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[https://www.pipewire.org/ PipeWire] is a relatively new (first release in 2017) low-level multimedia framework. It aims to offer capture and playback for both audio and video with minimal latency ~~and~~ support for [[PulseAudio]]-, [[JACK]]-, [[ALSA]]- and [[GStreamer]]-based applications. PipeWire has great [[Bluetooth~~|bluetooth~~]] support~~: because~~ Pulseaudio ~~was~~ [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/123784 reported to have troubles with ~~bluetooth~~], PipeWire ~~can~~ be a good alternative.

[https://www.pipewire.org/ PipeWire] is a relatively new (first release in 2017) low-level multimedia framework. It aims to offer capture and playback for both audio and video with minimal latency while retaining support for [[PulseAudio]]-, [[JACK]]-, [[ALSA]]-, and [[GStreamer]]-based applications. PipeWire has great [[Bluetooth]] support; due to Pulseaudio being [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/123784 reported to have troubles with Bluetooth], PipeWire may be a good alternative.

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.

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

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.

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

As of [https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/release-notes#sec-release-24.11 NixOS 24.11], PipeWire is the default sound server for most graphical sessions.

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-[https://www.pipewire.org/ PipeWire] is a relatively new (first release in 2017) low-level multimedia framework. It aims to offer capture and playback for both audio and video with minimal latency and support for [[PulseAudio]]-, [[JACK]]-, [[ALSA]]- and [[GStreamer]]-based applications. PipeWire has great [[Bluetooth|bluetooth]] support: because Pulseaudio was [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/123784 reported to have troubles with bluetooth], PipeWire can be a good alternative.
+[https://www.pipewire.org/ PipeWire] is a relatively new (first release in 2017) low-level multimedia framework. It aims to offer capture and playback for both audio and video with minimal latency while retaining support for [[PulseAudio]]-, [[JACK]]-, [[ALSA]]-, and [[GStreamer]]-based applications. PipeWire has great [[Bluetooth]] support; due to Pulseaudio being [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/123784 reported to have troubles with Bluetooth], PipeWire may be a good alternative.
-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.
+The daemon based on the framework can be configured to be both an audio server (with PulseAudio and JACK features) as well as a video capture server.
-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.
+PipeWire also supports containers such as [[Flatpak]] and does not rely on <code>audio</code> and <code>video</code> user groups, rather it uses a [[Polkit]]-like security model, asking Flatpak or [[Wayland]] for permission to record the screen or audio.
 As of [https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/release-notes#sec-release-24.11 NixOS 24.11], PipeWire is the default sound server for most graphical sessions.