Can't stream videos: firefox, chromium after update

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1

I do not know what might be the problem but I can not stream video on neither firefox or chromium. I have tried Netflix, youtube and disney+. The same problem on all.
I can scroll, I can just not make the video play it just looks like it is buffering.
Suggestions?

buffering

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width            ✔ 
System:
  Kernel: 6.12.19-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
    root=UUID=909de77d-4ec3-450b-b418-1d7112d5f352 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    sysrq_always_enabled=1 quiet splash apparmor=1 security=apparmor
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
    with: xfce4-panel tools: light-locker vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
    Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: MAXIMUS VIII GENE v: Rev 1.xx
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3007 date: 11/29/2016
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 31.28 GiB used: 2.32 GiB (7.4%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM1 type: no module installed
  Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 16 GiB
    speed: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
    data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Crucial part-no: BLS16G4D240FSE.16FAD
    serial: <filter>
  Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM1 type: no module installed
  Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 16 GiB
    speed: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
    data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Crucial part-no: BLS16G4D240FSE.16FAD
    serial: <filter>
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-6600K 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 dies: 1 clusters: 4 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: 800 min/max: 800/3900 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 bogomips: 28009
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
    clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
    dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
    fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida
    intel_pt invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr
    mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge
    pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep
    smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
    tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
    xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    disabled
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow 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: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: disabled; RSB
    filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM206 [GeForce GTX 960] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
    v: 550.144.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550/565.xx+
    status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx
    process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-2019 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1401 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver:
    X: loaded: N/A failed: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5760x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1525x572mm (60.04x22.52")
    s-diag: 1629mm (64.12")
  Monitor-1: DP-0 pos: primary,top-right res: mode: 3840x2160 hz: 60
    scale: 100% (1) dpi: 111 size: 878x485mm (34.57x19.09") diag: 1003mm (39.49")
    modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: bottom-l res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
    dpi: 94 size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.53") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
  Info: Tools: de: xfce4-display-settings gpu: nvidia-smi
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    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 GM206 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fba class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.19-1-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: 1.4.1 status: active with: wireplumber status: active
    tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-4: PulseAudio v: 17.0-43-g3e2bb status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
    type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: NetworkManager
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.17 TiB used: 448.69 GiB (20.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD PM871b M.2 2280
    128GB size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3D0Q scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 PRO 256GB
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 238.18 GiB size: 238.18 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 104.14 GiB (43.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35
    label: sys_btrfs uuid: 909de77d-4ec3-450b-b418-1d7112d5f352
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 892 KiB (0.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 label: EFI
    uuid: E5D2-90FE
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.59 TiB size: 1.59 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 344.55 GiB (21.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: home
    uuid: eb7e4138-2ef7-4cc0-8170-3986cda296b9
  ID-4: /var/cache raw-size: 238.18 GiB size: 238.18 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 104.14 GiB (43.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35
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  ID-5: /var/log raw-size: 238.18 GiB size: 238.18 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 104.14 GiB (43.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35
    label: sys_btrfs uuid: 909de77d-4ec3-450b-b418-1d7112d5f352
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 38 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 7d141dbd-7701-440e-9dc6-130373069807
Unmounted:
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USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-5:2 info: Corsair HARPOON RGB PRO Gaming Mouse type: mouse,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 300mA chip-ID: 1b1c:1b75 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 10 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 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: 37.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 242 Power: uptime: 9m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.49 GiB services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager
    Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: 2245 pm: pacman pkgs: 2225 libs: 482 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
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2

An anecdote - happens from time to time, rarely though:

I have my bluetooth headphones connected.
Video doesn’t play - I can scroll, but it doesn’t play.
I disconnect my bluetooth headphones, so that the sound is going through the speakers.
In the same instant the video starts to play.
Switch headphones off and on again - connect them again - and all is well and as it should be.

3

Sure, if the browser cannot address the audio device, it will not start any video.

Why is pulseaudio and pipewire active at the same time? Some conflict seems to be introduced, because pipewire has pulseaudio builtin, it is called pipewire-pulse.

4

It seems it is not totally anecdotal.
I do not have bluetooth headphones but…
On the youtube tab there is a loudspeaker symbol if I click it to mute it the video starts to play. This does not work on netflix since there is no loudspeaker symbol on those tabs.
The pulseAudio panel plugin that I use for sound normally does not have any effect on the playback.

So should I remove pulseaudio which is installed and add pipewire-pulse? when I try that I get that I break dependencies:

checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing pulseaudio breaks dependency 'pulseaudio' required by manjaro-pulse
:: removing pulseaudio breaks dependency 'pulseaudio=17.0+r43+g3e2bb8a1e-1' required by pulseaudio-bluetooth
:: removing pulseaudio breaks dependency 'pulse-native-provider' required by pulseaudio-ctl
:: removing pulseaudio breaks dependency 'pulseaudio=17.0+r43+g3e2bb8a1e-1' required by pulseaudio-zeroconf

I did:

sudo pacman -Rdd pulsaudio
sudo pacman -S pipewire-pulse

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width            ✔ 
System:
  Kernel: 6.12.19-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
    root=UUID=909de77d-4ec3-450b-b418-1d7112d5f352 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    sysrq_always_enabled=1 quiet splash apparmor=1 security=apparmor
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
    with: xfce4-panel tools: light-locker vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
    Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: MAXIMUS VIII GENE v: Rev 1.xx
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3007 date: 11/29/2016
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 31.28 GiB used: 2.85 GiB (9.1%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM1 type: no module installed
  Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 16 GiB
    speed: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
    data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Crucial part-no: BLS16G4D240FSE.16FAD
    serial: <filter>
  Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM1 type: no module installed
  Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 16 GiB
    speed: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
    data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Crucial part-no: BLS16G4D240FSE.16FAD
    serial: <filter>
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-6600K 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 dies: 1 clusters: 4 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: 800 min/max: 800/3900 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 bogomips: 28009
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
    clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
    dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
    fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida
    intel_pt invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr
    mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge
    pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep
    smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
    tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
    xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    disabled
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow 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: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: disabled; RSB
    filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM206 [GeForce GTX 960] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
    v: 550.144.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550/565.xx+
    status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx
    process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-2019 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1401 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver:
    X: loaded: N/A failed: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5760x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1525x572mm (60.04x22.52")
    s-diag: 1629mm (64.12")
  Monitor-1: DP-0 pos: primary,top-right res: mode: 3840x2160 hz: 60
    scale: 100% (1) dpi: 111 size: 878x485mm (34.57x19.09") diag: 1003mm (39.49")
    modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: bottom-l res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
    dpi: 94 size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.53") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
  Info: Tools: de: xfce4-display-settings gpu: nvidia-smi
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    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 GM206 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fba class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.19-1-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: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: NetworkManager
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.17 TiB used: 448.73 GiB (20.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD PM871b M.2 2280
    128GB size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3D0Q scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 PRO 256GB
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 238.18 GiB size: 238.18 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 104.18 GiB (43.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35
    label: sys_btrfs uuid: 909de77d-4ec3-450b-b418-1d7112d5f352
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 892 KiB (0.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 label: EFI
    uuid: E5D2-90FE
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.59 TiB size: 1.59 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 344.56 GiB (21.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: home
    uuid: eb7e4138-2ef7-4cc0-8170-3986cda296b9
  ID-4: /var/cache raw-size: 238.18 GiB size: 238.18 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 104.18 GiB (43.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35
    label: sys_btrfs uuid: 909de77d-4ec3-450b-b418-1d7112d5f352
  ID-5: /var/log raw-size: 238.18 GiB size: 238.18 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 104.18 GiB (43.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35
    label: sys_btrfs uuid: 909de77d-4ec3-450b-b418-1d7112d5f352
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 38 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 7d141dbd-7701-440e-9dc6-130373069807
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 81.24 GiB fs: btrfs label: m.2_btrfs
    uuid: fe32acaf-9af7-4c47-9cbc-386ec0b17edd
  ID-2: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 238.47 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
    uuid: 276cfaf2-2bda-4298-bf8d-ae575c074b8a
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-5:2 info: Corsair HARPOON RGB PRO Gaming Mouse type: mouse,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 300mA chip-ID: 1b1c:1b75 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 10 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 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: 43.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 249 Power: uptime: 19m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.49 GiB services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager
    Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: 2244 pm: pacman pkgs: 2224 libs: 482 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 20 Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
    running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.37

Should I clean up something after this or done it some other way? I use pulsaudio-ctl all the time and it still works now.

Now streaming on youtube works but not Netflix. I have an error code e100 which means according to netflix “it is an issue with data stored on your device stops Netflix from playing”.
Suggestions?

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You mean pactl, right? Sure pipewire-pulse is a drop in replacement for pulseaudio.

sudo pacman -R pulsaudio manjaro-pulse pulseaudio-bluetooth pulseaudio-zeroconf

Or maybe just disable and mask the service:

systemctl --user stop pulseaudio.service
systemctl --user disable pulseaudio.service
systemctl --user mask pulseaudio.service

Now it is still there, but will never run on its own.

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Thank you very much to everyone, i haven’t been able to run any video content in any browser since the last update, and pulseaudio was the culprit.

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Hi there,

I have the exact Same issues! I cant Play any Videos in qny Browser :face_with_peeking_eye:

Disable and masking Pulseaudio did Not Help. Then i have No audio at all. Ist this Just a broken Update? What can i try?

Best
D1Ck3b

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Installing manjaro-pipewire should take care of the legacy PulseAudio stuff. I don’t recall having to subsequently remove anything.

sudo pacman -Syu manjaro-pipewire

Worth noting I needed to tag helvum to that command. (Try without first; if it complains then add anything it needs).

I had an issue with audio late last year; re-installing PipeWire as above fixed it.

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mhhh i tried a lot to uninstall but in most of the time some dependencies are breaking :confused:

sudo pacman -Syu manjaro-pipewire                                                                                                                                               ✔
[sudo] password for merlin:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: manjaro-pipewire-20231009-1 and manjaro-pulse-20240817-1 are in conflict. Remove manjaro-pulse? [y/N] y
:: pipewire-pulse-1:1.4.1-1 and pulseaudio-17.0+r43+g3e2bb8a1e-1 are in conflict. Remove pulseaudio? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing pulseaudio breaks dependency 'pulseaudio=17.0+r43+g3e2bb8a1e-1' required by pulseaudio-bluetooth

Update: okay, i just removed the conflicting packages and installed manjaro-pipewire. It worked for one video and then it was broken again, but with helvum it got fixed! thanks a ton! :slight_smile:

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