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Firefox always starts at 0 vol as if that is supposed to be the default or something.

Any time I adjust the volume in firefox, I have to open pulse audio and turn the volume back up for firefox.

Any time a new video comes on Youtube, I have to open pulse audio and turn the volume back up for firefox.

Any time I skip forward or back in a playing video or track, I have to open pulse audio and turn the volume back up for firefox.

How can I set the default volume to FULL VOLUME?

I mean seriously, isn't that why there is a system volume?

Any help would be appreciated.

mchid
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  • It may be just a user setting in your `.config/pulse`. Try to remove it, see https://askubuntu.com/questions/201780/how-do-i-debug-issues-with-pulse-audio – Takkat Apr 24 '17 at 07:53
  • @Takkat I tried that and it didn't work, however, I did find a solution. – mchid Apr 25 '17 at 13:12

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I found a solution!

First, I opened firefox went to about:config

searched for: media.default_volume

double clicked media.default_volume

and finally, I changed the value to 5

Additionally, I saw a solution somewhere else that suggested using 2.0 for media.volume_scale,

make sure that media.volume_scale is set to 1.0

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In my system, Firefox for some reason did not have the permission to play sounds. To change it: right click on the icon of the app-> Show Details -> Click on the app -> Permissions -> play sound's check

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  • This is actually a different issue. For my problem, I would have to increase the volume after starting firefox every time so the permissions were fine. I think the permission issue is for the snap version of firefox. – mchid Dec 21 '21 at 19:11
  • As commented [here](https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2457405&s=01413d1caed4ce1e895cd7e04adf6f8d#post_14018310) on the ubuntu forums, *"The main advantage of snaps is that they're sandboxed. The main disadvantage of snaps is that they're sandboxed"*. – mchid Dec 21 '21 at 20:22