.TH "pipewire-pulse" 1 "1.0.5" "PipeWire" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
pipewire-pulse \- The PipeWire PulseAudio replacement
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBpipewire-pulse\fP [\fIoptions\fP]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBpipewire-pulse\fP starts a PulseAudio-compatible daemon that integrates with the PipeWire media server, by running a pipewire process through a systemd service\&. This daemon is a drop-in replacement for the PulseAudio daemon\&.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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\fB-h | --help\fP
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Show help\&.
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\fB-v | --verbose\fP
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Increase the verbosity by one level\&. This option may be specified multiple times\&.
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\fB--version\fP
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Show version information\&.
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\fB-c | --config=FILE\fP
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Load the given config file (Default: pipewire-pulse\&.conf)\&.
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.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
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The generic \fBpipewire(1) environment variables\fP are supported\&.
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In addition:
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\fBPULSE_RUNTIME_PATH \fP
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\fBXDG_RUNTIME_DIR \fP
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Directory where to create the native protocol pulseaudio socket\&.
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\fBPULSE_LATENCY_MSEC \fP
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Extra buffering latency in milliseconds\&. This controls buffering logic in \fClibpulse\fP and may be set for PulseAudio client applications to adjust their buffering\&. (Setting it on the \fCpipewire-pulse\fP server has no effect\&.)
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.SH "AUTHORS"
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The PipeWire Developers <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/issues>; PipeWire is available from <https://pipewire.org>
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBpipewire-pulse\&.conf(5)\fP, \fBpipewire(1)\fP, \fBpipewire-pulse-modules(7)\fP