have you tried this yet, and what is the result?
community/sndio 1.9.0-1 (125.3 KiB 281.2 KiB)
A small audio and MIDI framework part of the OpenBSD project
you are using this?
speaker-test 1.2.7
Playback device is sysdefault:PCH
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 2048 to 16384
Period size range from 1024 to 1024
Using max buffer size 16384
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 1024
was set buffer_size = 16384
0 - Front Left
Time per period = 2.667550
could you show what it says on the drop-down options for Built-in Audio ?
I am not sure if I am using sndio. How can I check? I do not specifically remember installing it, but if it came with something else as a dependency it is possible.
Required By (8)
or simple start uninstalling to see what it would uninstall with it:
yay -Rc sndio
So I do have it installed:
citra-bin 1781-2 -24.24 MiB
sndio 1.9.0-1 -0.27 MiB
I am having a hard time getting the full list of the drop-down for Built-in Audio. It is a long list and I have Flameshot installed but I cannot seem to figure out the correct key(s) to trigger the screenshot to be taken…not sure what I am doing wrong there, but still trying
Okay here we go:
wau i was not expecting such a list … usually, you have like 3 or four in this…
This is looking wrong to me… but no clue what exactly is wrong on your system…
You can try setting to analog stereo output to see if this change something…
And it shows HDMI for all of them too… what is strange in addition…
Try running these and rebooting. After reboot change volume or disable/reenable audio and check if it is working.
sudo pacman -Rdd pipewire-audio
sudo pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/l/lib32-pipewire/lib32-pipewire-1:0.3.58-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/l/lib32-pipewire-jack/lib32-pipewire-jack-1:0.3.58-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/p/pipewire/pipewire-1:0.3.58-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/p/pipewire-alsa/pipewire-alsa-1:0.3.58-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/p/pipewire-jack/pipewire-jack-1:0.3.58-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/p/pipewire-v4l2/pipewire-v4l2-1:0.3.58-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/p/pipewire-zeroconf/pipewire-zeroconf-1:0.3.58-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/w/wireplumber/wireplumber-0.4.11-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
I have an HDMI port on my laptop that I think is from my NVIDIA dedicated GPU. I also have an Intel GPU that is integrated. I will try switching to the Analog Stereo output and reboot to see if that changes anything. BRB.
why that ?
so you are running on intel gpu or is nvidia switched on all the time?
It downgrades pipewire. I also lost audio after an update and I am not the only one who lost audio, I reverted pipewire and it fixed it for me. Maybe it could help OP as well.
but better to give some info on what the command will do 
And currently there are different issues with audio not working …
I doubt that’s the issue. I have also have this many profile entries (~35) on my Intel laptop and my audio is working just fine.
i would bet the best try is to downgrade pipewire…
I think I have it set to nvidia switched on all time. How can I double-check that to be sure? I know the nvidia takes more power, but this laptop is almost always plugged in, so it is not an issue.
inxi -Ga will show if nvidia or intel is running …
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 515.76 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 515.xx+
status: current (as of 2022-10) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-21 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4
link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c8d class-ID: 0302
Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 13d3:5a01 class-ID: 0e02 serial: 0x0001
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: intel,nvidia unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa
dri: i965 gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP1 model: LG Display 0x04e8 built: 2016
res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 128 gamma: 1.2 size: 380x210mm (14.96x8.27")
diag: 438mm (17.3") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa