# Help needed writing How To | Replace Pulseaudio with Pipewire for EndeavorOS **URL:** \ **Category:** Newbie\ **Created:** [March 4, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/help-needed-writing-how-to-replace-pulseaudio-with-pipewire-for-endeavoros/12465 "2021-03-04T15:58:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RodneyCK](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/rodneyck/32/9324_2.png) [@RodneyCK](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/RodneyCK)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/help-needed-writing-how-to-replace-pulseaudio-with-pipewire-for-endeavoros/12465/21 "2021-03-25T17:22:29Z")
This whole thing was so confusing. In my Wine games, half the time the sound would not work. I had to toggle the volume up and down to get Wine to recognize it before the game launched. The other issue, a microphone icon in the task bar (KDE) kept popping on and off, and every time it showed, I had sound issues. Apparently a bug or something, saw reports filed on it. I decided to revert back to Pulseaudio legacy including Pulseefects, and now everything is back to normal…and more importantly…works correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Trekkie00](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/trekkie00/32/102609_2.png) [@Trekkie00](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Trekkie00)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/help-needed-writing-how-to-replace-pulseaudio-with-pipewire-for-endeavoros/12465/22 "2021-03-25T18:09:49Z")
Yes. `pavucontrol` still works when using `pipewire` instead of `pulseaudio`. ---
**Author:** ![kagetora13](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kagetora13/32/137235_2.png) [@kagetora13](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/kagetora13)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/help-needed-writing-how-to-replace-pulseaudio-with-pipewire-for-endeavoros/12465/23 "2021-03-25T21:09:30Z")
@Beardedgeek72 So far from my testing (with Gnome Desktop) I have to use pavucontrol so I can dependably switch my audio inputs and outputs (Bluetooth Headphones, HDMI Audio to TV). Gnome will just clear my preferred choice in Gnome settings. Additionally pulseeffects is having issues when interacting between desktop applications and Web Applications. Symptoms: - The sound,music will change to a slower speed. - You will stop music\sound and it will take several seconds to stop. - When using Firefox with Web Applications, the Web Application may request a different latency settings which will cause cracking and popping when pulseeffects is running. - There is also some configuration issues between the updates where audio is cutting out. I’ve included some sources as we all navigate through the various issues. > > > Hello. > > Very similar to #222, but with PE v5 and more specific (not random). > … > Reproducing: > > \* Play audio from Chromium (I'm using Deezer) — there is no problem. > \* Receive a notification with sound from Discord, Telegram, I guess anywhere. > \* Listen terrifying crackles. > > Sometimes during track switching or something else, but very rare. The case described above gives 100%. > > Should I try to record these noises? > > Configuration: Arch Linux, \`pipewire 1:0.3.21-1\`, \`pipewire-pulse 1:0.3.21-1\`, \`pulseeffects 5.0.0-1\`. > > > Pulseeffects crashing constantly and often with pipewire > Distro -\> Manjaro Linu…x > > System: Kernel: 5.11.6-1-MANJARO x86\_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0 Console: tty pts/7 wm: kwin\_x11 DM: SDDM > Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux > Machine: Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP ProBook 450 G8 Notebook PC v: N/A serial: \ Chassis: type: 10 > serial: \ > Mobo: HP model: 87E1 v: KBC Version 31.1F.00 serial: \ UEFI: HP v: T70 Ver. 01.02.06 date: 11/19/2020 > Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 45.6 Wh (101.3%) condition: 45.0/45.0 Wh (100.0%) volts: 13.0 min: 11.4 > model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: \ status: Unknown cycles: 2 > CPU: Info: Quad Core model: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Tiger Lake rev: 1 cache: > L1: 320 KiB L2: 8 MiB L3: 8 MiB > flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4\_1 sse4\_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 38720 > Speed: 3898 MHz min/max: 400/4200 MHz volts: 0.7 V ext-clock: 100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3898 2: 4049 3: 3922 > 4: 3803 5: 3982 6: 3931 7: 4071 8: 3885 > Graphics: Device-1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49 > class-ID: 0300 > Device-2: Luxvisions Innotech Limited HP HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-2:3 chip-ID: 30c9:0010 > class-ID: 0e02 > Display: server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: kwin\_x11 driver: loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting > alternate: fbdev,vesa resolution: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 > OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.4 direct render: Yes > Audio: Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: sof-audio-pci bus-ID: 00:1f.3 > chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0401 > Device-2: C-Media USB Audio Device type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-4.3:8 > chip-ID: 0d8c:0012 class-ID: 0300 > Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.11.6-1-MANJARO running: yes > Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no > Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: no > Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.23 running: yes > Network: Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 4000 bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a0f0 > class-ID: 0280 > IF: wlp0s20f3 state: down mac: \ > Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel > port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 > IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: \ > IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A > Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-10:7 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001 > Report: This feature requires one of these tools: hciconfig/bt-adapter > RAID: Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd v: 0.6 port: 4000 bus-ID: 00:0e.0 > chip-ID: 8086.9a0b rev: class-ID: 0104 > Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 138.85 GiB (58.2%) > ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLQ256HAJD-000H1 size: 238.47 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 > rotation: SSD serial: \ rev: HPS4NFXV temp: 30.9 C scheme: GPT > Partition: ID-1: / size: 60 GiB used: 40.45 GiB (67.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 > ID-2: /boot/efi size: 499 MiB used: 688 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 > ID-3: /home size: 175.99 GiB used: 98.4 GiB (55.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 > Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 > Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: 25.0 C > Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A > Info: Processes: 379 Uptime: 19h 10m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.33 GiB used: 6.23 GiB (40.7%) Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: > gcc: 10.2.0 clang: 11.1.0 Packages: 1536 pacman: 1529 snap: 7 Shell: Zsh (sudo) v: 5.8 running-in: guake > inxi: 3.3.03 > > HP ProBook 450 G8 [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PipeWire#No\_devices\_detected\_after\_PipeWire\_update\_and\_reboot\_(git\_/\_\>=0.3.23)](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PipeWire#No_devices_detected_after_PipeWire_update_and_reboot_(git_/_%3E=0.3.23)) ---
**Author:** ![Beardedgeek72](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/beardedgeek72/32/846_2.png) [@Beardedgeek72](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Beardedgeek72)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/help-needed-writing-how-to-replace-pulseaudio-with-pipewire-for-endeavoros/12465/24 "2021-03-25T21:25:38Z")
> [@kagetora13](#): > > The sound,music will change to a slower speed. This is the exact bug, but reverse, I have with Pulse btw. Amusing in a way. ---
**Author:** ![jonathon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/jonathon/32/18722_2.png) [@jonathon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/jonathon)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/help-needed-writing-how-to-replace-pulseaudio-with-pipewire-for-endeavoros/12465/25 "2021-03-25T21:30:31Z")
Keep in mind that PipeWire is still early in development, under very active development ([77 commits in the past week](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/compare/0.3.24...master)), and is seeing very regular releases. There are things that didn’t work last week that do work this week. Therefore, if you find an unfiled bug then report it to the developers: > **[Issues · PipeWire / pipewire · GitLab](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues)** > > Multimedia processing graphs ---
**Author:** ![kagetora13](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kagetora13/32/137235_2.png) [@kagetora13](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/kagetora13)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/help-needed-writing-how-to-replace-pulseaudio-with-pipewire-for-endeavoros/12465/26 "2021-03-25T21:44:05Z")
🙂 Its like you got a free re-mix of a song you did not know you had. LOL ---
**Author:** ![His\_Turdness](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/his_turdness/32/5615_2.png) [@His\_Turdness](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/His_Turdness)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/help-needed-writing-how-to-replace-pulseaudio-with-pipewire-for-endeavoros/12465/27 "2022-05-13T12:18:58Z")
Last update broke my audio. Removing pulse and installing pipewire fixed it for the most part. I still get no audio from Plexamp though, which is a big bummer. ---
**Author:** ![pebcak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pebcak/32/100472_2.png) [@pebcak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/pebcak)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/help-needed-writing-how-to-replace-pulseaudio-with-pipewire-for-endeavoros/12465/28 "2022-05-13T12:25:05Z")
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