings won’t change the outcome because the recent application volume is stored outside the browser. Your diagnostic process was correct though, I tried the same until realizing connection to private browsing :slight_smile:

I must fix this volume disparity for myself once every few months. If there is some way to stop it, I haven’t been bothered enough to find out yet.

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You can use an external pic hoster for this.

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Unfortunately, what you suggested doesn’t work for me. I tried to adjust the Application volume multiple times, but the problem persists. I also noticed that the 71% volume I mentioned varies depending on the video, even for videos I’ve never watched before. Sometimes the volume is 71%, other times 77% or 81%.

Moreover, I usually adjust the volume directly with my headphones’ volume wheel, so I’m fairly sure I’m not touching the PipeWire panel.

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This means that it does not line up with the symptoms that I have had, very mysterious. Is it bluetooth volume adjustment you are using by chance, or the hardware buttons from the Razer headset? If Razer buttons, do you use some software for handling those button presses?

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I use Razer Barracuda X (2022) headphones. I use the start/stop button and the volume wheel on the device itself. I do not use any software. The headphones are connected wirelessly with the USB-C adapter, not via bluetooth or cable.

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I think it is relaying proper media keys through the USB adapter, so no concern for that. Can you attempt to adjust the volume with alsamixer, especially for Master?

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Also have you tried on a new profile? or going into .mozzilla in the home folder and moving the current profiles out so it has to generate everything new.

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I discovered that, strangely enough, the problem was caused by Firefox Nightly:

In about:config, I changed the value of media.volume_scale from 1.0 (default) to 10.0, and now the audio is no longer changed depending on the video in the Applications section of PipeWire.

Thanks anyway to everyone for their support!

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Might be a thing that needs fixed in a upcoming firedraagon if its showing in nightly.

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