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/usr/bin/pw-metadata

server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines

From pipewire 1.6.11-r2 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running pw-metadata --help (exit 0). permalink

/usr/bin/pw-metadata [options] [ id [ key [ value [ type ] ] ] ]
  -h, --help                            Show this help
      --version                         Show version
  -r, --remote                          Remote daemon name
  -l, --list                            List available metadata
  -m, --monitor                         Monitor metadata
  -d, --delete                          Delete metadata
  -n, --name                            Metadata name (default: "default")
Options (7)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpShow this helphelp + man
--versionShow version information.help + man
-r, --remote NAMEThe name the remote instance to use.help + man
-l, --listList available metadata objectshelp + man
-m, --monitorKeeps running and log the changes to the metadata.help + man
-d, --deleteDelete all metadata for id or for the specified key of object id.help + man
-n, --nameMetadata name (Default: "default").help + man

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