PipeWire explained

PipeWire
Author:Wim Taymans
Programming Language:C
Operating System:Linux, FreeBSD
License:MIT License

PipeWire is a server for handling audio, video streams, and hardware on Linux.[1] [2] [3] It was created by Wim Taymans at Red Hat.[4] [5] It handles multimedia routing and pipeline processing.[6]

History

In 2015, Taymans started work on PipeWire. It was based on ideas from several existing projects, including one called PulseVideo by William Manley.[7] [8] [9] According to Red Hat's Christian Schaller, it drew many of its ideas from an early PulseVideo prototype by Manley and builds upon some of the code that was merged into GStreamer due to that effort. A goal of the project was to improve handling of video on Linux in the same way that PulseAudio improved handling of audio.

Although a separate project from PulseAudio, Taymans initially considered using the name "PulseVideo" for the new project. By June 2015, the name "Pinos" was being used, after the city Pinos de Alhaurin in Spain, where Taymans used to live.

Initially, Pinos only handled video streams. By early 2017, Taymans had started working on integrating audio streams. Taymans wanted to support both consumer and professional audio use cases, and consulted Paul Davis (Jack developer) and Robin Gareus (Ardour developer) for advice on implementation for professional audio. At this time, the name PipeWire was adopted for the project.

In November 2018, PipeWire was re-licensed from the LGPL to the MIT License.[10] [11]

In April 2021, Fedora Linux 34 became the first Linux distribution to ship PipeWire for audio by default.[12] [13] [14] A year later, Pop! OS adopted it as the default audio server in version 22.04.[15] It was made the default audio server in Ubuntu beginning with version 22.10.[16] In 2023, it was adopted as the default audio server for the GNOME desktop environment in Debian 12 Bookworm.[17]

Features

The project aims include:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schaller. Christian. 2017-09-19. Launching Pipewire!. 2019-06-29. Christian F.K. Schaller.
  2. Web site: Improved multimedia support with Pipewire in Fedora 27. Lerch. Ryan. 2017-09-20. Fedora Magazine. 2019-07-05.
  3. Web site: PipeWire aims to do for video what PulseAudio did for sound. Sneddon. Joey. 2017-09-21. OMG! Ubuntu!. 2019-07-05.
  4. Web site: Fedora Workstation next steps : Introducing Pinos. Schaller. Christian. 2015-06-30. Christian F.K. Schaller. 2019-06-29.
  5. Web site: PipeWire: a low-level multimedia subsystem. Proceedings of the 18th Linux Audio Conference (LAC-20). SCRIME, University of Bordeaux. November 25–27, 2020. Waymans, Tim.
  6. Web site: Update from the PipeWire hackfest. Raghavan. Arun. 2018-10-31. Arun Raghavan. 2019-06-30.
  7. Web site: 2021-05-14. PipeWire: the new audio and video daemon in Fedora Linux 34. 2021-10-16. Fedora Magazine. en-US.
  8. Web site: Comment on: How is this project related to PulseVideo?. Schaller. Christian. 2015-07-01. Christian F.K. Schaller. 2019-06-29.
  9. Web site: 3D video and device mediation with GStreamer. Willis. Nathan. 2015-10-21. LWN.new. 2019-06-29.
  10. Web site: Larabel. Michael. 2019-02-03. PipeWire Should Be One Of The Exciting Linux Desktop Technologies For 2019. 2019-07-05. Phoronix.
  11. Web site: Relicense as MIT/X11. 2018-11-05. PipeWire Git repository in GitHub. 2019-10-26.
  12. Web site: Releases/34/ChangeSet - Fedora Project Wiki. 2021-05-04. fedoraproject.org.
  13. Web site: 2021-04-27. What's new in Fedora Workstation 34. 2021-05-04. Fedora Magazine. en-US.
  14. Web site: 2021-04-04. What's New in Fedora 34? 8 Reasons to Upgrade or Switch. 2021-05-04. MUO. en-US.
  15. Web site: Nestor . Marius . 2022-04-25 . Pop!_OS 22.04 Launches Based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Powered by Linux 5.16 and PipeWire . 2022-09-23 . 9to5Linux . en-US.
  16. Web site: Sneddon . Joey . 2022-05-22 . Ubuntu 22.10 Makes PipeWire Default for Audio . 2022-09-23 . OMG! Ubuntu! . en-GB.
  17. Web site: Larabel . Michael . 2022-10-01 . Debian 12 Switches To PipeWire & WirePlumber By Default With The GNOME Desktop . Phronix . en-US . 2023-06-14.
  18. Web site: Kaskinen. Tanu. 2018-11-12. PipeWire Hackfest 2018 in Edinburgh. 2019-07-05. Tanu's Blog.
  19. Web site: Schaller. Christian. 2018-01-26. An update on Pipewire – the multimedia revolution. 2019-06-29. Christian F.K. Schaller.
  20. Web site: Larabel. Michael. 2018-10-30. PipeWire Is Still On Track For One Day Being A Drop-In Replacement To PulseAudio. 2019-07-05. Phoronix.

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