Neumie https://discuss.getsol.us/?q=pavucontrol
fascinating reading. some claim it's helped audio problems, some claim it hurts audio problems, some rip it out with no looking back...
...long story short....I have never installed Pavucontrol....in the software center I see the green Install button....my point is its not a native solus app---it does not come preinstalled in Solus. You installed it. Or something needs it as dep?
Neumie So i could be at 100% for one vid. Select a new vid and it drops to 87%
I youtube in FF all the time and have not noticed (not paying attention or assuming these things are sound quality of the uploader).
If you put your mouse on the solus speaker widget in your tray bar---that's where you get the sound level info from, right? I just did the switcheroo thing a few times like you did. end, load, play. It stays at 129% and never budges.
I set it pretty high in Raven just in case of bad audio quality/volume.
Would have to conclude that 1) raven governs volume to an extent? 2) pavucontrol not your friend? or 3) a third factor neither of is has considered.