Bug 496227

Summary: (Feature request) Add an option to disable the automatic microphone sensitivity (volume)
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: Ribbon <ribbon_45>
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM    
Severity: wishlist CC: nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: All   
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Description Ribbon 2024-11-13 19:30:28 UTC
I have problems with automatic microphone sensitivity where my microphone volume get very low.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-11-13 19:41:37 UTC
To my knowledge, there is no "automatic microphone sensitivity" feature in Plasma. Where are you seeing it?
Comment 2 Ribbon 2024-11-18 17:58:50 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> To my knowledge, there is no "automatic microphone sensitivity" feature in
> Plasma. Where are you seeing it?

Based on what GNOME developers said the programs with automatic microphone sensitivity (most known as "Automatic gain control") seems to change the microphone volume slider on GNOME Shell and KDE Plasma.

I see this when doing voice calls on Telegram Desktop and Discord.

If this is correct and there's nothing that KDE Plasma can do, you can close this feature request.
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2024-11-19 18:46:51 UTC
Same conclusion here, yeah: it's an app or pipewire doing it out from under us. You'll need to complain to one of those projects.