Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of pipewire

Timestamp:

07/11/2023 06:18:00 AM (12 months ago)

Author:

pierre

Comment:

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pipewire

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 }}}
 
-With Wireplumber we can run Pipewire daemon with
+Pipewire itself must be built with wireplumber support, so use the option
+{{{
+-Dsession-managers=/usr/bin/wireplumber
+}}}
+after building wireplumber.
 
+With Wireplumber we can run Pipewire daemon with:
+
+- On systemd:
 {{{
 sudo systemctl --global enable pipewire
 systemctl --user start pipewire
 }}}
+
+- On SysV (solution by Douglas Reno, adapted from Alpine linux):[[BR]]
+  As root:
+{{{
+cat >/usr/bin/pipewire-launcher.sh <<EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+exec /usr/bin/pipewire &
+sleep 1
+exec /usr/bin/wireplumber &
+EOF
+chmod +x /usr/bin/pipewire-launcher.sh
+cat >/etc/xdg/autostart/pipewire.desktop <<EOF
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Name=Pipewire
+Comment=Starts the Pipewire daemons
+Exec=/usr/bin/pipewire-launcher.sh
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+EOF
+}}}
+  then restart the graphical session.
 
 The screen recorder built-in GNOME shell should work now.