16 Aug
2024
16 Aug
'24
5:24 p.m.
On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 10:23:51AM -0400, Marc Lavallée wrote:
It looks like wireplumber is an integral part of
pipewire.
I don't think that is actually the case and stil hope that
*someone* can point out what I should do in order to make
it work as desired.
(rant alert)
This system is adding to the complexity of the Linux audio stack. Even the
syntax of config files is different.
It is certainly complex, and whatever documentation is
there is isn't very useful.
Meanwhile I've noticed another problem with the Jack Tunnel:
the port names on the Jack side are apparently taken from
the 'audio.position' property. Only a limited set of names
(the consumer surround channels) seem to be accepted, every
thing else results in 'PW:playback_UNK' and all following
ports fail to be created.
Assuming that all audio must be 'speaker signals' doesn't
make any sense - they could be anything. Maybe there is
a property to set these names, but only $DEITY knows.
And why the ports only appear when wireplumber is started
(but remain when it is terminated) is still a mystery.
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FA