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/usr/bin/pw-reserve

server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines

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

/usr/bin/pw-reserve [options]
  -h, --help                            Show this help
      --version                         Show version
  -n, --name                            Name to reserve (Audio0, Midi0, Video0, ..)
  -a, --appname                         Application Name (default pw-reserve)
  -p, --priority                        Priority (default 0)
  -m, --monitor                         Monitor only, don't try to acquire
  -r, --release                         Request release when busy
Options (7)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpShow this helphelp + man
--versionShow version information.help + man
-n, --name NAMEName to reserve (Audio0, Midi0, Video0, ..)help + man
-a, --appname NAMEApplication name to use when reserving the device.help + man
-p, --priority PRIOPriority to use when reserving the device.help + man
-m, --monitorMonitor reservations of a given device, instead of reserving it.help + man
-r, --releaseRequest any client currently holding the device to release it, and try to reserve it after that.help + man
Exit status (1) from the manual page
0terminated by SIGINT or SIGTERM in this case

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.