On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 2:18:50 PM CET Marc-André Lureau wrote: > Hi > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 12:51 PM Dorinda Bassey <dbas...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > This commit adds a new audiodev backend to allow QEMU to use Pipewire as both an audio sink and source. This backend is available on most systems. > > > > Hmm, I would rather have less audio (and ui) backends in QEMU. (for > audio, if I could introduce and keep only one, that would be > GStreamer: to remove the others..) > > What is the main advantage compared to using the ALSA backend? (I > assume pipewire depends on ALSA anyway on Linux)
I think it does make sense to add Pipewire. Apparently it gains popularity. The main advantage of Pipewire is its interoperability: It allows you to connect apps with each other that only support a specific audio system. Say one app that only supports JACK, another app that only supports PulseAudio, another that only supports ALSA and so on. So it tries to provide a universal plug on a system for all. Best regards, Christian Schoenebeck
