I had people complaining that recorded videos (via stock camera) or voice messages (via signal android app) are not loud enough from my xperia 10iii. Does anyone have a workaround?
I do not have a solution for you, but I have the same problem with any sound recorder. Both Jolla recorder and the one by @osetr from OpenRepos, and also stock camera. (I think I compiled aarch64 myself, for the one by @osetr.)
Sound is barely audible in any recording with my X10III.
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I’ve noticed this too on my XA2. I recorded an interview with the Jolla sound recorder and I had to boost the volume a lot in Audacity afterwards.
I’m not sure if this helps but I did spot this recently and thought it might be relevant, specifically point 2.
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Did you try the pactl set-source-volume 2 300% command?
I wonder if it also affects phone calls.
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At least the audiorecorder is affected. And 300 seems indeed a good factor.
I wonder if one can adjust something like the basevolume permanently…
I will try calls later
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Yes, it actually does work. I’m assuming that it resets when rebooting, so I guess it will have to be another use of qCommand.
Please let us know if you find the permanent setting.
I also haven’t had the opportunity to try phone calls yet.
I can now tell for sure that this workaround does not affect phone calls in the negative direction.
The next question is, is it time for a bug report?
Or at least a question in a community meetibng how to change the base volume of the mic
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Try it: pactl set-sink-volume 2 300%
But this does not work across reboots, right?
No, according to my yesterday’s test, it doesn’t.
Settings are not saved after reboot.
Just the other day I stumbled across this:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PulseAudio/Troubleshooting#Low_volume_for_internal_microphone
So that would be the way to make it persistent. And aparently one would use 2 there instead of 1.
I also remember there were other good tips wrt (permanent) microphone adjustment.
I also have to add that it might be a hardware issue or a bit of dirt in the tiny hole.
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