libpipew...-profiler(7) Miscellaneous Information Manuallibpipew...-profiler(7)
NAME
libpipewire-module-profiler - Profiler
DESCRIPTION
The profiler module provides a Profiler interface for applications that
can be used to receive profiling information.
Use tools like pw-top and pw-profiler to collect profiling information
about the pipewire graph.
MODULE NAME
libpipewire-module-profiler
MODULE OPTIONS
• profile.interval.ms: Can be used to avoid gathering profiling
information on every processing cycle. This allows trading off CPU
usage for profiling accuracy. Default 0
CONFIG OVERRIDE
A module.profiler.args config section can be added to override the
module arguments.
# ~/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/my-profiler-args.conf
module.profiler.args = {
#profile.interval.ms = 10
}
EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION
The module is usually added to the config file of the main pipewire
daemon.
context.modules = [
{ name = libpipewire-module-profiler
args = {
#profile.interval.ms = 0
}
}
]
SEE ALSO
• pw-top: a tool to display realtime profiler data
• pw-profiler: a tool to collect and render profiler data
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