From bab0004d085a68133da3a693ba742c593e829d17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@hey.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:40:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix volume controls on Asus G14

---
 .../wireplumber.conf.d/alsa-soft-mixer.conf    | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 migrations/1768429270.sh                       |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 config/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/alsa-soft-mixer.conf
 create mode 100644 migrations/1768429270.sh

diff --git a/config/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/alsa-soft-mixer.conf b/config/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/alsa-soft-mixer.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fc1dbd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/alsa-soft-mixer.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+## Use software volume control for all ALSA devices.
+## This prevents hardware mixer quirks (like muffled audio on Realtek codecs)
+## and provides consistent volume behavior across all hardware.
+
+monitor.alsa.rules = [
+  {
+    matches = [
+      {
+        device.name = "~alsa_card.*"
+      }
+    ]
+    actions = {
+      update-props = {
+        api.alsa.soft-mixer = true
+      }
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/migrations/1768429270.sh b/migrations/1768429270.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..adc5559f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/1768429270.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+echo "Fix volume controls for laptops with problematic Realtek codecs (like Asus G14)"
+
+mkdir -p ~/.config/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/
+cp $OMARCHY_PATH/config/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/alsa-soft-mixer.conf ~/.config/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/
+systemctl --user restart wireplumber