Native Audio Amplification Missing

[natan]

Hey guys! In Manjaro 22.1.3 Gnome 45, I noticed that the Audio Overamp feature (present in the Settings app or in Settings → Sound in other distributions) is no longer present. How do I restore it or is there any practical application that offers this?

[Mirdarthos]

Hi @natan,

According to https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/exfhc4/comment/fgbf9j2/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button :

In Gnome, enable overamplification like this:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.sound allow-volume-above-100-percent 'true'

Hope this helps!

[megavolt]

I can't increase the volume above 100%

Sorry. I updated the Manjaro Gnome in my VM and now I see that it was removed for some reason. No idea why, maybe the Devs thought it harms more than it is useful. Anyway, this possibility is not away, since it is a pulseaudio feature. Still pavucontrol can do it. With a quick search I found this: Disable over-amplification will not make the volume back to 100% (#2726) · Issues · GNOME / Settings · GitLab It is not related, but describes which settings should be set normally. Check: gsettings…

[natan]

So it is! I want Overamplification, but to be activated only when I click on a button like Allow Overamplification, and the person complains in the thread precisely because even if I enable this button, Overamplification does not work. So from what I understand, it’s a flaw in Gnome that hasn’t been fixed yet. I used Ubuntu until a few days ago but I didn’t use this feature, so I don’t know if it works on it.

[Yochanan]

@natan

So from what I understand, it’s a flaw in Gnome that hasn’t been fixed yet.

Nope. It’s a deprecated function that used to live in Tweaks that was dropped from Settings a long time ago. However, Ubuntu disagreed and maintains a patch.