From 8bb2adc436eaf48445f7ad5999935bc6f6fda46f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Yin <xiaoyin_c@qq.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:29:09 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat(home): enable easyeffects for loudness normalization

Fix inconsistent volume across bilibili videos at the PipeWire level:
the easyeffects daemon auto-starts at login; an autogain + limiter
chain can be applied per-app (e.g. only to the browser).

Signed-off-by: Ryan Yin <xiaoyin_c@qq.com>
---
 home/linux/gui/base/media.nix | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/home/linux/gui/base/media.nix b/home/linux/gui/base/media.nix
index a68d8f15..3f7037e1 100644
--- a/home/linux/gui/base/media.nix
+++ b/home/linux/gui/base/media.nix
@@ -29,5 +29,9 @@
 
   services = {
     playerctld.enable = true;
+    # PipeWire audio effects daemon, used for loudness normalization (e.g. bilibili
+    # videos with inconsistent volume). Configure plugins (autogain + limiter) once
+    # in the GUI; the daemon then auto-applies the preset at login.
+    easyeffects.enable = true;
   };
 }