Broken sound KDE Plasma

pBp_destiny · 25 November 2025 21:58

Dear friends.
I have got issue with sound after installing Tenacity. I did not see that I may do the same with audacity, that I had already installed and suddenly sound did not work. I needed to record a short message, in a slightly better quality, and other sound recorders did not convince me as they have had noise in the background.
Even after reinstalling or uninstalling both, when I try to play any videos, there is no sound or (VLC player e would shut down - i think of problem with affected API). Even the same is happening in other user profile. I am really struggling with errors I had with profiles for last year, so I got better in creating new profiles and moving my links, so I created a new profile, but the same issue came back after a day of using it.

I tried pacman -Syu, and seems to find a lot of errors, but on next run all seemed to be repaired. I did try to remove orphan files, not sure if those have been removed or not. Not sure If I may find similar article, I tried to search for problems with alsa, that is not working, but nothing I was able to conclude from it.

”**`System:`**
**`Kernel:`**` 6.6.107-1-MANJARO `**`arch:`**` x86_64 `**`bits:`**` 64 `**`compiler:`**` gcc `**`v:`**` 15.2.1`
**`clocksource:`**` tsc `**`avail:`**` acpi_pm`
**`parameters:`**` BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64`
`root=UUID=f90aaba2-7e92-42f0-9c27-21a586d90132 rw quiet splash`
`resume=UUID=4d4dd553-348a-4499-ae03-30905bf326db udev.log_priority=3`
**`Desktop:`**` KDE Plasma `**`v:`**` 6.3.6 `**`tk:`**` Qt `**`v:`**` N/A `**`info:`**` frameworks `**`v:`**` 6.18.0`
**`wm:`**` kwin_x11 `**`vt:`**` 2 `**`dm:`**` SDDM `**`Distro:`**` Manjaro `**`base:`**` Arch Linux`
**`Machine:`**
**`Type:`**` Laptop `**`System:`**` Star Labs `**`product:`**` LabTop `**`v:`**` Mk IV`
**`serial:`**` “`

Some more details on audio

”**Audio:**
**Device-1:** Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS **vendor:** Realtek **driver:** snd_hda_intel
**v:** kernel **alternate:** snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl **bus-ID:** 00:1f.3
**chip-ID:** 8086:02c8 **class-ID:** 0403
**API:** ALSA **v:** k6.6.107-1-MANJARO **status:** kernel-api **with:** aoss
**type:** oss-emulator **tools:** alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
I have two screens, latop and  old samsung TV
**Display:** x11 **server:** X.Org **v:** 21.1.18 **with:** Xwayland **v:** 24.1.8
**compositor:** kwin_x11 **driver:** **X:** **loaded:** modesetting **alternate:** fbdev,vesa
**dri:** iris **gpu:** i915 **display-ID:** :0 **screens:** 1
**Screen-1:** 0 **s-res:** 1920x1080 **s-dpi:** 96 **s-size:** 506x285mm (19.92x11.22")
**s-diag:** 581mm (22.86") **monitors:** <missing: xrandr>
**Monitor-1:** HDMI-A-1 **model:** Samsung **built:** 2011 **res:** 1366x768 **dpi:** 50
**gamma:** 1.2 **size:** 160x90mm (6.3x3.54") **diag:** 801mm (31.5") **ratio:** 16:9 **modes:**
**max:** 1366x768 **min:** 720x400
**Monitor-2:** eDP-1 **model:** Najing CEC Panda LC133LF1L02 **built:** 2016
**res:** 1920x1080 **dpi:** 166 **gamma:** 1.2 **size:** 294x165mm (11.57x6.5")
**diag:** 337mm (13.3") **ratio:** 16:9 **modes:** 1920x1080”

What shall update here to be able to move forward, plz?

pBp_destiny · 14 January 2026 20:25

Dear friends.
I am posting this issue that I did not get solved. I was looking for solutions. It looks that issue is that I have two different services running in the same time, that I should not have. One is pipewire other is pulseaudio. I believed I was having firstly installed PulseAudio (so I don’t know which to remove), but I really dont know. Issue happend after installing app for recording sound. I lost youtube videos and vlc stopped working too. Lately I removed the Pulse audio, and youtube came back, and VLC seems to depene on some pulse plugin too. However I lost a control panel to control the sound/volume-profile as I use to have next to clock from system tray panel. Update the system,also did not help. I did aditionally instaled plasma*pa pavucontrol and pipewire-pulse

pactl list sources
Source #0
        State: SUSPENDED
        Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.hdmi-stereo.monitor
        Description: Monitor of Built-in Audio Digital Stereo (HDMI)
        Driver: module-alsa-card.c
        Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
        Channel Map: front-left,front-right
        Owner Module: 6
        Mute: no
        Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
        Monitor of Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.hdmi-stereo
        Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
        Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
        Properties:
                device.description = "Monitor of Built-in Audio Digital Stereo (HDMI)"
                device.class = "monitor"
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xb1210000 irq 149"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                device.product.id = "02c8"
                device.product.name = "Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS"
                device.form_factor = "internal"
                device.string = "0"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        Formats:
                pcm

Source #1
        State: SUSPENDED
        Name: alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo
        Description: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
        Driver: module-alsa-card.c
        Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
        Channel Map: front-left,front-right
        Owner Module: 6
        Mute: no
        Volume: front-left: 30421 /  46% / -20.00 dB,   front-right: 30421 /  46% / -20.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        Base Volume: 6554 /  10% / -60.00 dB
        Monitor of Sink: n/a
        Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
        Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
        Properties:
                alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.class = "sound"
                alsa.class = "generic"
                alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
                alsa.name = "ALC256 Analog"
                alsa.id = "ALC256 Analog"
                alsa.subdevice = "0"
                alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
                alsa.device = "0"
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xb1210000 irq 149"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                device.product.id = "02c8"
                device.product.name = "Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS"
                device.form_factor = "internal"
                device.string = "front:0"
                device.buffering.buffer_size = "352800"
                device.buffering.fragment_size = "176400"
                device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
                device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
                device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
                device.description = "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        Ports:
                analog-input-internal-mic: Internal Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8900, availability unknown)
                analog-input-headset-mic: Headset Microphone (type: Headset, priority: 8800, availability group: Legacy 2, not available)
        Active Port: analog-input-internal-mic
        Formats:
                pcm

also

pactl list sink-inputs 
Sink Input #26 
       Driver: protocol-native.c
       Owner Module: 8
       Client: 36
       Sink: 0
       Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 44100Hz
       Channel Map: front-left,front-right
        Format: pcm, format.sample_format = "\"float32le\""  format.rate = "44100"  format.channels = "2"  for
mat.channel_map = "\"front-left,front-right\"" 
       Corked: no
       Mute: no
       Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
               balance 0.00
       Buffer Latency: 46439 usec
       Sink Latency: 0 usec
       Resample method: copy
       Properties:
               application.icon_name = "brave-browser"
               media.name = "Playback"
               application.name = "Brave"
               native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
               native-protocol.version = "35"
               application.process.id = "53508"
               application.process.user = "soil_guy"
               application.process.host = "mBio-Labortop"
               application.process.binary = "brave"
               application.language = "C"
               window.x11.display = ":1"
               application.process.machine_id = "3429a3a264cf4ce7b6ac0b4d60f82147"
               application.process.session_id = "2"
                module-stream-restore.id = "sink-input-by-application-name:Brave"


 inxi -A **Audio:**  
   **Device-1:** Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS **driver:** snd_hda_intel
  **API:** ALSA **v:** k6.6.119-1-MANJARO **status:** kernel-api
   **Server-1:** PipeWire **v:** 1.4.9 **status:** active
   **Server-2:** PulseAudio **v:** 17.0-93-gbe2efb **status:**  active

and
pactl list | grep -C2 A2DP

did not give any output

I also don know if it is connected, but it seems that I have issues to play youtube viedos, and youtube is telling that I should restart my device. Also an OBS app which was previously well recording my screen has got issues and is not working any more, for unknown reasons. The plugins does not seem to work.

I guess it is all connected to dependendcies regarding soudn system and after update it was maybe tranferred even to video dependencies. What is weired is that I do not have Server name.

[soil_guy@mBio-Labortop ~]$**pactl info | grep “Server Name”
grep: Name”: No such file or directory

 pacman -Qs pipewire
local/gst-plugin-pipewire 1:1.4.9-2
    Multimedia graph framework - pipewire plugin
local/kpipewire 6.5.4-1 (plasma)
    Components relating to pipewire use in Plasma
local/libpipewire 1:1.4.9-2
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - client library
local/libwireplumber 0.5.12-1
    Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire - client library
local/pipewire 1:1.4.9-2
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor
local/pipewire-alsa 1:1.4.9-2
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - ALSA configuration
local/pipewire-audio 1:1.4.9-2
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - Audio support
local/pipewire-session-manager 1:1.4.9-2
    Session manager for PipeWire (default provider)
local/qemu-audio-pipewire 10.1.2-3
    QEMU PipeWire audio driver
local/wireplumber 0.5.12-1
    Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire
[soil_guy@mBio-Labortop ~]$ pacman -Qs pulseaudio
local/lib32-libpulse 17.0+r93+gbe2efb69b-1
    A featureful, general-purpose sound server (32-bit client libraries)
local/plasma-pa 6.5.4-1 (plasma)
    Plasma applet for audio volume management using PulseAudio
local/pulseaudio 17.0+r93+gbe2efb69b-1
    A featureful, general-purpose sound server
local/pulseaudio-alsa 1:1.2.12-5
    ALSA Configuration for PulseAudio
local/pulseaudio-qt 1.7.0-2
    Qt bindings for libpulse
local/qemu-audio-pa 10.1.2-3
    QEMU PulseAudio audio driver
local/vlc-plugin-pulse 3.0.21-32
    Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - PulseAudio plugins

Is it correct if I disable the pipewire and try to remove the pipewire-alsa, pipewire media session, and wireplumbrer?when I tried to remove them I realized that OBS is using PIPWERE, so I guess it should be pulseaudio to remove. I am really mixed. What should I do?

Is /tmp/alsa-info.txt.DQd5DCAK8A needed for getting me help?

I tried also:
mv -v ~/.config/yt-dlg ~/.config/yt-dlg.bak
mv: cannot stat '/home/soil_guy/.config/yt-dlg': No such file or directory

here is status:


`systemctl --user status pipewire `
**`●`**`pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service`
`    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service;`**`disabled`**`; preset: `**`enabled`**`) `
`    Active:`**`active (running)`**`since Wed 2026-01-14 09:01:09 CET; 12h ago`
`Invocation: e42700d056014ed983853b5f3fdbd1a4`
`TriggeredBy: `**`●`**`pipewire.socket`
`  Main PID: 1071 (pipewire)`
`     Tasks: 3 (limit: 18982)`
`    Memory: 5.6M (peak: 7.6M)`
`       CPU: 577ms`
`    CGroup: /user.slice/user-1001.slice/user@1001.service/session.slice/pipewire.service`
`             └─1071 /usr/bin/pipewire`
I could stop service but couldnot disable nor  remove all pipewire connected services.

I tried to disable the  pipewire, but was not possible, becasue it did not recognize –disabled
i DELETED THIS AS IT HAS GOT SOLVED ALREADY
`systemctl --user status pulseaudio `

At the end I decided The probably pipewire was the one I was originaly having, I did removed the PulseAudio, and ended up having Youtube videos possible to watchagain.I have still remained with not possible to use VLC, OBS - plugins which should work with pipewire,I manage to install pipewire-plse back to be able to controlvolume, but obs has stillsome issue with video plugin… that I need to investigate deeper

soundofthunder · 14 January 2026 20:31

Hi @pBp_destiny

Could you please fix the formatting in all of your posts (above).

MiniHowTo Instructions follow.

Thanks.

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soundofthunder · 14 January 2026 21:35

Thank you for making an attempt at tidying your posts.

I believe @nikgnomic should be able to help you when he is next online. Make sure to remind him, if he doesn’t.

Regards.

nikgnomic · 16 January 2026 17:13

For VLC I suggest open Preferences Ctrl+P and click Reset Preferences

To check active audio playback streams from VLC or OBS to pipewire-pulse:

pactl list sink-inputs

and output from pipewire-pulse to Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS device

pactl list sinks

pBp_destiny · 16 January 2026 22:52

thank you the VLC and OBS are working now. I still have to look at some dependencies, SO i do not have definite close to topic, but It help to reinstall PulseAudio plugins and to do few updates and reset the preferencies at VLC. Iam not familiar witch pactl. I want to learn about it how I may be able to use it, before I will apply it, but I guess at this moment there is no risk and not even installed by default on system.I have seen some similar app was providing similar function visually, but I thought it is more for people who do sound processing withmultiple outputs. I think it was> ProjectM visualiztion but it was from PulseAudio,so I guess it would not be compatible.

nikgnomic · 19 January 2026 16:35

pactl commands work on both pulseaudio and pipewire-pulse audio servers
pactl(1) — Arch manual pages
pulse-cli-syntax(5) — Arch manual pages
PipeWire Wiki · Migrate PulseAudio · pactl

pactl list commands are used to show more information about the audio server

pBp_destiny · 4 February 2026 19:26

Thank you for feedback. It took me longer because in the meantime I was trying to solve the issue that popup with installation of Invoiceninja web app on Apache server. I still do not have it solved, because it seems that the REACT JS component is not working, I tried to install some required files for React, including Python (to get venv for testing some app). It look as if some of the installation has messed up again the way how profile is assigned to soundcard. It is quite weired because now the numbers of sources instead of being 0 or 1 are 1569 and 1570
Python interpreter could possibly have done this?
here are my tests results:

pactl list sources
Source #1569
        State: SUSPENDED
        Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.hdmi-stereo.monitor
        Description: Monitor of Samsung TV
        Driver: PipeWire
        Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 48000Hz
        Channel Map: front-left,front-right
        Owner Module: 4294967295
        Mute: no
        Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
        Monitor of Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.hdmi-stereo
        Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
        Flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
        Properties:
                object.path = "alsa:acp:PCH:7:playback"
                api.alsa.path = "hdmi:0"
                api.alsa.pcm.card = "0"
                api.alsa.pcm.stream = "playback"
                port.group = "playback"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog"
                device.bus = "pci"
                audio.channels = "2"
                audio.position = "FL,FR"
                iec958.codecs = "[\"PCM\"]"
                device.routes = "1"
                alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "Samsung TV"
                alsa.long_card_name = "Samsung TV"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC256"
                alsa.components = "HDA:10ec0256,10ec119e,00100002 HDA:8086280b,80860101,00100000"
                alsa.id = "PCH"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.class = "monitor"
                alsa.class = "generic"
                alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
                alsa.name = "SAMSUNG"
                alsa.subdevice = "0"
                alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
                alsa.device = "3"
                alsa.sync.id = "00000000:00000000:00000000:00000000"
                device.profile.name = "hdmi-stereo"
                device.profile.description = "Digital Stereo (HDMI)"
                card.profile.device = "7"
                device.id = "42"
                factory.name = "api.alsa.pcm.sink"
                node.pause-on-idle = "false"
                priority.driver = "696"
                priority.session = "696"
                media.class = "Audio/Sink"
                node.name = "alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.hdmi-stereo"
                node.nick = "Samsung TV"
                device.description = "Samsung TV"
                api.alsa.card.name = "HDA Intel PCH"
                api.alsa.card.longname = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xb1210000 irq 135"
                device.name = "Samsung TV"
                factory.id = "19"
                clock.quantum-limit = "8192"
                client.id = "41"
                node.driver = "true"
                node.loop.name = "data-loop.0"
                library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
                object.id = "78"
                object.serial = "1569"
                device.enum.api = "udev"
                api.alsa.card = "0"
                device.plugged.usec = "5479019"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0"
                device.subsystem = "sound"
                device.vendor.id = "0x8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                device.product.id = "0x02c8"
                device.product.name = "Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS"
                device.form_factor = "internal"
                device.nick = "HDA Intel PCH"
                api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
                api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
                api.acp.auto-port = "false"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
                api.alsa.split-enable = "true"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio0"
                spa.object.id = "2"
                device.string = "0"
        Ports:
                hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (type: HDMI, priority: 5900, availability group: Legacy 4, not available)
        Active Port: hdmi-output-0
        Formats:
                pcm

Source #1570
        State: SUSPENDED
        Name: alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo
        Description: StarLab top
        Driver: PipeWire
        Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 48000Hz
        Channel Map: front-left,front-right
        Owner Module: 4294967295
        Mute: no
        Volume: front-left: 16705 /  25% / -35.62 dB,   front-right: 16705 /  25% / -35.62 dB
                balance 0.00
        Base Volume: 6554 /  10% / -60.00 dB
        Monitor of Sink: n/a
        Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
        Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
        Properties:
                object.path = "alsa:acp:PCH:0:capture"
                api.alsa.path = "front:0"
                api.alsa.pcm.card = "0"
                api.alsa.pcm.stream = "capture"
                port.group = "capture"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog"
                device.bus = "pci"
                audio.channels = "2"
                audio.position = "FL,FR"
                device.routes = "2"
                alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "StarLab top"
                alsa.long_card_name = "StarLab top"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC256"
                alsa.components = "HDA:10ec0256,10ec119e,00100002 HDA:8086280b,80860101,00100000"
                alsa.id = "PCH"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.class = "sound"
                alsa.class = "generic"
                alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
                alsa.name = "ALC256 Analog"
                alsa.subdevice = "0"
                alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
                alsa.device = "0"
                alsa.sync.id = "00000000:00000000:00000000:00000000"
                device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
                device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
                card.profile.device = "0"
                device.id = "42"
                factory.name = "api.alsa.pcm.source"
                node.pause-on-idle = "false"
                priority.driver = "2009"
                priority.session = "2009"
                media.class = "Audio/Source"
                node.name = "alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo"
                node.nick = "StarLab top"
                device.description = "StarLab top"
                api.alsa.card.name = "HDA Intel PCH"
                api.alsa.card.longname = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xb1210000 irq 135"
                device.name = "StarLab top"
                factory.id = "19"
                clock.quantum-limit = "8192"
                client.id = "41"
                node.driver = "true"
                node.loop.name = "data-loop.0"
                library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
                object.id = "74"
                object.serial = "1570"
                device.enum.api = "udev"
                api.alsa.card = "0"
                device.plugged.usec = "5479019"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0"
                device.subsystem = "sound"
                device.vendor.id = "0x8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                device.product.id = "0x02c8"
                device.product.name = "Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS"
                device.form_factor = "internal"
                device.nick = "HDA Intel PCH"
                api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
                api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
                api.acp.auto-port = "false"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
                api.alsa.split-enable = "true"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio0"
                spa.object.id = "2"
                device.string = "0"
        Ports:
                analog-input-internal-mic: Internal Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8900, availability group: Legacy 1, availability unknown)
                analog-input-headset-mic: Headset Microphone (type: Headset, priority: 8800, availability group: Legacy 2, not available)
        Active Port: analog-input-internal-mic
        Formats:
                pcm

also sink link number has changed

 pactl list sink-inputs 
Sink Input #1200
        Driver: PipeWire
        Owner Module: n/a
        Client: 1199
        Sink: 4294967295
        Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
        Channel Map: front-left,front-right
        Format: pcm, format.sample_format = "\"float32le\""  format.rate = "48000"  format.channels = "2"  format.channel_map = "\"front-left,front-right\""
        Corked: yes
        Mute: no
        Volume: front-left: 95027 / 145% / 9.68 dB,   front-right: 95027 / 145% / 9.68 dB
                balance 0.00
        Buffer Latency: 0 usec
        Sink Latency: 0 usec
        Resample method: PipeWire
        Properties:
                client.api = "pipewire-pulse"
                pulse.server.type = "unix"
                application.name = "VLC media player (LibVLC 3.0.21)"
                application.id = "org.VideoLAN.VLC"
                application.version = "3.0.21"
                application.icon_name = "vlc"
                application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
                application.process.id = "95978"
                application.process.user = "soil_guy"
                application.process.host = "micelula"
                application.process.binary = "vlc"
                window.x11.display = ":1"
                application.process.machine_id = "3429a3a264cf4ce7b6ac0b4d60f82147"
                application.process.session_id = "3"
                media.role = "video"
                media.name = "audio stream"
                pulse.corked = "true"
                node.rate = "1/48000"
                node.latency = "1920/48000"
                stream.is-live = "true"
                node.name = "VLC media player (LibVLC 3.0.21)"
                node.want-driver = "true"
                node.autoconnect = "true"
                media.class = "Stream/Output/Audio"
                port.group = "stream.0"
                adapt.follower.spa-node = ""
                object.register = "false"
                factory.id = "7"
                clock.quantum-limit = "8192"
                node.loop.name = "data-loop.0"
                library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
                client.id = "75"
                object.id = "88"
                object.serial = "1200"
                pulse.attr.maxlength = "4194304"
                pulse.attr.tlength = "46080"
                pulse.attr.prebuf = "0"
                pulse.attr.minreq = "15360"
                module-stream-restore.id = "sink-input-by-media-role:video"

pactl list sink-inputs doesgive me result as if the output of HDMI profile of TV is not available

systemctl --user status pipewire
● pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2026-02-03 10:15:17 CET; 1 day 9h ago
 Invocation: b0839c4f2ee341d6b87551668cc4c0a8
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 1139 (pipewire)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 18982)
     Memory: 19.9M (peak: 23.9M)
        CPU: 29.036s
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1001.slice/user@1001.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
             └─1139 /usr/bin/pipewire

Feb 03 10:15:17 micelula systemd[994]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.
[soil_guy@micelula ~]$ pactl list sinks
Sink #1569
        State: SUSPENDED
        Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.hdmi-stereo
        Description: Samsung TV
        Driver: PipeWire
        Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 48000Hz
        Channel Map: front-left,front-right
        Owner Module: 4294967295
        Mute: no
        Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
        Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.hdmi-stereo.monitor
        Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
        Flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY SET_FORMATS 
        Properties:
                object.path = "alsa:acp:PCH:7:playback"
                api.alsa.path = "hdmi:0"
                api.alsa.pcm.card = "0"
                api.alsa.pcm.stream = "playback"
                port.group = "playback"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog"
                device.bus = "pci"
                audio.channels = "2"
                audio.position = "FL,FR"
                iec958.codecs = "[\"PCM\"]"
                device.routes = "1"
                alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "Samsung TV"
                alsa.long_card_name = "Samsung TV"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC256"
                alsa.components = "HDA:10ec0256,10ec119e,00100002 HDA:8086280b,80860101,00100000"
                alsa.id = "PCH"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.class = "sound"
                alsa.class = "generic"
                alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
                alsa.name = "SAMSUNG"
                alsa.subdevice = "0"
                alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
                alsa.device = "3"
                alsa.sync.id = "00000000:00000000:00000000:00000000"
                device.profile.name = "hdmi-stereo"
                device.profile.description = "Digital Stereo (HDMI)"
                card.profile.device = "7"
                device.id = "42"
                factory.name = "api.alsa.pcm.sink"
                node.pause-on-idle = "false"
                priority.driver = "696"
                priority.session = "696"
                media.class = "Audio/Sink"
                node.name = "alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.hdmi-stereo"
                node.nick = "Samsung TV"
                device.description = "Samsung TV"
                api.alsa.card.name = "HDA Intel PCH"
                api.alsa.card.longname = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xb1210000 irq 135"
                device.name = "Samsung TV"
                factory.id = "19"
                clock.quantum-limit = "8192"
                client.id = "41"
                node.driver = "true"
                node.loop.name = "data-loop.0"
                library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
                object.id = "78"
                object.serial = "1569"
                device.enum.api = "udev"
                api.alsa.card = "0"
                device.plugged.usec = "5479019"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0"
                device.subsystem = "sound"
                device.vendor.id = "0x8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                device.product.id = "0x02c8"
                device.product.name = "Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS"
                device.form_factor = "internal"
                device.nick = "HDA Intel PCH"
                api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
                api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
                api.acp.auto-port = "false"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
                api.alsa.split-enable = "true"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio0"
                spa.object.id = "2"
                device.string = "0"
        Ports:
                hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (type: HDMI, priority: 5900, availability group: Legacy 4, not available)
        Active Port: hdmi-output-0
        Formats:
                pcm

and  inxi -A 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS driver: snd_hda_intel
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.119-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active
[soil_guy@micelula ~]$ pactl info | grep “Server Name”
grep: Name”: No such file or directory
[soil_guy@micelula ~]$ pactl info | grep “Name”

Could this be wrong?
for completion I Insert the outputs of sink-inputs, which does not seem to be chanched, on CLI but when I look them up in pavucontrol I do not see tham as choices ofHDMI, instead there is menu choice for PRO, which involves several profiles, but none of them seems to activate HDMI to Samsung TV.
pactl list sink-inputs does not give me any result

pactl list sink-inputs 
Sink Input #1200
        Driver: PipeWire
        Owner Module: n/a
        Client: 1199
        Sink: 4294967295
        Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
        Channel Map: front-left,front-right
        Format: pcm, format.sample_format = "\"float32le\""  format.rate = "48000"  format.channels = "2"  format.channel_map = "\"front-left,front-right\""
        Corked: yes
        Mute: no
        Volume: front-left: 95027 / 145% / 9.68 dB,   front-right: 95027 / 145% / 9.68 dB
                balance 0.00
        Buffer Latency: 0 usec
        Sink Latency: 0 usec
        Resample method: PipeWire
        Properties:
                client.api = "pipewire-pulse"
                pulse.server.type = "unix"
                application.name = "VLC media player (LibVLC 3.0.21)"
                application.id = "org.VideoLAN.VLC"
                application.version = "3.0.21"
                application.icon_name = "vlc"
                application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
                application.process.id = "95978"
                application.process.user = "soil_guy"
                application.process.host = "micelula"
                application.process.binary = "vlc"
                window.x11.display = ":1"
                application.process.machine_id = "3429a3a264cf4ce7b6ac0b4d60f82147"
                application.process.session_id = "3"
                media.role = "video"
                media.name = "audio stream"
                pulse.corked = "true"
                node.rate = "1/48000"
                node.latency = "1920/48000"
                stream.is-live = "true"
                node.name = "VLC media player (LibVLC 3.0.21)"
                node.want-driver = "true"
                node.autoconnect = "true"
                media.class = "Stream/Output/Audio"
                port.group = "stream.0"
                adapt.follower.spa-node = ""
                object.register = "false"
                factory.id = "7"
                clock.quantum-limit = "8192"
                node.loop.name = "data-loop.0"
                library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
                client.id = "75"
                object.id = "88"
                object.serial = "1200"
                pulse.attr.maxlength = "4194304"
                pulse.attr.tlength = "46080"
                pulse.attr.prebuf = "0"
                pulse.attr.minreq = "15360"
                module-stream-restore.id = "sink-input-by-media-role:video"

Wheni was having VLC on it seems to make a link, but Brave Browser did not do link to sound profile.
I goty this idea that sth might have happend when I tried to extend Python, because when I tried to reinstal pacucontrol I go this where python pops us several times:

pamac reinstall pavucontrol
Preparing...
Warning: pavucontrol-1:6.2-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
Resolving dependencies...
Checking inter-conflicts...

To reinstall (1):
  pavucontrol  1:6.2-1    extra  
Apply transaction ? [y/N] y
==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ====
Checking keyring...                                                                                            [1/1]
Checking integrity...                                                                                          [1/1]
Loading package files...                                                                                       [1/1]
Checking file conflicts...                                                                                     [1/1]
Checking available disc space...                                                                               [1/1]
==> skipping timeshift-autosnap due skipRsyncAutosnap in /etc/timeshift-autosnap.conf set to TRUE.
Reinstalling pavucontrol (1:6.2-1)...                                                                          [1/1]
Running post-transaction hooks...
Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...                                                                                 [1/5]
Checking for package with missing dependencies...                                                              [2/5]
Package "kandoman-git" has files in directory "/usr/lib/python3.12" that are ignored by the current Python interpreter
Package "python-cmp_version" has files in directory "/usr/lib/python3.12" that are ignored by the current Python interpreter
Package "python-func_timeout" has files in directory "/usr/lib/python3.12" that are ignored by the current Python interpreter
Package "obsuite" has files in directory "/usr/lib/python3.8" that are ignored by the current Python interpreter
Systemd enabled service has broken link in "/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/libvirtd.service"
Systemd enabled service has broken link in "/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxservice.service"
Systemd enabled service has broken link in "/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/php-fpm.service"
Systemd enabled service has broken link in "/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/virtlogd-admin.socket"
Systemd enabled service has broken link in "/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/virtlockd-admin.socket"
Systemd enabled service has broken link in "/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/virtlockd.socket"
Systemd enabled service has broken link in "/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/libvirtd-ro.socket"
Systemd enabled service has broken link in "/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/libvirtd-admin.socket"
Systemd enabled service has broken link in "/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/libvirtd.socket"
Systemd enabled service has broken link in "/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/virtlogd.socket"
Refreshing PackageKit...                                                                                       [3/5]
Updating icon theme caches...                                                                                  [4/5]
Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...                                                                   [5/5]
Transaction successfully finished.

Any suggestions please? I will try to look at the Python/react again, what was actually installed.

nikgnomic · 4 February 2026 23:11

Please post more information to show available audio profiles:

pactl list cards

and server information:

pactl info

pamac message Checking for package with missing dependencies... is one of the post-transaction hooks... after reinstall of pavucontrol, so is probably not related to issues with audio system. pavucontrol is written in C++ and does not require python packages from AUR; and it is just an audio mixer GUI: Reinstalling will not help with a problem in the audio server.

pBp_destiny · 5 February 2026 10:04

seem that the profile exists. I am surprised to see number 42. loks like a lot of divices this computer. I have done yesterday system update again, (and probably after reinstall of python packages, and removing python v2.-that was only needed for the app I wanted to test) it looks that i agcan see profiles to activate sound on computer. SO I don know what did it happend, seems quite fragile, but I am happy tosee the profile list again and willtest them today.

pactl list cards
Card #42
        Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3
        Driver: alsa
        Owner Module: n/a
        Properties:
                device.enum.api = "udev"
                device.api = "alsa"
                media.class = "Audio/Device"
                api.alsa.path = "hw:0"
                api.alsa.card = "0"
                api.alsa.card.name = "HDA Intel PCH"
                api.alsa.card.longname = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xb1210000 irq 140"
                device.plugged.usec = "5712418"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.subsystem = "sound"
                device.vendor.id = "0x8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                device.product.id = "0x02c8"
                device.product.name = "Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS"
                device.form_factor = "internal"
                device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3"
                device.description = "Built-in Audio"
                device.nick = "HDA Intel PCH"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog-pci"
                api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
                api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
                api.acp.auto-port = "false"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
                api.alsa.split-enable = "true"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio0"
                spa.object.id = "2"
                factory.id = "15"
                client.id = "41"
                object.id = "42"
                object.serial = "42"
                object.path = "alsa:acp:PCH"
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xb1210000 irq 140"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC256"
                alsa.components = "HDA:10ec0256,10ec119e,00100002 HDA:8086280b,80860101,00100000"
                alsa.id = "PCH"
                device.string = "0"
        Profiles:
                off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
                output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 6565, available: yes)
                output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 6500, available: yes)
                output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5965, available: yes)
                output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5900, available: yes)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra1+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5765, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra2+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5765, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 865, available: yes)
                output:hdmi-surround71+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 865, available: yes)
                output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: yes)
                output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: yes)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra1+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 665, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra1+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 665, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra2+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 665, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra2+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 665, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 65, available: yes)
                pro-audio: Pro Audio (sinks: 4, sources: 1, priority: 1, available: yes)
        Active Profile: pro-audio
        Ports:
                analog-input-internal-mic: Internal Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8900, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 1, availability unknown)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "mic"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 1"
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
                                card.profile.port = "0"
                        Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo-extra2+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround-extra2+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2+input:analog-stereo
                analog-input-headset-mic: Headset Microphone (type: Headset, priority: 8800, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 2, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "headset"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 2"
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
                                card.profile.port = "1"
                        Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo-extra2+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround-extra2+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2+input:analog-stereo
                analog-output-speaker: Speakers (type: Speaker, priority: 10000, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 3, availability unknown)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "speaker"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 3"
                                device.icon_name = "audio-speakers"
                                card.profile.port = "2"
                        Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
                analog-output-headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 9900, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 2, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "headphones"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 2"
                                device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
                                card.profile.port = "3"
                        Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
                hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (type: HDMI, priority: 5900, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 4, available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "hdmi"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 4"
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                                card.profile.port = "4"
                                device.product.name = "SAMSUNG"
                                iec958.codecs.detected = "[\"PCM\"]"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround, output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71, output:hdmi-surround71+input:analog-stereo
                hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (type: HDMI, priority: 5800, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 5, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "hdmi"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 5"
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                                card.profile.port = "5"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra1, output:hdmi-stereo-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround-extra1, output:hdmi-surround-extra1+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1+input:analog-stereo
                hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (type: HDMI, priority: 5700, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 6, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "hdmi"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 6"
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                                card.profile.port = "6"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra2, output:hdmi-stereo-extra2+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround-extra2, output:hdmi-surround-extra2+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2+input:analog-stereo

Te OBS will probably be an independent problem, because they have changed the way how software works now, It dos create an individual instnaces for each registered scene and I have to assign them on every restartr (sth. I did not needed to do before - and ofcourse when I had several instances, I never know which scene source it is asking for as it does not says), so I hope it will be working and solved with n ew version of OBS, and it wopld remmember scene sources sd defined, without neededing to reassign.

In any case willd omore testing today.

the other about server here.

 pactl info
Server String: /run/user/1001/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 35
Server Protocol Version: 35
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 298
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: soil_guy
Host Name: micelula
Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 1.4.10)
Server Version: 15.0.0
Default Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-output-0
Default Source: alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.pro-input-0
Cookie: 0e2e:3c56

Thanks for feedback on Pavucontrol reinstall.

nikgnomic · 5 February 2026 11:28

Data confirms onboard audio card is using pro-audio profile, that uses pipewire-jack instead of pipewire-pulse audio server

pBp_destiny:

pactl list cards
Card #42
        Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3
 
        Properties:

                device.product.name = "Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS"
                device.description = "Built-in Audio"

                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC256"
                alsa.id = "PCH"

        Profiles:
                off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
                output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 6565, available: yes)
                output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 6500, available: yes)
                output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5965, available: yes)
                output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5900, available: yes)
                
                output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 865, available: yes)
                output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 865, available: yes)
                output:hdmi-surround71+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 865, available: yes)
                output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: yes)
                output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: yes)
 
                input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 65, available: yes)
                pro-audio: Pro Audio (sinks: 4, sources: 1, priority: 1, available: yes)

        Active Profile: pro-audio
        
        Ports:

                hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (type: HDMI, priority: 5900, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 4, available)
                        Properties:
                                device.product.name = "SAMSUNG"

Card profile can be changed in pavucontrol --tab=5 Configuration tab or a pactl command

To use HDMI output to Samsung TV for stereo audio playback, change profile to Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output
Or this command:

pactl set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3 output:hdmi-stereo

To use HDMI output and microphone input change profile to Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input
Or this command:

pactl set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3 output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo

PipeWire Wiki - FAQ - What is the Pro-Audio profile
In addition to the PulseAudio profiles, all audio cards now have an extra “Pro Audio” profile. Selecting this profile does the following things:

Exposes all the devices available on the card.

All devices from a card are assumed to share the same clock and so the adaptive resamplers are disabled.

Exposes the maximum number of channels on all devices.

The channels are labelled as AUX0, AUX1, …

Disables the hardware mixers, it only enables software volume/mute.

A session manager will configure streams to stereo and route to the first two channels (AUX0 and AUX1).

Since 0.3.81 it will be configured to use IRQ based wakeup and links the related ALSA devices together.

This profile is meant to be used on audio cards with:

More than 8 channels for input or output. Channel assignment is probably wrong for these cards.

Cards with many instruments connected to each input. It makes sense to handle each channel as a separate unrelated stream.

Output Cards with many unrelated outputs, like speakers on the first 2 channels, headphones on the second channel-pair, additional speakers on the other channels.

For consumer cards with stereo or surround configurations, it does not make sense to use this Profile.

pBp_destiny · 5 February 2026 12:45

thanks for feedback. I am happy with the strategy that Arch linux comunity has settled regarding packages.
It is embarassing how often I would install something in order that I wish to work with a new app, and I loose sound as result of this doing, and get my flow of work stagnated. Would be great If I may find anantifragile solution in the wiki manual some kind of script.
I remember when I was managing windows. we use to have script to reasign allthe basic functionalities of windows to it’s default or most last state (except backup) and was working pretty well to solve a lot of small issues. I hope I would manage to find some for doing similar thing for the sound as this issue is reapearing for me for years now. Do you know by chance of something that could do this check and reassas if needed, plz?

Aragorn · 5 February 2026 12:49

Seeing that you’re on Plasma, kmix seems to fit the bill of what you’re asking for.

pBp_destiny · 5 February 2026 13:00

Thank you. kmix seems to be a prety good equyalizer control. Does not seem to have any dependencies in conflict, so I will give it a try
I will for my future revisit inset again a full inxi output, to remember where my system has been last time.

inxi -zv8 
System:
  Kernel: 6.12.68-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
    root=UUID=f90aaba2-7e92-42f0-9c27-21a586d90132 rw quiet splash
    resume=UUID=4d4dd553-348a-4499-ae03-30905bf326db udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.22.0
    wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux


Graphics:

  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: Samsung built: 2011 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60
    scale: 100% (1) dpi: 50 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.639 y: 0.329 green:
    x: 0.298 y: 0.600 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.059 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
    size: 160x90mm (6.3x3.54") diag: 801mm (31.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768,
    1920x1080, 1920x1080i, 1280x720, 1024x768, 832x624, 800x600, 720x576,
    720x576i, 720x480, 720x480i, 640x480, 720x400
 
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo,xprop

Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS vendor: Realtek driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:02c8 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.68-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.4.10 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 17.04 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: swap
    uuid: 4d4dd553-348a-4499-ae03-30905bf326db
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-2:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-2.2:4 info: TP-Link UE300 10/100/1000 LAN (ethernet mode)
    [Realtek RTL8153] type: Network driver: r8152 interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 200mA
    chip-ID: 2357:0601 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-2.4:6 info: JMicron / USA JMS578 SATA 6Gb/s type: mass storage
    driver: uas interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 152d:0578 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-4:3 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
    type: <vendor specific> driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0129 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 1-6:5 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-6.1:8 info: Elan Micro ActiveJet K-2024 Multimedia Keyboard
    type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 04f3:0103 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-6.3:10 info: USB OPTICAL MOUSE type: mouse,keyboard
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 4e53:5407 class-ID: 0301
  Device-3: 1-7:7 info: Realtek USB Camera type: video driver: uvcvideo
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:3031 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C pch: 32.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 2442 pm: pacman pkgs: 2380 libs: 491 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 62
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://mirror.alwyzon.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://ftp.free.org/mirrors/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://mirror.alpix.eu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://nnenix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://ba.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://muug.ca/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://mirrors.sonic.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch

Info:
  Processes: 384 Power: uptime: 4h 9m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: shutdown
    avail: reboot,suspend,test_resume image: 6.18 GiB
    services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd
    v: 258 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 21.1.6 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9
    running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.40

nikgnomic · 5 February 2026 13:00

For KDE it would be better to use pavucontrol-qt instead of pavucontrol (GTK4)

pBp_destiny · 5 February 2026 13:01

ok will install pavucontrol-qt. Thank you.

nikgnomic · 5 February 2026 14:24

PipeWire uses wireplumber session/policy manager to save audio configuration changes to ~/.local/state/wireplumber/

To reset WirePlumber:

Stop the user service for WirePlumber:

systemctl --user stop wireplumber.service

Delete ~/.local/state/wireplumber/ folder and contents
```
rm -r ~/.local/state/wireplumber/
```
Restart the user service to create a new folder
```
systemctl --user restart wireplumber.service
```

ArchWiki - WirePlumber - Tips and Tricks - Delete corrupt settings

system · 8 February 2026 14:24

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