.TH pipewire.conf 5 User Manuals
.SH NAME
pipewire.conf \- The PipeWire server configuration file
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB\fI/etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf\fB
\f1
.SH DESCRIPTION
PipeWire is a service that facilitates sharing of multimedia content between devices and applications. 

On startup, the daemon reads a configuration file to configure itself. It executes a series of commands listed in the config file.

The config file in the default location is used but the environment variable PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_FILE can be used to specify an alternative config file.
.SH GENERAL COMMANDS
.TP
\fBhelp\f1
Show a quick help on the commands available.
.SH PROPERTIES
.TP
\fBset-prop\f1 \fIkey\f1 \fIvalue\f1
Sets a property with the given key to value.
.SH PLUGIN MAPPING
.TP
\fBadd-spa-lib\f1 \fIpattern\f1 \fIlibrary\f1
Maps the plugin features that match \fBpattern\f1 to \fBlibrary\f1.
When the system needs a plugin feature 
.SH MODULE MANAGEMENT
.TP
\fBload-module\f1 [\fIoptions\f1] \fIname\f1 [\fIarguments...\f1]
Load a module specified by its name and arguments. For most modules it is OK to be loaded more than once.
.SH OBJECT CREATE
.TP
\fBcreate-object\f1 [\fIoptions\f1] \fIfactory\f1 [\fIarguments...\f1]
Create an object from the specified factory with arguments. 
.SH EXEC
.TP
\fBexec\f1 \fIprogram\f1
Execute program. This is usually the session manager.
.SH AUTHORS
The PipeWire Developers <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/issues>; PipeWire is available from \fBhttp://pipewire.org\f1
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBpipewire(1)\f1, \fBpw-mon(1)\f1,