glfs/shareddeps/audio/pipewire.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY pipewire-download-http "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/archive/&pipewire-version;/pipewire-&pipewire-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY pipewire-download-ftp " ">
<!ENTITY pipewire-md5sum "c60c630dd31d0213a78bcebf06dfc6ed">
<!ENTITY pipewire-size "1.6 MB">
<!ENTITY pipewire-buildsize "75 MB (with tests)">
<!ENTITY pipewire-time "0.6 SBU (with tests, both using parallelism=4)">
]>
<sect1 id="pipewire" xreflabel="pipewire-&pipewire-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="pipewire.html"?>
<title>Pipewire-&pipewire-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="pipewire">
<primary sortas="a-pipewire">pipewire</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to Pipewire</title>
<para>
The <application>pipewire</application> package contains a server and
userspace API to handle multimedia pipelines. This includes a universal
API to connect to multimedia devices, as well as sharing multimedia
files between applications.
</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>
Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pipewire-download-http;"/>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pipewire-download-ftp;"/>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Download MD5 sum: &pipewire-md5sum;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Download size: &pipewire-size;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Estimated disk space required: &pipewire-buildsize;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Estimated build time: &pipewire-time;
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<!--
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>
Recommended patch:
<ulink url="&patch-root;/pipewire-&pipewire-version;-upstream_fix-1.patch"/>
(required to fix <quote>could not play camera stream</quote> error
from <xref linkend='snapshot'/>)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-->
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Pipewire Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
<para role="recommended">
<xref linkend="bluez"/>,
<phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="dbus"/>,</phrase>
<xref linkend="gstreamer10"/>,
<xref linkend="gst10-plugins-base"/>,
<xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>,
<xref linkend="sbc"/>,
<xref linkend="v4l-utils"/>, and
<xref role="runtime" linkend="wireplumber"/> (runtime)
</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para role="optional">
<xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
<xref linkend="avahi"/>,
<xref linkend="fdk-aac"/>,
<xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>,
<xref linkend="libcanberra"/>,
<xref linkend="libdrm"/> (for one example and libcamera support),
<xref linkend="libxcb"/>,
<xref linkend="libsndfile"/>,
<xref linkend="libusb"/>,
<xref linkend="opus"/>,
<xref linkend="sdl2"/> (for some examples),
<xref linkend="valgrind"/>,
<xref linkend="vulkan-loader"/>,
<xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/>,
<xref linkend="doxygen"/> and
<xref linkend="graphviz"/> (for documentation),
<ulink url="https://jackaudio.org/">JACK</ulink>,
<ulink url="https://github.com/EHfive/ldacBT">ldacBT</ulink>,
<ulink url="https://libcamera.org/">libcamera</ulink>,
<ulink url="https://github.com/hoene/libmysofa">libmysofa</ulink>, and
<!--<ulink url="https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home/">Vulkan</ulink>, and-->
<ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/xmltoman/">xmltoman</ulink>
</para>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">
Editor Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/pipewire"/>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Pipewire</title>
<!--
<para>
If building <xref linkend='snapshot'/>, apply a patch to fix an issue
causing <xref linkend='snapshot'/> fail to play stream from some
cameras:
</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../pipewire-&pipewire-version;-upstream_fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>
-->
<para>
Install <application>pipewire</application> by running the following
commands:
</para>
<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd build &amp;&amp;
meson setup .. \
--prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-Dsession-managers="[]" &amp;&amp;
ninja</userinput></screen>
<para>
To test the result, issue: <command>ninja test</command>.
</para>
<!--
<para>
If upgrading from an earlier release of Pipewire, it's needed to
remove any old binary executables that interfere with the
installation. As the &root; user:
</para>
<screen role='root'><userinput>rm -vf /usr/bin/pipewire-*</userinput></screen>
-->
<para>
Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
<para>
<parameter>-Dsession-managers="[]"</parameter>: This switch
allows specifying the session managers to build as subprojects.
We specify an empty list to prevent <command>meson</command> from
downloading any external copy of the session managers. A Pipewire
session manager recommended by the PipeWire developers for general
use, <xref linkend="wireplumber" role="nodep"/>, is available as a
separate BLFS package. Build it after installing Pipewire if you
need to run the Pipewire daemon (for example in order to support
<xref linkend="snapshot" role="nodep"/>).
</para>
<para>
<option>-Ddocs=true</option>: This switch enables the generation of HTML
documentation. The optional dependencies for documentation need to be
installed for this to work.
</para>
<para>
<option>-Dman=true</option>: This switch enables the generation of manual
pages. The optional dependencies for documentation need to be installed
for this to work.
</para>
<para>
<option>-Dffmpeg=enabled</option>: This switch enables using ffmpeg for
audio conversion as a SPA backend.
</para>
<para>
<option>-Dvulkan=enabled</option>: This switch enables using Vulkan for
video rendering as a SPA backend.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>
pipewire,
pw-cat,
pw-cli,
pw-config,
pw-dot,
pw-dump,
pw-jack,
pw-link,
pw-loopback,
pw-metadata,
pw-mididump,
pw-mon,
pw-profiler,
pw-reserve,
pw-top,
pw-v4l2,
spa-acp-tool,
spa-inspect,
spa-json-dump,
spa-monitor,
spa-resample, and
pipewire-aes67, pipewire-avb, pipewire-pulse (symlinks to pipewire),
pw-dsdplay, pw-encplay, pw-midiplay, pw-midirecord, pw-play,
pw-record (symlinks to pw-cat)
</seg>
<seg>
libpipewire-0.3.so and
60 modules below /usr/lib/pipewire-0.3 and /usr/lib/spa-0.2
</seg>
<seg>
/usr/include/pipewire-0.3,
/usr/include/spa-0.2,
/usr/lib/alsa-lib,
<!--/usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0, already installed by gstreamer-->
/usr/lib/pipewire-0.3,
/usr/lib/spa-0.2,
/usr/share/alsa-card-profile,
/usr/share/pipewire, and
/usr/share/spa-0.2
</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="pipewire-prog">
<term><command>pipewire</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
is a service that allows access to multimedia devices and allows
sharing of multimedia files between applications
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pipewire-prog">
<primary sortas="b-pipewire">pipewire</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pipewire-pulse">
<term><command>pipewire-pulse</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
starts a Pulseaudio-compatible version of
the pipewire service
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pipewire-pulse">
<primary sortas="b-pipewire-pulse">pipewire-pulse</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pw-cat">
<term><command>pw-cat</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
allows you to play or record media using a pipewire instance
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pw-cat">
<primary sortas="b-pw-cat">pw-cat</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pw-cli">
<term><command>pw-cli</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
allows you to interact with a pipewire instance
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pw-cli">
<primary sortas="b-pw-cli">pw-cli</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pw-config">
<term><command>pw-config</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
allows you to interact with pipewire's configuration system
for debugging purposes or syntax checking
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pw-config">
<primary sortas="b-pw-config">pw-config</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pw-dot">
<term><command>pw-dot</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
lists all of the daemons and objects in use by pipewire
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pw-dot">
<primary sortas="b-pw-dot">pw-dot</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pw-dump">
<term><command>pw-dump</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
dumps debug messages from a local or remote pipewire instance to
the console
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pw-dump">
<primary sortas="b-pw-dump">pw-dump</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pw-jack">
<term><command>pw-jack</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
runs JACK applications on a pipewire instance
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pw-jack">
<primary sortas="b-pw-jack">pw-jack</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pw-link">
<term><command>pw-link</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
links pipewire ports together
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pw-link">
<primary sortas="b-pw-link">pw-link</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pw-loopback">
<term><command>pw-loopback</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
initializes a loopback link between two different pipewire ports.
This is useful for testing and debugging
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pw-loopback">
<primary sortas="b-pw-loopback">pw-loopback</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pw-metadata">
<term><command>pw-metadata</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
inspects, adds, and removes metadata for objects
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pw-metadata">
<primary sortas="b-pw-metadata">pw-metadata</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pw-mididump">
<term><command>pw-mididump</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
dumps MIDI messages from a file to the screen
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pw-mididump">
<primary sortas="b-pw-mididump">pw-mididump</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pw-mon">
<term><command>pw-mon</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
allows you to monitor pipewire instances
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pw-mon">
<primary sortas="b-pw-mon">pw-mon</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pw-profiler">
<term><command>pw-profiler</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
tracks memory usage and API calls used by pipewire
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pw-profiler">
<primary sortas="b-pw-profiler">pw-profiler</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pw-reserve">
<term><command>pw-reserve</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
reserves or monitors a device via D-Bus
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pw-reserve">
<primary sortas="b-pw-reserve">pw-reserve</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pw-top">
<term><command>pw-top</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
displays real-time performance information from pipewire
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pw-top">
<primary sortas="b-pw-top">pw-top</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pw-v4l2">
<term><command>pw-v4l2</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
runs v4l2 applications on a pipewire instance
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire pw-v4l2">
<primary sortas="b-pw-v4l2">pw-v4l2</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="spa-acp-tool">
<term><command>spa-acp-tool</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
inspects the card profile of a given sound card
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire spa-acp-tool">
<primary sortas="b-spa-acp-tool">spa-acp-tool</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="spa-inspect">
<term><command>spa-inspect</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
allows you to inspect pipewire plugins
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire spa-inspect">
<primary sortas="b-spa-inspect">spa-inspect</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="spa-json-dump">
<term><command>spa-json-dump</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
dumps the current pipewire configuration in JSON format.
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire spa-json-dump">
<primary sortas="b-spa-json-dump">spa-json-dump</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="spa-monitor">
<term><command>spa-monitor</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
allows you to monitor pipewire plugins
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire spa-monitor">
<primary sortas="b-spa-monitor">spa-monitor</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="spa-resample">
<term><command>spa-resample</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
resamples a given file
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire spa-resample">
<primary sortas="b-spa-resample">spa-resample</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libpipewire">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libpipewire-0.3.so</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>
contains API functions for handling multimedia pipelines
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire libpipewire">
<primary sortas="c-libpipewire">libpipewire-0.3.so</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<!-- not in /usr/lib
<varlistentry id="libpulse">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libpulse.so</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>
is a pipewire plugin for pulseaudio.
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire libpulse">
<primary sortas="c-libpulse">libpulse.so</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libpulse-simple">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libpulse-simple.so</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>
is a simplified version of the pulseaudio plugin for pipewire.
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire libpulse-simple">
<primary sortas="c-libpulse-simple">libpulse-simple.so</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libasound_module_pcm_pipewire">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libasound_module_pcm_pipewire.so</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>
is an ALSA plugin for pipewire.
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire libasound_module_pcm_pipewire">
<primary sortas="c-libasound_module_pcm_pipewire">libasound_module_pcm_pipewire.so</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libgstpipewire">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libgstpipewire.so</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>
is a Gstreamer plugin for pipewire.
</para>
<indexterm zone="pipewire libgstpipewire">
<primary sortas="c-libgstpipewire">libgstpipewire.so</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>-->
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>