How to set default application volume?

Is their some way in order to change the default application volume from 100% to 20% in pipewire so I don’t blow my ears out every time?

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System:
  Kernel: 5.17.15-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.17-x86_64
    root=UUID=45eb26c1-85ca-4d97-9940-cbcd7ff04e49 rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor resume=UUID=16fa4317-a427-4a14-9b40-e625866bc2b6
    udev.log_priority=3
  Console: pty pts/2 wm: kwin_x11 DM: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7C56 v: 1.0 serial: N/A
  Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG B550 GAMING PLUS (MS-7C56) v: 1.0
    serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.83 date: 09/24/2021
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0
    model: Logitech Marathon Mouse/Performance Plus M705 serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
Memory:
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  Device-1: DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
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  Device-2: DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
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    part-no: CL16-18-18 D4-3000 serial: N/A
  Device-3: DIMM 0 type: no module installed
  Device-4: DIMM 1 type: no module installed
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 socket: AM4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2
    gen: 3 built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23)
    model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701021
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
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    L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2316 high: 3600 min/max: 2200/4208 boost: enabled
    base/boost: 3600/4200 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil
    volts: 1.1 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 3600 2: 2200 3: 2200 4: 2200
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  Vulnerabilities:
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  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
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  Type: spectre_v1
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Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU117 [GeForce GTX 1650] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia
    v: 515.48.07 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 515.xx+
    status: current (as of 2022-06) arch: Turing process: TSMC 12nm
    built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2b:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1f82 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: WCM_USB WEB CAM type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 1c3f:2002 class-ID: 0102
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5760x1080 s-dpi: 101 s-size: 1449x272mm (57.05x10.71")
    s-diag: 1474mm (58.04")
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    size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.53") modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: DVI-D-0 pos: primary,left res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92
    size: 531x299mm (20.91x11.77") diag: 609mm (23.99") modes: N/A
  Monitor-3: HDMI-0 pos: right res: 1920x1080 hz: 75 dpi: 102
    size: 480x270mm (18.9x10.63") diag: 551mm (21.68") modes: N/A
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2
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Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: ZOTAC driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 3-1:2
    pcie: chip-ID: 1c3f:2002 gen: 3 class-ID: 0102 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 2b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 2d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: WCM_USB WEB CAM type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.17.15-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.52 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp42s0 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
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter type: USB
    driver: N/A bus-ID: 1-2.1:4 chip-ID: 0bda:8179 class-ID: 0000
    serial: <filter>
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB
    driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-2.2:5 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.15 TiB used: 835.84 GiB (37.9%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2FR102
    family: BarraCuda 3.5 (SMR) size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200
    serial: <filter> rev: 0001 temp: 36 C scheme: MBR
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 4274h+05m+47.562s cycles: 60
    read: 2.95 TiB written: 2.56 TiB Pre-Fail: attribute: Spin_Retry_Count
    value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G
    family: Driven SSDs size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B sata: 3.2 speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 0102 temp: 42 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 1y 152d 14h cycles: 433
    read: 13334 GiB written: 16843 GiB
  ID-3: /dev/sdg maj-min: 8:96 type: USB vendor: Generic model: N/A
    size: 119.15 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
    serial: <filter> rev: 1.11 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: hp model: DVD A DH16ACSH rev: JHD6
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 40 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 206.1 GiB size: 201.81 GiB (97.92%)
    used: 85.57 GiB (42.4%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdb2
    maj-min: 8:18 label: N/A uuid: 45eb26c1-85ca-4d97-9940-cbcd7ff04e49
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
    label: NO_LABEL uuid: C94C-480D
  ID-3: /run/media/gcars06/0123-4567 raw-size: 119.13 GiB
    size: 119.13 GiB (100.00%) used: 145.1 MiB (0.1%) fs: exfat
    block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdg1 maj-min: 8:97 label: N/A uuid: 0123-4567
  ID-4: /run/media/gcars06/New_Media raw-size: 1.8 TiB
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Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 17.17 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 label: swap
    uuid: 16fa4317-a427-4a14-9b40-e625866bc2b6
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 512 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
    uuid: E756-EC94
  ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 512 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
    uuid: E756-EC94
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-2:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-2.1:4
    info: Realtek RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter type: WiFi
    driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 0bda:8179 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-2.2:5
    info: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: Bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
  Device-3: 1-2.4:7 info: Alcor Micro Flash Card Reader/Writer
    type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 058f:6362 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 1-5:10 info: Microsoft Xbox Wireless Controller (model 1914)
    type: <vendor specific> driver: xpad interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 045e:0b12 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  Device-5: 1-6:3 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID
    driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
  Device-6: 1-7:6 info: Micro Star MYSTIC LIGHT type: HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 1462:7c56 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 1-10:8 info: Realtek RTS5411 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 0bda:5411 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-10.1:9 info: GEMBIRD MicroSD Card Reader/Writer
    type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 150mA chip-ID: 1908:0226 class-ID: 0806
  Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: WCM_USB WEB CAM type: Video,Audio
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 1c3f:2002 class-ID: 0102
  Device-2: 3-3:3 info: Holtek Gaming keyboard type: Keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 04d9:a1cd class-ID: 0300
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 39 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 50%
Info:
  Processes: 368 Uptime: 5h 23m wakeups: 28 Init: systemd v: 251
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 13.0.1
  Packages: 1452 pacman: 1443 lib: 401 flatpak: 6 snap: 3 Shell: Zsh (sudo)
  v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.19

I think it has the function of remembering your last volume? You change it to 20% and next time it will be 20%?

I’m not sure there is a configuration for default application volume…

Any reason you want to change the application volume instead of the global volume?

I was wondering is there was some way for pipewire to remember application volume but I couldn’t find anything

I would like to be able to listen to music at a separate volume than my games while not having my ears blown out when booting a game up

Seeing you use KDE, you can change the volume output per application, separately from the global volume, from the Audio Volume tray.

gcars06 wasn’t asking how to change how to change application volumes, but the Default Volume for applications before they start. I’m having the same issue plus a similar issue. My computer’s default audio options are set to blast sound without headphones, and every time I use the mic it’s set to the internal one, even when I’m wearing headphones. I would also like to know how to change the default setting for any and all audio volumes on my computer.