pipewire (was: Re: No, the topic wasn't mp3's)

On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 03:05:59 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote in <uv7k2m$1f7vt$1@dont-email.me>:

On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 23:36:45 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:
 

I brought up pulseaudio's superior sound-routing capabilities.

 
All the smart distros are using PipeWire now.

Mint has pipewire available, but I'm not using it -- too new for me.

(Read: I haven't gone and looked at it yet.)

Actually -- hey!  I'm pretty sure I asked in here a few weeks ago
if anyone had tried pipewire.  Besides the sound, I like the idea
of being able to intercept my camera feed to add effects.[*]

How is it?

[*] You can already do this with a virtual camera device and
obs-studio...pipewire just seems like a cleaner solution.

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-v