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Routing sound between your own programs on Linux with PipeWire: what its documentation states
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What this guide covers
A documentary note for Linux users who want to send audio from one program into another. It explains the device, node, port and link vocabulary, who creates links, and what the link, loopback and cat tools are documented to do. It is based on the documentation only and was not run.
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Routing sound between your own programs on Linux with PipeWire: what its documentation states
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A documentary note for Linux users who want to send audio from one program into another. It explains the device, node, port and link vocabulary, who creates links, and what the link, loopback and cat tools are documented to do. It is based on the documentation only and was not run.
Useful starting points
- The PipeWire server does not manage the graph itself, so links are not made automatically. A session manager reacts to events such as new devices.
- A passive link on its own does not make data flow; some other active link must exist.
- The pw-cat tool does not render MIDI; you need a separate renderer to hear MIDI events.
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