Pipewire Blocks Youtube Video and Audio

[Nanayaw]

Hello All

after an update I can’t play live streams on youtube and also no sound
I searched and tried around and I figured out that if I stop pipewire by

systemctl --user stop pipewire

The youtube works but if I stop Firefox and start it again then it will not work until I stop pipewire, for other browsers it is the same.

Did somebody have an idea how to fix this issue?

The system is on a surface pro 4 with gnome actual version

Thanks and Greetings

Nanayaw

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[linux-aarhus]

I can’t say I recognise your issue - and therefore it will be a guess.

On my systems I use only pipewire packages (no pulseaudio) - perhaps it is just my ignorance - but I don’t have issues with sound - at all.

I am using Plasma - I vaguely recall another topic where I did some research and noted that gnome-shell had a dependency on libpulse.

I cannot say if there is a connection to be made but it is worth researching if any conflicts could possibly exist between pulse and pipewire.

But @nikgnomic know a lot more than me on the subject - I regard that member quite experienced (experty) on sound related issues.

[nikgnomic]

Please post more information about pipewire and wireplumber units

systemctl --user --full --no-pager status pipewire.socket pipewire.service pipewire-pulse.socket pipewire-pulse.service

systemctl --user --full --no-pager status wireplumber.socket wireplumber.service

[Nanayaw]

Hello @nikgnomic

Thank you very much for your support

here the output

systemctl --user --full --no-pager status pipewire.socket pipewire.service pipewire-pulse.socket pipewire-pulse.service
● pipewire.socket - PipeWire Multimedia System Sockets
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.socket; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2025-03-23 10:59:44 CET; 2h 36min ago
 Invocation: 61e3ecde78a24f189619454136c88f7e
   Triggers: ● pipewire.service
     Listen: /run/user/1000/pipewire-0 (Stream)
             /run/user/1000/pipewire-0-manager (Stream)
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/pipewire.socket

Mär 23 10:59:44 jh-surfacepro4 systemd[787]: Listening on PipeWire Multimedia System Sockets.

● pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2025-03-23 11:01:04 CET; 2h 35min ago
 Invocation: 85b93c3c10b748c58ec5273973bd0d3d
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 2121 (pipewire)
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 9328)
     Memory: 4.3M (peak: 6.1M)
        CPU: 40ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
             └─2121 /usr/bin/pipewire

Mär 23 11:01:04 jh-surfacepro4 systemd[787]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.
Unit pipewire-pulse.socket could not be found.
Unit pipewire-pulse.service could not be found.

systemctl --user --full --no-pager status wireplumber.socket wireplumber.service                                                     4 ✘ 
Unit wireplumber.socket could not be found.
● wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2025-03-23 11:01:04 CET; 2h 41min ago
 Invocation: 4fb47e4b382f4a2c8895d93faea9adcd
   Main PID: 2124 (wireplumber)
      Tasks: 5 (limit: 9328)
     Memory: 10.8M (peak: 12.8M)
        CPU: 281ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/wireplumber.service
             └─2124 /usr/bin/wireplumber

Mär 23 11:01:04 jh-surfacepro4 systemd[787]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Mär 23 11:01:04 jh-surfacepro4 wireplumber[2124]: wp-internal-comp-loader: Loading profile 'main'
Mär 23 11:01:04 jh-surfacepro4 wireplumber[2124]: spa.bluez5.native: RegisterProfile() failed: org.bluez.Error.NotPermitted
Mär 23 11:01:04 jh-surfacepro4 wireplumber[2124]: wp-device: SPA handle 'api.libcamera.enum.manager' could not be loaded; is it installed?
Mär 23 11:01:04 jh-surfacepro4 wireplumber[2124]: s-monitors-libcamera: PipeWire's libcamera SPA plugin is missing or broken. Some camera types may not be supported.

Greetings

Nanayaw

[Nanayaw]

Hello All

I got it done by doing following

sudo pacman -Rns manjaro-pulse
pamac install manjaro-pipewire

Thanks and Greetings

Nanayaw