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NAME
libpipewire-module-protocol-native - Protocol Native
DESCRIPTION
The native protocol module implements the PipeWire communication between a client and a server using unix
local sockets.
Normally this module is loaded in both client and server config files so that they cam communicate.
MODULE NAME
libpipewire-module-protocol-native
MODULE OPTIONS
The module supports the following arguments:
• sockets: [ { name = 'socket-name', owner = 'owner', group = 'group', mode = 'mode', selinux.context =
'context' }, ... ]
Array of Unix socket names and (optionally) owner/permissions to serve, if the context is a server. If
not absolute paths, the sockets are created in the default runtime directory.
Has the default value [ { name = 'CORENAME' }, { name = 'CORENAME-manager' } ], where CORENAME is the
name of the PipeWire core, usually pipewire-0.
The permissions have no effect for sockets from Systemd socket activation. Those should be configured via
the systemd.socket(5) mechanism.
GENERAL OPTIONS
The name of the core is obtained as:
• PIPEWIRE_CORE : the environment variable with the name of the core
• core.name : in the context properties
• a name based on the process id
The context will also become a server if:
• PIPEWIRE_DAEMON : the environment is true
• core.daemon : in the context properties is true
The socket will be located in the directory obtained by looking at the following environment variables:
• PIPEWIRE_RUNTIME_DIR
• XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
• USERPROFILE
The socket address will be written into the notification file descriptor if the following environment
variable is set:
• PIPEWIRE_NOTIFICATION_FD
When a client connect, the connection will be made to:
• PIPEWIRE_REMOTE : the environment with the remote name
• remote.name : the property in the context.
• The default remote named 'pipewire-0'
A Special remote named 'internal' can be used to make a connection to the local context. This can be done
even when the server is not a daemon. It can be used to treat a local context as if it was a server.
EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION
context.modules = [
{ name = libpipewire-module-protocol-native }
]
context.modules = [
{ name = libpipewire-module-protocol-native,
args = { sockets = [ { name = "pipewire-0" }, { name = "pipewire-0-manager" } ] } }
]
PipeWire 1.0.5 libpipewire-module-protocol-native(7)