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Originally posted by V1tol View Post
Yes, right now I am using PipeWire instead of Pulse on my Manjaro installation. Firefox, Chrome, Steam games through Proton - everything is working. I noticed only one bug - QMMP PulseAudio output plugin produces no sound (but ALSA works through PipeWire just fine)
Are you able to use a bluetooth headset as well for both input and output? Currently that is problematic with PulseAudio, though there is an active MR on that.
Also, how do you feel about it? Is it better/worse/same?
Thanks.
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As of now I've tried switching to pipewire twice during the last two months. The first time it only detected 2 of 5 audio devices, none of which I actually use. The second time it Just crashed immediately and didn't work at all.
With that in mind it definitely seems premature.
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Originally posted by V1tol View PostI noticed only one bug - QMMP PulseAudio output plugin produces no sound (but ALSA works through PipeWire just fine)
Originally posted by geearf View Post
Awesome!
Are you able to use a bluetooth headset as well for both input and output? Currently that is problematic with PulseAudio, though there is an active MR on that.
Also, how do you feel about it? Is it better/worse/same?
Thanks.
As for quality I did not notice any difference between PipeWire and PulseAudio with soxr-hq (maybe PipeWire reads Pulse's config?). About CPU it seems PipeWire eats a bit less CPU but not sure about this - I have powerful processor and comparing between 1% and 1.5% is a bit hard Cannot say much about latency, but I am playing Fallout 4 now and previously with Pulse sound stuttered sometimes, had no problems with Pipe for 2 weeks at least.
In any case it looked to me as a simple drop-in replacement. Why Wayland guys could not do the same?
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