Over-amplification does not increase volume

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I have over-amplification turned on, but when going beyond 100% there’s no increase in the volume. It used to work just fine. Using PulseAudio Volume Control to go beyond 100% works. What can I do to fix over-amplification?

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Check if audio output levels in pactl list sinks are consistent with output levels in Gnome GUI controls

If data confirms Gnome GUI controls cannot increase PulseAudio output level above 100%
Open an issue report at GNOME / Settings · GitLab with terminal data and screenshots of GUI controls, like in this issue report for microphone audio levels

And use PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol) to adjust audio levels instead of Gnome GUI controls

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pactl list sinks does show that it goes above 100% but I don’t hear any difference. I tested different outputs and when I plug in my earphones it seems to work just fine. I can clearly hear the increase in volume, but when I have the bluetooth speaker on, it doesn’t. It used to work for both.

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If pactl list sinks shows level above 100%, and increased level is audible in ALSA device but not Bluetooth device, Issue must be between PulseAudio bluez_sink output and Bluetooth speaker

If you increase level for the bluez_sink output in pavucontrol does the level meter show an increase in audio level?

PulseAudio output levels can be set to than more 150% with this command:

pactl set-sink-volume SINK_NAME 200%

replace SINK_NAME with the bluez_sink name shown in pactl list sinks

Also this command to show sink volume

pactl get-sink-volume SINK_NAME
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When I increase the volume level of the bluetooth output from pavucontrol it does show increased volume levels in pactl but no increase in actual speaker volume. If I increase the volume levels from playback in pavucontrol, from any source (spotify, browser), the speaker volume does go up. If I’m using earphones and I increase the volume from the output tab in pavucontrol, the volume does go up. It’s only the bluetooth output that doesn’t seem to go above 100%.

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I suspect that either Bluetooth transmitter or speaker has a built-in audio limiter
but there is no data or information about either device

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It used to work. And again, from the playback tab in pavucontrol, over-amping the volume straight from any source works but from the output tab, all sources can be over-amped except bluetooth.

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Try using kernel v6.6 instead of v6.8
Or try booting from a Live ISO with kernel v6.6