1pipewire.conf(5)              File Formats Manual             pipewire.conf(5)
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NAME

6       pipewire.conf - The PipeWire server configuration file
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SYNOPSIS

9       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pipewire/pipewire.conf
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11       /etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf
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13       /usr/share/pipewire/pipewire.conf
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DESCRIPTION

16       PipeWire  is  a  service that facilitates sharing of multimedia content
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19       On startup, the daemon reads a configuration file to configure  itself.
20       It executes a series of commands listed in the config file.
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22       The  config  files  are loaded in the order listed in the SYNOPSIS. The
23       environment variables PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_DIR,  PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_PREFIX  and
24       PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_NAME  can  be used to specify an alternative config di‐
25       rectory, subdirectory and file respectively.
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CONFIGURATION FILE FORMAT

28       The configuration file format is grouped into sections.  A  section  is
29       either  a dictionary, {}, or an array, []. Dictionary and array entries
30       are separated by whitespace and may be simple value assignment, an  ar‐
31       ray or a dictionary. For example:
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CONFIGURATION FILE SECTIONS

42       context.properties   (dictionary):   These   properties  configure  the
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45       context.spa-libs (dictionary): Maps plugin features with globs to a spa
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48       context.modules  (array):  Each entry in the array is a dictionary with
49       the name of the module to load, including optional args and flags. Most
50       modules support being loaded multiple times.
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52       context.objects  (array):  Each entry in the array is a dictionary con‐
53       taining the factory to create an object from and optional  extra  argu‐
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56       context.exec  (array): Each entry in the array is dictionary containing
57       the path of a program to execute on startup and optional args. This ar‐
58       ray usually contains an entry to start the session manager.
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AUTHORS

61       The         PipeWire        Developers        <https://gitlab.freedesk‐
62       top.org/pipewire/pipewire/issues>;   PipeWire   is    available    from
63       http://pipewire.org
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SEE ALSO

66       pipewire(1), pw-mon(1),
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