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PulseAudio is a popular sound server for Linux. | PulseAudio is a popular sound server for Linux. A number of applications now expect a PulseAudio-compatible audio server. | ||
As of NixOS 24.11, [[PipeWire]] is used over PulseAudio for most graphical sessions by default, but it can provide a PulseAudio-compatible server (see that page for more details). This page documents how to use "native" PulseAudio as an alternative. | |||
==Enabling PulseAudio== | ==Enabling PulseAudio== | ||
Add to your configuration: | Add to your configuration: | ||
< | <syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | ||
services.pipewire.enable = false; | |||
hardware.pulseaudio.enable = true; | hardware.pulseaudio.enable = true; | ||
hardware.pulseaudio.support32Bit = true; | hardware.pulseaudio.support32Bit = true; # If compatibility with 32-bit applications is desired. | ||
</ | |||
# If you're on nixos-unstable you should instead use | |||
services.pulseaudio.enable = true; | |||
services.pulseaudio.support32Bit = true; | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
You may need to add users to the <tt>audio</tt> group for them to be able to use audio devices: | You may need to add users to the <tt>audio</tt> group for them to be able to use audio devices: | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Using JACK with PulseAudio]] | * [[Using JACK with PulseAudio]] | ||
* [[PipeWire]] | |||
[[Category:Audio]] | [[Category:Audio]] | ||