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minus-squareOisteink@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoDoes pipewire interface directly to drivers or is it user-space magic on top of alsa like pulseaudio?
minus-squareDefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoIt runs on top of ALSA, as far as I know.
minus-squarePeter1986C@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoI believe it is U-space on top, but I could be wrong.
Does pipewire interface directly to drivers or is it user-space magic on top of alsa like pulseaudio?
It runs on top of ALSA, as far as I know.
I believe it is U-space on top, but I could be wrong.