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From [pipewire.org](http://pipewire.org): PipeWire is a project that aims to greatly improve handling of audio and video under Linux. It aims to support the usecases currently handled by both [PulseAudio](/index.php/PulseAudio "PulseAudio") and [Jack](/index.php/Jack "Jack") and at the same time provide same level of powerful handling of Video input and output. It also introduces a security model that makes interacting with audio and video devices from containerized applications easy, with supporting [Flatpak](/index.php/Flatpak "Flatpak") applications being the primary goal. Alongside [Wayland](/index.php/Wayland "Wayland") and [Flatpak](/index.php/Flatpak "Flatpak") we expect PipeWire to provide a core building block for the future of Linux application development. Features include: * Capture and playback of audio and video with minimal latency. * Real-time Multimedia processing on audio and video. * Multiprocess architecture to let applications share multimedia content. * GStreamer plugins for easy use and integration in current applications. * Sandboxed applications support. See Flatpak for more info. ## Contents * [1 Installation](#Installation) * [2 Usage](#Usage) * [2.1 Video](#Video) * [2.2 Audio (JACK)](#Audio_.28JACK.29) * [2.3 ALSA/Legacy applications](#ALSA.2FLegacy_applications) * [2.4 Bluetooth](#Bluetooth) * [3 See also](#See_also) ## Installation [Install](/index.php/Install "Install") the [pipewire](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=pipewire) package from the official repositories or the [pipewire-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pipewire-git/) package from the [AUR](/index.php/AUR "AUR"). ## Usage ### Video Although the software is not yet production ready, it is safe to play around with. Most application which rely on [GStreamer](/index.php/GStreamer "GStreamer") to handle e.g. video streams should work out-of-the-box due to the PipeWire GStreamer plugin. Applications like e.g. [cheese](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=cheese) are therefore already able to share video input using it. The GStreamer autoplugging process obviously requires that the PipeWire process is running beforehand. Hence you must start `pipewire` prior to using it. ### Audio (JACK) Support for the Jack protocol on top of PipeWire is implemented and first applications relying on said interface are working in a test environment. Through that work one is able to achieve the low latency needed for pro-audio with PipeWire. A detailed description of how to enable and use it can be found [here](https://github.com/PipeWire/pipewire/wiki/JACK). ### ALSA/Legacy applications Work on ALSA emulation is ongoing but first working code exists. ### Bluetooth PipeWire provides a bluetooth module which integrates directly into the Bluez Bluetooth framework. Paring and management hence works the same since it is handled by higher level interfaces. ## See also * [Wiki](https://github.com/PipeWire/pipewire/wiki) — PipeWire Wiki on GitHub * [Pipewire Update Blog Post](https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2018/01/26/an-update-on-pipewire-the-multimedia-revolution-an-update/) — Blog post from January 2018 outlining the state of PipeWire at the time