VLC shows volume 0 when playing videos with AC-3 or E-AC-3 audio, and I cannot find a way to increase the volume.
ffplay and avidemux can play all the videos with AC-3 or E-AC-3 audio with working sound.
When I boot manjaro-kde-24.2.1-minimal-241216-linux612.iso VLC plays the videos with sound.
When I boot manjaro-kde-25.0-minimal-250305-linux612.iso VLC plays the videos with sound.
When I boot manjaro-kde-25.0-minimal-250318-linux612.iso VLC cannot play the sound on the same videos.
When I boot manjaro-kde-25.0-minimal-250324-linux612.iso VLC cannot play the sound on the same videos.
inxi --full --admin --filter --width
$ inxi --full --admin --filter --width
System:
Kernel: 6.14.0-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.14-x86_64
root=UUID=c967ec04-7002-4176-a843-d0269a60e2e9 rw nowatchdog
mitigations=off security=none udev.log_priority=3 noresume nohibernate
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.12.0
wm: kwin_x11 with: krunner vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B450-PLUS v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: 4631 date: 01/14/2025
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M215 serial: <filter>
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 2
level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23)
model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701035
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB
desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1723 min/max: 550/4208 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 1723 2: 1723 3: 1723
4: 1723 5: 1723 6: 1723 7: 1723 8: 1723 9: 1723 10: 1723 11: 1723 12: 1723
bogomips: 86398
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Vulnerable
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Vulnerable
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1 status: Vulnerable: __user pointer sanitization and
usercopy barriers only; no swapgs barriers
Type: spectre_v2 status: Vulnerable; IBPB: disabled; STIBP: disabled;
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX
470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel
arch: GCN-4 code: Arctic Islands process: GF 14nm built: 2016-20 pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-3,HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1,DP-2,DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67df class-ID: 0300
temp: 49.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1013x570mm (39.88x22.44")
s-diag: 1162mm (45.76")
Monitor-1: DP-3 model: Denon DENON-AVR serial: <filter> built: 2014 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 69 gamma: 1.2
size: 708x398mm (27.87x15.67") diag: 918mm (36.1") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary model: Philips FTV
serial: <filter> built: 2017 res: mode: 3840x2160 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
dpi: 68 gamma: 1.2 size: 1440x810mm (56.69x31.89") diag: 1652mm (65")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11:
drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.0.3-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 590 Series (radeonsi
polaris10 ACO DRM 3.61 6.14.0-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:67df
memory: 7.81 GiB unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 5 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 590 Series (RADV POLARIS10) driver: mesa radv v: 25.0.3-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:67df surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.0.3-arch1.1 (LLVM
19.1.7) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX
470/480 / 570/580/590] vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.14.0-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK RTL8111H driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, sshd, systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.52 TiB used: 444.11 GiB (17.2%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EADS-00L5B1
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EADS-00L5B1
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Micron model: MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH12ABHA
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: M5T4 scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: A-Data model: SU800NS38
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 8B scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 476.93 GiB size: 468.38 GiB (98.21%)
used: 60.67 GiB (13.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.01 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 52.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 49.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 769
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.53 GiB used: 2.64 GiB (17.0%)
Processes: 379 Power: uptime: 7m states: freeze,mem suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: disabled image: 6.17 GiB
services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd
v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1169 libs: 281 tools: pamac Compilers:
clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.38
Mod edit: I've move your post to a dedicated topic, as it doen't have anything to do with the update itself.