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Asked: 2022-04-30 02:07:31 +0800 CST

Can't control bluetooth volume level, only mute or full volume

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I recently upgraded to 22.04 from 21.10.

And now I can't control volume level for my Bluetooth headset. I can only mute it or it plays at full volume(regardless of the volume selected).

It didn't happen in earlier version.

I can control volume level correctly when playing audio through laptop speakers.

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Disable absolute volume in Pulseaudio's config.

    Edit the file

    /etc/pulse/default.pa

    And change the line

    load-module module-bluetooth-discover

    to

    load-module module-bluetooth-discover avrcp_absolute_volume=false

    Credit for this solution goes to https://www.reddit.com/user/mmstick/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/s2y0hf/pop_os_2110_brake_bluetooth_device_volume_control/

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  2. I have the same volume level issue while playing anything via bluetooth, but replacing the load-module module-bluetooth-discover didn't work for me.

    When playing a youtube video (for example), every time that I want to change the volume level, I have to go into the settings and change it on Volume Levels > Chromium (it also happens with Chrome).

    sound settings - browser

    The same happens when using a player like VLC:

    sound settings - VLC player

    System:

    • Ubuntu 22.04
    • Pulse Audio version: 15.99.1

    results from lspci -v | grep -A7 -i "audio":

    00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 30) (prog-if 80)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 140
    Memory at a4318000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Memory at a4000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
    Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl

    Any ideas on how to fix it?

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