Talk:PipeWire

gentoo-pipewire-launcher
This page currently makes a number of references to, but as of today (2022-04-10), the build seems to not install such a file. However, it does contain ; should references to the former be replaced by references to the latter? -- Flexibeast (talk)
 * What version are you talking about? I recall that the stable version 0.3.36 won't have that yet, and since this is very experimental at this stage, this wiki page refers to mostly unstable builds.
 * Gabrielg (talk) 08:05, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh! Sorry, yes, 0.3.36. Thanks, all noted. -- Flexibeast (talk)

Necessity of USE flag
A recent discussion on r/Gentoo indicates how the current text: "The use of PipeWire by applications natively is governed by the USE=screencast USE flag, on each package that has optional PipeWire support." is ambiguous. Is the flag only required if one needs to do screencasting, or is it more generally required for applications to use PipeWire natively?

-- Flexibeast (talk)


 * Afaik, it is only for the screencasting. For sound-server, applications are still using USE flag and pipewire will act as pulseaudio server if you choose to replace pulseaudio with pipewire (by setting  on pipewire and  on pulseaudio). -- Ultratensai (talk)

USE flags
[Moved from User talk:Flexibeast; regarding revision of 23:09, 21 April 2023 by Flexibeast] It is kinda redundant, but I added that so if someone just goes to the "replace pulse" portion, they can follow those steps, it's easy to miss the portion above, jumping straight to the instructions. -- User:Zen_desu


 * Yes, i understood that you'd interpreted the first and second paragraphs as two distinct sets of instructions - the phrasing was ambiguous, so that was certainly a reasonable interpretation! However, in order to avoid needless repetition of information, wiki pages typically provide instructions applicable to all cases, before then addressing specific cases. So i not only removed your text, but also modified the text of the second sentence to say "Then, if ..." to try to link the two paragraphs, and make it clear that the instruction of the first sentence should have already been completed at this point. -- Flexibeast (talk) 01:07, 22 April 2023 (UTC)