pipewire-pulse(1) General Commands Manual pipewire-pulse(1)
NAME
pipewire-pulse - The PipeWire PulseAudio replacement
SYNOPSIS
pipewire-pulse [options]
DESCRIPTION
pipewire-pulse starts a PulseAudio-compatible daemon that integrates
with the PipeWire media server, by running a pipewire process through a
systemd service. This daemon is a drop-in replacement for the PulseAudio
daemon.
OPTIONS
-h | --help
Show help.
-v | --verbose
Increase the verbosity by one level. This option may be specified
multiple times.
--version
Show version information.
-c | --config=FILE
Load the given config file (Default: pipewire-pulse.conf).
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The generic pipewire(1) environment variables are supported.
In addition:
PULSE_RUNTIME_PATH
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
Directory where to create the native protocol pulseaudio socket.
PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC
Extra buffering latency in milliseconds. This controls buffering
logic in libpulse and may be set for PulseAudio client applications
to adjust their buffering. (Setting it on the pipewire-pulse server
has no effect.)
AUTHORS
The PipeWire Developers
<https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/issues>; PipeWire is
available from <https://pipewire.org>
SEE ALSO
pipewire-pulse.conf(5), pipewire(1), pipewire-pulse-modules(7)
PipeWire 1.4.2 pipewire-pulse(1)
Generated by dwww version 1.16 on Sat Oct 3 06:11:36 CEST 2026.