petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 9 months ago

Pipewire vs PulseAudio: What's the Difference?

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Pipewire vs PulseAudio: What's the Difference?

petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 9 months ago

Classic PulseAudio or the new Pipewire? What's the difference? What's the buzz about Pipewire? Learn in this explainer.

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Does pipewire interface directly to drivers or is it user-space magic on top of alsa like pulseaudio?
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  It runs on top of ALSA, as far as I know.
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  I believe it is U-space on top, but I could be wrong.

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