Re: [PATCH] audio/pwaudio.c: Add Pipewire audio backend for QEMU

[Marc-André Lureau]

Hi

On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 6:09 PM Christian Schoenebeck
<qemu_oss@crudebyte.com> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 2:18:50 PM CET Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 12:51 PM Dorinda Bassey <dbassey@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > This commit adds a new audiodev backend to allow QEMU to use Pipewire as
> both an audio sink and source. This backend is available on most systems.
> > >
> >
> > Hmm, I would rather have less audio (and ui) backends in QEMU. (for
> > audio, if I could introduce and keep only one, that would be
> > GStreamer: to remove the others..)
> >
> > What is the main advantage compared to using the ALSA backend? (I
> > assume pipewire depends on ALSA anyway on Linux)
>
> I think it does make sense to add Pipewire. Apparently it gains popularity.

My point is that pipewire has ALSA plugin (and also pulseaudio compat
library etc). So why add another back in QEMU?

> The main advantage of Pipewire is its interoperability: It allows you to
> connect apps with each other that only support a specific audio system. Say
> one app that only supports JACK, another app that only supports PulseAudio,
> another that only supports ALSA and so on. So it tries to provide a universal
> plug on a system for all.
>
> Best regards,
> Christian Schoenebeck
>
>


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Marc-André Lureau