Using Pipewire instead of Pulseaudio in Slackware 15

rizitis · 04-16-2023, 12:22 PM

I want to mention that I have sound with 0.3.69 even if dont remove media_session.desktop, the same bad quality sound.
But for 0.3.68 ofcourse I have sound ( a very nice sound) only if media_session.desktop exist in its place.
I tested it lots of times.

marav · 04-16-2023, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rizitis

I want to mention that I have sound with 0.3.69 even if dont remove media_session.desktop, the same bad quality sound.
But for 0.3.68 ofcourse I have sound ( a very nice sound) only if media_session.desktop exist in its place.
I tested it lots of times.

Is your CPU overburning ?

If yes, can you test this patch ?
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...8/#post6424854

fourtysixandtwo · 04-16-2023, 02:10 PM

0.3.69 running fine on 15.0 with 6.1.23 kernel after I upgraded yesterday.

rizitis · 04-16-2023, 02:48 PM

My CPU is excellent, 20 threads working very, very fine with Slackware.

But i rebuilded pipewire with that patch you mention and gave a try.
Not hi quality sound but volume was 40% up from the same pipewire version without the patch and it was/is exactly the same with
pipewire 0.3.68 which i use because of quality.

rizitis · 04-16-2023, 03:26 PM

Just for a better feedback:
1) I was check stock xfce for current:
sound quality works fine like gnome with 0.3.68 (small image)

2)Then I checked stock full Plasma wayland: (big image)
quality also is perfect, but volume is 20%-25% down than xfce or gnome. Which is not a problem if someone use headphones or dont care about it...

results for my case: I have a full Slackware current installation and always update in this laptop last 5-6 months.
suddenly when pipewire 0.3.68 was in the installation, sound was much better for my intel sound card (with sof-firmware). good sound is what i missed from the first day I had linux installation and now it works!
But with pipewire 0.3.69 i just have a stereo sound...

Valdin · 04-19-2023, 06:15 PM

I switched to PipeWire on my Slackware Current(as of six months ago or so) workstation:

Sound is working properly.
The annoying reset of my keyboard no longer happens every time I connect my Bluetooth headphones which would require me hitting the NumLock key over and over again all day long.

Enabled the auto connect in the config file. The headphones connect but the audio input source does not switch to the headphones.

Also, there is now an annoying beep in many places in xterm. Mostly hitting tab or occasionally hitting ctrl-c. Had to add set vb(visual bell) to turn off the beeps in Vim.

Never had any xterm or UI sounds/beeps enabled before so looking up now how to turn this beeping crap off.

Regnad Kcin · 04-19-2023, 09:26 PM

Just tried out pipewire on a test system last night and it "didn't break nothin'" so
enabled it on my daily driver this morning.

Quote:

System:
Host: ewj.ewj Kernel: 6.1.24 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasma
v: 5.27.4 Distro: Slackware 15.0
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
API: ALSA v: k6.1.24 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.69 status: active
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 state: up address: A8:64:F1:FA:EC:3F

The high frequency response is better subjectively to my earz.
The pulseaudio volume control is still functional,
but the "popping and poettering" classically associated
with pulse audio is dispelled.

bittin_ · 04-20-2023, 06:23 AM

0.3.70 of pipewire just released today

marav · 04-20-2023, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bittin_

0.3.70 of pipewire just released today

Code:

This is a quick bugfix release that is API and ABI 
compatible with previous 0.3.x releases.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipew...ob/master/NEWS

RadicalDreamer · 04-21-2023, 02:47 PM

Thank you Pat for adding wireplumber to Slackware!

fourtysixandtwo · 04-21-2023, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RadicalDreamer

Thank you Pat for adding wireplumber to Slackware!

Seconded!

0.3.70 working fine on 15.0.

cwizardone · 04-21-2023, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RadicalDreamer

Thank you Pat for adding wireplumber to Slackware!

Must have missed that. I just scanned the change log and don't see when it was added?

fourtysixandtwo · 04-21-2023, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

Must have missed that. I just scanned the change log and don't see when it was added?

Code:

l/pipewire-0.3.69-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  When enabled, use wireplumber rather than the deprecated media-session.
  Thanks to saxa for the help. :-)

cwizardone · 04-21-2023, 09:40 PM

Saw that.
Good of you to take the time to reply.
My mind is getting a little fuzzy in my old age, but that change log entry doesn't answer the question.
Thanks, again.

dchmelik · 04-22-2023, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by stormtracknole

[...]Thanks to Pat for including this package; ZhaoLin1457 for his amazing work and LuckyCyborg for providing the SBo.

SBo is the abbreviation for SlackBuilds.org but I don't see pipewire on there, just something that uses pipewire... what exactly do you mean? Is someone going to write this up on docs.slackware.com ?