# administer with pw-cli, pw-mon, pw-top commands # # performance tuning: { config, lib, pkgs, ... }: let cfg = config.sane.programs.pipewire; in { sane.programs.pipewire = { configOption = with lib; mkOption { default = {}; type = types.submodule { options.min-quantum = mkOption { type = types.int; default = 16; }; options.max-quantum = mkOption { type = types.int; default = 2048; }; }; }; suggestedPrograms = [ "rtkit" "wireplumber" ]; sandbox.method = "landlock"; # sandbox.method = "bwrap"; #< also works, but can't claim the full scheduling priority it wants sandbox.whitelistAudio = true; sandbox.whitelistDbus = [ # dbus is used for rtkit integration # rtkit runs on the system bus. # xdg-desktop-portal then exposes this to the user bus. # therefore, user bus should be all that's needed, but... # xdg-desktop-portal-wlr depends on pipewire, hence pipewire has to start before xdg-desktop-portal. # then, pipewire has to talk specifically to rtkit (system) and not go through xdp. # "user" "system" ]; sandbox.wrapperType = "inplace"; #< its config files refer to its binaries by full path sandbox.extraConfig = [ "--sane-sandbox-keep-namespace" "pid" ]; sandbox.capabilities = [ # if using landlock, these capabilities allow pipewire to claim higher scheduling priority "ipc_lock" "sys_nice" ]; sandbox.usePortal = false; sandbox.extraPaths = [ "/dev/snd" # desko/lappy don't need these, but moby complains if not present "/dev/video0" "/dev/video1" "/dev/video2" ]; sandbox.extraHomePaths = [ # pulseaudio cookie ".config/pulse" ".config/pipewire" ]; # note the .conf.d approach: using ~/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf directly breaks all audio, # presumably because that deletes the defaults entirely whereas the .conf.d approach selectively overrides defaults fs.".config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/10-sane-config.conf".symlink.text = '' # config docs: # useful to run `pw-top` to see that these settings are actually having effect, # and `pw-metadata` to see if any settings conflict (e.g. max-quantum < min-quantum) # # restart pipewire after editing these files: # - `systemctl --user restart pipewire` # - pipewire users will likely stop outputting audio until they are also restarted # # there's seemingly two buffers for the mic (see: ) # 1. Pipewire buffering out of the driver and into its own member. # 2. Pipewire buffering into each specific app (e.g. Dino). # note that pipewire default config includes `clock.power-of-two-quantum = true` context.properties = { default.clock.min-quantum = ${builtins.toString cfg.config.min-quantum} default.clock.max-quantum = ${builtins.toString cfg.config.max-quantum} } ''; # see: # defaults to placing the socket in /run/user/$id/{pipewire-0,pipewire-0-manager,...} # but that's trickier to sandbox env.PIPEWIRE_RUNTIME_DIR = "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pipewire"; services.pipewire = { description = "pipewire: multimedia service"; partOf = [ "sound" ]; depends = [ "rtkit" ]; # depends = [ "xdg-desktop-portal" ]; # for Realtime portal (dependency cycle) # env PIPEWIRE_LOG_SYSTEMD=false" # env PIPEWIRE_DEBUG"*:3,mod.raop*:5,pw.rtsp-client*:5" command = pkgs.writeShellScript "pipewire-start" '' mkdir -p $PIPEWIRE_RUNTIME_DIR exec pipewire ''; readiness.waitExists = [ "$PIPEWIRE_RUNTIME_DIR/pipewire-0" "$PIPEWIRE_RUNTIME_DIR/pipewire-0-manager" ]; cleanupCommand = ''rm -f "$PIPEWIRE_RUNTIME_DIR/{pipewire-0,pipewire-0.lock,pipewire-0-manager,pipewire-0-manager.lock}"''; }; services.pipewire-pulse = { description = "pipewire-pulse: Pipewire compatibility layer for PulseAudio clients"; depends = [ "pipewire" ]; partOf = [ "sound" ]; command = pkgs.writeShellScript "pipewire-pulse-start" '' mkdir -p $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse exec pipewire-pulse ''; readiness.waitExists = [ "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse/native" "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse/pid" ]; cleanupCommand = ''rm -f "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse/{native,pid}"''; }; }; # taken from nixos/modules/services/desktops/pipewire/pipewire.nix # removed 32-bit compatibility stuff environment.etc = lib.mkIf cfg.enabled { "alsa/conf.d/49-pipewire-modules.conf".text = '' pcm_type.pipewire { libs.native = ${cfg.package}/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pipewire.so ; } ctl_type.pipewire { libs.native = ${cfg.package}/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_pipewire.so ; } ''; "alsa/conf.d/50-pipewire.conf".source = "${cfg.package}/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/50-pipewire.conf"; "alsa/conf.d/99-pipewire-default.conf".source = "${cfg.package}/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/99-pipewire-default.conf"; }; services.udev.packages = lib.mkIf cfg.enabled [ cfg.package ]; }