I wanted to understand it seems like the community is pushing for users to switch from PulseAudio to Pipewire. Is this still the case, and if so Why? I am just trying understand the advantages on why to use one over the other.
Thank you in advance to everyone for your time and help, it is super appreciated.
I switched to PipeWire almost immediately after I installed Manjaro.
I had problems with PulseAudio - interruptions and glitches in games when there are a lot of sound sources.
Also in the HD mod for Diablo 2 there was no sound at all.
(On my PC, a videocard is responsible for playback via DisplayPort .)
It’s all good now.
I switched to pipewire from the start since I installed manjaro because when I was in another distro had crackling sound due pulseaudio and only pipewire fixed it (I had to restart pulseaudio constantly)
I didn’t know PulseEffects dropped support (@maycne.sonahoz)
Just install manjaro-pipewire. Answer yes to replacement questions. It will remove pulseaudio packages and install the pipewire equivalents in a single transaction.
Changed to PipeWire, very good until I try to play the only game I play, factorio. No sound in factorio with PipeWire. Went back to PulseAudio. Now I have sound in factorio again.
Another reason to use Pipewire is better bluetooth codec support. By default, Pulse supports just the SBC codec. Pipewire supports virtually all bluetooth codecs by default.
This is strange, because under EndeavourOS (Arch), where Pipewire is now standard, there is a sound icon in the tray as usual.
Btw, it works fine with my K5 Pro DAC.
I - The standard KDE audio volume control is no longer available;
II - We no longer have the audio configuration options (hardware) in the “System Settings”;
III - When we add a new audio device (a bluetooth headset, for example) it does not start to be used automatically by the OS;
IV - The keyboard features/keys for audio control have stopped working.
It’s also missing the sound icon for me, and I can’t control the volume using my keyboard shortcut anymore. This was after sudo pamac remove pulseaudio && sudo pamac install manjaro-pipewire && reboot