Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@gnomelibre" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gnomelibre</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@ki" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ki</span></a></span> personally I've never had to fiddle with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audio</span></a> under <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> since it works fine.</p><p>Having to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Jack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jack</span></a> as the Linux-equivalent of "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VirtualAudioCable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VirtualAudioCable</span></a>" worked fine, and I think <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PipeWire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PipeWire</span></a> not just replaces <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ALSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALSA</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSS</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PulseAudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PulseAudio</span></a> but also <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GStreamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GStreamer</span></a> and that is a good thing, because then every Application can just say: "Decode this Audio/Video File" and have a transparent <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/API" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>API</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ABI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABI</span></a> that automagically does it with the best possible options at hand.</p><p>Kinda like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsMediaPlayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsMediaPlayer</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QuickTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuickTime</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a> do by tightly integrating with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/decoders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decoders</span></a> amd <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/drivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drivers</span></a>... </p><p>Also unlike the latter, PipeWire can also be used to record stuff at minimal overhead.</p><p>Like with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystemD</span></a> this is a complete paradigm shift but like systemd it's kinda "necessary evil" because the status quo evidently sucks for many reasons and many more people.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGog</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p><p>Or as some people say who had talked to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@pid_eins" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pid_eins</span></a></span> : <br>'systemd [and pipewire] is [or rather are] a conspiracy to make <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Desktop</span></a> Linux better than it ever has been!'</p>