Michael wrote: > On Thursday, 23 October 2025 02:06:21 British Summer Time Dale wrote: >> Alexis wrote: >>> Dale <[email protected]> writes: >>>> There is one recent bug tho. I don't know if it is Firefox, the >>>> pipewire/whatever thingy or the website causing it. On some video >>>> websites, if the sound is to loud and I turn it down for Firefox as a >>>> example, after a fairly short amount of time, 20 seconds to sometimes >>>> as >>>> long as a minute, it switches back to my normal setting, usually >>>> louder. I already have a decent volume level for the master and such >>>> that I rarely need to adjust. However, some videos are just uploaded >>>> to >>>> be loud. It's hard to turn those down and it stay down for certain >>>> sites. >>>> >>>> I'm not sure if it may even be the website that does this. Some sites >>>> it stays where I put it, some sites it resets after a short period of >>>> time. It makes me think it might be some websites or just the way >>>> Firefox works with those sites. >>> i wonder if this might be an instance of this long-standing FF bug: >>> >>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1422637 >>> >>> The discussion mentions that YouTube in particular does volume >>> >>> normalisation, and that: >>>> [t]he extension enhanced-h264ify >>>> (https://github.com/alextrv/enhanced-h264ify) has an option to disable >>>> the YouTube html5 loudness normalization. >>> i'd be interested to know whether anything in that discussion helps >>> fix your issue! >>> >>> >>> Alexis. >> I'll look into it. In my case, the volume slider returns to the >> previous setting. The volume slider I'm talking about is in the speaker >> icon at the bottom of my screen, where the clock and stuff is, not the >> volume slider at the bottom of the video. I've noticed that if I turn >> the volume down, when I play the next video it will also return to the >> previous setting. It's as if the video player on some sites makes it >> look like it is starting to play a new video, even tho it is the same >> video. I have to also mention, if it resets in say 15 seconds, it does >> the same reset time throughout that video. The next video may have a >> different time tho. It may be 30 or 40 seconds or sometimes even more. >> >> One reason it is hard to nail down, it varies sometimes even on the same >> site. The above I've noticed on Youtube for example. Other sites just >> reset between different videos. I can't figure out if it is Firefox, >> the website, pipewire and related tools or what it is. It can be >> annoying tho. Luckily I don't need to adjust the volume to much. I >> just on occasion get those intro music things that want to shatter my >> windows and blow out my ears. Often times I can just right arrow to >> fast forward through it. >> >> Still, despite this little pesky bug, I still prefer the new way. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) > Do you have USE="pulseaudio" enabled or disabled on your system? > > euse -I pulseaudio > > In Kmix, where is the slider level for Firefox (Right-Click, Show Mixer > Window). > > Does the sound volume vary if you shift the Firefox slider in the Application > Streams tab, and/or mute-unmute it? > > With no pulseaudio, only wireplumber/pipewire on a Plasma desktop, I do not > observe the problem you're describing with Firefox when playing youtube > videos. I can change the volume using the slider in the youtube video > itself, > or the master volume in Kmix. The Firefox slider in Kmix's Application > Streams tab does not alter the sound level. The sound volume level does not > change from where I've set it up.
I do have that USE flag enabled. I think I set it in make.conf. I don't use Kmix, I just set the volumes to reasonable levels and then closed it without the option to start on login. When I first switched, it worked fine even with Firefox. This problem started a couple updates ago. The bug that was linked to is similar for sure. It is a old bug but maybe it popped up again. I figure it will be fixed again in a future update. I just pointed out the current status with my system in case the OP switched and noticed the same behavior, unwanted as it is. Dale :-) :-)
