PipeWire: Difference between revisions

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The daemon based on the framework can be configured to be both an audio server (with PulseAudio and JACK features) and a video capture server.

PipeWire also supports containers like Flatpak and does not rely on audio and video user groups but rather it uses a Polkit-like security model asking Flatpak or Wayland for permission to record screen or audio.

PipeWire also supports containers like Flatpak and does not rely on <code>audio</code> and <code>video</code> user groups, but rather it uses a Polkit-like security model, asking Flatpak or Wayland for permission to record screen or audio.

==Enabling PipeWire==

PipeWire can be enabled with the following configuration:

<~~syntaxHighlight~~ lang=nix>

# ~~Remove sound~~.~~enable~~ or set ~~it to false if you had it set previously, as~~ sound.enable ~~is only meant for ALSA-based configurations~~

# On NixOS 24.05 or older, this option must be set:

#sound.enable = false;

# rtkit is optional but recommended

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#jack.enable = true;

};

</~~syntaxHighlight~~>

</syntaxhighlight>

It is possible to use the <code>services.pipewire.extraConfig</code> option hierarchy in NixOS (available from 24.05 onwards) to create drop-in configuration files, if needed.

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 The daemon based on the framework can be configured to be both an audio server (with PulseAudio and JACK features) and a video capture server.
-PipeWire also supports containers like Flatpak and does not rely on audio and video user groups but rather it uses a Polkit-like security model asking Flatpak or Wayland for permission to record screen or audio.
+PipeWire also supports containers like Flatpak and does not rely on <code>audio</code> and <code>video</code> user groups, but rather it uses a Polkit-like security model, asking Flatpak or Wayland for permission to record screen or audio.
 ==Enabling PipeWire==
 PipeWire can be enabled with the following configuration:
-<syntaxHighlight lang=nix>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
-# Remove sound.enable or set it to false if you had it set previously, as sound.enable is only meant for ALSA-based configurations
+# On NixOS 24.05 or older, this option must be set:
+#sound.enable = false;
 # rtkit is optional but recommended
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    #jack.enable = true;
 };
-</syntaxHighlight>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 It is possible to use the <code>services.pipewire.extraConfig</code> option hierarchy in NixOS (available from 24.05 onwards) to create drop-in configuration files, if needed.