pipewire-pulse(1) General Commands Manual pipewire-pulse(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

pipewire-pulse - The PipeWire PulseAudio replacement

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**pipewire-pulse** \[*options*]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**pipewire-pulse** starts a PulseAudio-compatible daemon that integrates with the PipeWire media server, by running a pipewire process through a systemd service. This daemon is a drop-in replacement for the PulseAudio daemon.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

**-h | --help**

Show help.

**-v | --verbose**

Increase the verbosity by one level. This option may be specified multiple times.

**--version**

Show version information.

**-c | --config=FILE**

Load the given config file (Default: pipewire-pulse.conf).

# [ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES](#ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES)

The generic **[pipewire(1)](/man/os/pipewire/pipewire.1) environment variables** are supported.

In addition:

**PULSE\_RUNTIME\_PATH**

**XDG\_RUNTIME\_DIR**

Directory where to create the native protocol pulseaudio socket.

**PULSE\_LATENCY\_MSEC**

Extra buffering latency in milliseconds. This controls buffering logic in libpulse and may be set for PulseAudio client applications to adjust their buffering. (Setting it on the pipewire-pulse server has no effect.)

# [AUTHORS](#AUTHORS)

The PipeWire Developers <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/issues>; PipeWire is available from <https://pipewire.org>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**pipewire-pulse.conf(5)**](/man/os/pipewire/pipewire-pulse.conf.5), [**pipewire(1)**](/man/os/pipewire/pipewire.1), [**pipewire-pulse-modules(7)**](/man/os/pipewire/pipewire-pulse-modules.7)

1.6.11 PipeWire

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Document: pipewire-pulse(1) from pipewire 1.6.11-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire