Pipewire vs PulseAudio, general question
Pipewire vs PulseAudio, general question
What are the main differences between pipewire and pulseaudio? Which one is better? What are other alternative popular sound servers besides these two?
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ozymandias117 @lemmy.world I’m assuming it’s a complaint about how low level ALSA is compared to the, E.G. Audio HAL in Android
1 0 Replyuis @lemmy.world
Well, being low level is exactly what lets to extract better performance, lower latency and other good stuff.
1 0 Replyozymandias117 @lemmy.world There’s still a fine line to draw between usability and performance
ALSA is too low level for musicians to reasonably understand
Having something like PipeWire to make it easier to configure isn’t a bad thing
1 0 Replyuis @lemmy.world
People here also are asking for super low-latency
1 0 Replyozymandias117 @lemmy.world That’s another nice thing about PipeWire.
It supports configuring JACK for you if you need low latency
1 0 Replyuis @lemmy.world
One person above(Audbol) want to go even lower.
1 0 Replyozymandias117 @lemmy.world You lost track of the conversation. That was about ALSA
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