Volume buttons on USB Soundbar do not work anymore

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Since one of the updates from 2025-07-20, or 2025-07-18 the Volume Buttons on my ZETIY USB Soundbar do not work anymore. normally it regulates the master volume

pactl list cards

Karte #0
	Name: alsa_card.usb-Jieli_Technology_UACDemoV1.0_1120032508050019-00
	Treiber: module-alsa-card.c
	Owner-Modul: 6
	Eigenschaften:
		alsa.card = "0"
		alsa.card_name = "UACDemoV1.0"
		alsa.long_card_name = "Jieli Technology UACDemoV1.0 at usb-0000:2a:00.1-1, full speed"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:2a:00.1-usb-0:1:1.0"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/0000:20:00.0/0000:21:08.0/0000:2a:00.1/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/sound/card0"
		udev.id = "usb-Jieli_Technology_UACDemoV1.0_1120032508050019-00"
		device.bus = "usb"
		device.vendor.id = "4c4a"
		device.vendor.name = "Jieli Technology"
		device.product.id = "4155"
		device.product.name = "UACDemoV1.0"
		device.serial = "Jieli_Technology_UACDemoV1.0_1120032508050019"
		device.string = "0"
		device.description = "UACDemoV1.0"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb"
	Profile:
		output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo-Ausgabe (Ziele: 1, Quellen: 0, Priorität: 6500, verfügbar: ja)
		output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958)-Ausgabe (Ziele: 1, Quellen: 0, Priorität: 5500, verfügbar: ja)
		output:iec958-ac3-surround-51: Digital Surround 5.1 (IEC958/AC3)-Ausgabe (Ziele: 1, Quellen: 0, Priorität: 300, verfügbar: ja)
		off: Aus (Ziele: 0, Quellen: 0, Priorität: 0, verfügbar: ja)
	Aktives Profil: output:analog-stereo
	Ports:
		analog-output: Analoge Ausgabe (Typ: Analog, Priorität: 9900, Latenzversatz: 0 usec, Verfügbarkeit unbekannt)
			Teil der/des Profil(s): output:analog-stereo
		iec958-stereo-output: Digitalausgang (S/PDIF) (Typ: SPDIF, Priorität: 0, Latenzversatz: 0 usec, Verfügbarkeit unbekannt)
			Teil der/des Profil(s): output:iec958-stereo

Karte #1
	Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_2f_00.1
	Treiber: module-alsa-card.c
	Owner-Modul: 7
	Eigenschaften:
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "HDA ATI HDMI"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfcc20000 irq 96"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:2f:00.1"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:2d:00.0/0000:2e:00.0/0000:2f:00.1/sound/card1"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "1002"
		device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]"
		device.product.id = "ab30"
		device.product.name = "Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio"
		device.string = "1"
		device.description = "Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Profile:
		output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI)-Ausgabe (Ziele: 1, Quellen: 0, Priorität: 38668, verfügbar: ja)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2)-Ausgabe (Ziele: 1, Quellen: 0, Priorität: 5700, verfügbar: nein)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2)-Ausgabe (Ziele: 1, Quellen: 0, Priorität: 600, verfügbar: nein)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2)-Ausgabe (Ziele: 1, Quellen: 0, Priorität: 600, verfügbar: nein)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3)-Ausgabe (Ziele: 1, Quellen: 0, Priorität: 5700, verfügbar: nein)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3)-Ausgabe (Ziele: 1, Quellen: 0, Priorität: 600, verfügbar: nein)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3)-Ausgabe (Ziele: 1, Quellen: 0, Priorität: 600, verfügbar: nein)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4)-Ausgabe (Ziele: 1, Quellen: 0, Priorität: 5700, verfügbar: nein)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4)-Ausgabe (Ziele: 1, Quellen: 0, Priorität: 600, verfügbar: nein)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4)-Ausgabe (Ziele: 1, Quellen: 0, Priorität: 600, verfügbar: nein)
		off: Aus (Ziele: 0, Quellen: 0, Priorität: 0, verfügbar: ja)
	Aktives Profil: output:hdmi-stereo
	Ports:
		hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (Typ: HDMI, Priorität: 5900, Latenzversatz: 0 usec, verfügbar)
			Eigenschaften:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
				device.product.name = "LG ULTRAGEAR"
			Teil der/des Profil(s): output:hdmi-stereo
		hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (Typ: HDMI, Priorität: 5800, Latenzversatz: 0 usec, nicht verfügbar)
			Eigenschaften:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Teil der/des Profil(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra1, output:hdmi-surround-extra1, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1
		hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (Typ: HDMI, Priorität: 5700, Latenzversatz: 0 usec, nicht verfügbar)
			Eigenschaften:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Teil der/des Profil(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra2, output:hdmi-surround-extra2, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2
		hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (Typ: HDMI, Priorität: 5600, Latenzversatz: 0 usec, nicht verfügbar)
			Eigenschaften:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Teil der/des Profil(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra3, output:hdmi-surround-extra3, output:hdmi-surround71-extra3

aplay

**** Liste der Hardware-Geräte (PLAYBACK) ****
Karte 0: UACDemoV10 [UACDemoV1.0], Gerät 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], Gerät 3: HDMI 0 [LG ULTRAGEAR]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], Gerät 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], Gerät 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], Gerät 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0

inxi -SMAaz

System:
  Kernel: 6.16.0-rc6-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.16-x86_64
    root=UUID=c0898dd5-da61-46bd-be5f-5850e528b463 rw udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.6 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.16.0
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: X570-A PRO (MS-7C37) v: 3.0
    serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
    Megatrends LLC. v: H.M0 date: 10/13/2023
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 2f:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Jieli UACDemoV1.0 driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 4c4a:4155
    class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.16.0-rc6-1-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: 1.4.6 status: off with: pipewire-media-session
    status: active tools: pw-cli
  Server-4: PulseAudio v: 17.0-43-g3e2bb status: active
    with: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl

tried the latest LTS Kernel too. Same problem.

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Have a look into /var/log/pacman.log and post all packages being updated which potentially could have caused this.

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PipeWire is turned off but pipewire-media-session is active

I suspect that recent update restarted pipewire-media-session service that was previously disabled and inactive, which is most unusual considering that the pipewire-media-session package has not been updated since July 2024

I suggest you stop and disable the service

systemctl --user disable --now pipewire-media-session.service

Then restart system and check if audio controls are working again

If audio controls are not working, check the service is disabled and inactive

systemctl --user status pipewire-media-session.service

If the service has been restarted, use this command to mask it

systemctl --user mask pipewire-media-session.service
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i have no idea. i guess i got the same packages as you guys. i keep my system as vanilla as possible

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nope did not solve it

systemctl --user status pipewire-media-session.service                                                           ✔ 
â—‹ pipewire-media-session.service
     Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit pipewire-media-session.service is masked.)
     Active: inactive (dead)

how do i reverse the mask command? just unmask?

i tried the speakers on my android phone with an usb-c adapter and it works as it should.

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sudo systemctl unmask pipewire-media-session.service && sudo systemctl enable --now pipewire-media-session.service
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systemctl --user unmask pipewire-media-session.service

service runs in user-space and would not work with sudo

Try these commands to adjust master volume

amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%-

amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%+

If that does not work try these commands to adjust the USB speaker volume

pactl set-sink-volume alsa_output.Jieli_Technology_UACDemoV1.0_1120032508050019-00.analog-stereo +5%

pactl set-sink-volume alsa_output.Jieli_Technology_UACDemoV1.0_1120032508050019-00.analog-stereo -5%
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NOTE: The following only applies if you are using the soundbar with a bluetooth connection. If with usb, then do not bother.

There is a main.conf file in here “/etc/bluetooth/”.

That is the main bluetooth configuration file. Open it, there are two lines that i need you to modify as follows (dont forget to remove the # signs):

[AVRCP]
# Allow SetAbsoluteVolume calls to a peer device that does not advertise the
# AVRCP remote control target profile.  If it does advertise this profile, the
# version is ignored.
VolumeWithoutTarget = true

# Validate that remote AVRCP profiles advertise the category-2 bit before
# allowing SetAbsoluteVolume calls or registering for EVENT_VOLUME_CHANGED
# notifications.
VolumeCategory = false

Then reboot and see if your volume buttons work.

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it is an USB Soundbar

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what do these commands do?
the master volume works fine. even with my old/cheap/IR/USB remote control. which i use now to regulate volume, when i am in a game and it is too loud

is there no way to see every input from USB devices? i want to know if manjaro evens knows, that i am pressing buttons

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Try using VLC Hotkeys settings to check multimedia controls

VlcHotkeys
VlcHotkeys631Ă—523 62 KB

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you mean change some hotkeys with the soundbar imput. VLC does not see any imput from the soundbar.
also VLC sees just a few buttons of my remote control. buttons like the volume and play a kinda fixed for the OS. if i press PLAY, VLC hotkeys ignores them and a the open youtube videos starts playing

i tried it yesterday and today after the new stable update

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If the multimedia controls were working before recent updates, I suggest boot system from a Live ISO, check if the controls are working and get more information about audio devices

inxi -Aaz

and detailed information about the USB speaker

lsusb -v -d 4c4a:4155
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it does not work with the latest ISO from the website
but WORKS with manjaro-kde-25.0.5-250713-linux612.iso

LSUSB is the same output on both. so here is just inxi, because there are differences at the USB device

the NEW iso

Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 2f:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Jieli UACDemoV1.0 driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2:3 chip-ID: 4c4a:4155
    class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.41-1-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: 1.4.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl

the OLD iso

Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 2f:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Jieli UACDemoV1.0 driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2:3
    chip-ID: 4c4a:4155 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.37-1-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: 1.4.6 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl

edit. maybe that pics helps

20250819_145529
20250819_1455291251Ă—663 153 KB

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Data for the older ISO shows HID drivers in addition to audio driver snd-usb-audio

Device-2: Jieli UACDemoV1.0 driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2:3
chip-ID: 4c4a:4155 class-ID: 0300

Try this to load usbhid driver

Unix & Linux Stack Exchange - Udev does not always automatically bind the usbhid driver to my device

Create a one-line file in /etc/modules-load.d`/00-my-usbhid.conf

usbhid

sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/00-usbhid.conf <<< 'usbhid'

If all else fails, try adding kernel boot parameter

usbhid.quirks=0x4c4a:0x4155:0x08

to re-enable the NOGET quirk and see if that works.

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did not help

i pressed SHIFT on boot. opened GRUB. made a new line with your command and booted with it.

inxi still shows

Device-2: Jieli UACDemoV1.0 driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2:3 chip-ID: 4c4a:4155
    class-ID: 0300
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Boot parameter should be added to same line as other parameters not as a new line
ArchWiki - Kernel parameters GRUB

Use inxi -Saz to check boot parameters

System:

    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.16-x86_64
    root=UUID=c0898dd5-da61-46bd-be5f-5850e528b463 rw udev.log_priority=3 usbhid.quirks=0x4c4a:0x4155:0x08
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 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.17-x86_64
    root=UUID=LONGNUMBER rw udev.log_priority=3
    usbhid.quirks=0x4c4a:0x4155:0x08


 Device-2: Jieli UACDemoV1.0 driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2:3 chip-ID: 4c4a:4155
    class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>

does this USBHID even exist, or did manjaro throw it out with an update?

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dont ask me why, but since the latest update it works again

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