pipewire versus pulseaudio

[pwabrahams]

m trying to decide if I should switch from pulseaudio to pipewire. I've had a few problems with my Bluetooth headphones. Furthermore, I want to play music over my Bluetooth hearing aids. I don't want to be on the bleeding edge. Is pipewire the safer choice?


bluetooth

[claydoh]

Only way to know is to give it a go:
https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-insta...n-ubuntu-linux

This how-to shows you how to revert back, if needed.

I have switched to it on my 20.04 (Neon) system, as I am running Wayland, and the easiest way for me (so far) to get screen recording support is via OBS and pipewire.
I can't tell any difference, as I had no issues with any of my Bt audio devices, though I do see more audio options for my buds now.

[pwabrahams]

When making changes, packages shouldn't be removed too quickly. Whenever possible. the unwanted packages should be deactivated or bypassed. Deletion can be done later.

[supsup]

For me personally, Pipewire works just as well as Pulse (I am not sure if there is any difference, I installed it to see if it would switch my outputs better but it did not and I had to make a script for that: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipew.../-/issues/1978

As for the link above, beware of the uninstall part:

sudo apt remove gstreamer1.0-pipewire libpipewire-0.3-{0,dev,modules} libspa-0.2-{bluetooth,dev,jack,modules} pipewire{,-{audio-client-libraries,pulse,media-session,bin,locales,tests}}

removed SDDM, I think, so I could not login graphically, so be careful when you run that.

[claydoh]

If it is removing SDDM, then there is something wrong with the directions lol.