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[Bug]: ALSA apps will always use Pulseaudio device instead of Pipewire

Open CogumeloNoGIT opened this issue 1 month ago • 0 comments

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Flatpak version

1.16.1

What Linux distribution are you using?

Arch Linux

Linux distribution version

No response

What architecture are you using?

x86_64

How to reproduce

Disable Pulseaudio sound server, allow access to xdg-run/pipewire-0 and try to use pipewire-alsa plugin.

Expected Behavior

Play the audio through pipewire-alsa.

Actual Behavior

The default ALSA device is Pulseaudio. Unless the app have a ALSA device selector to choose Pipewire device like Osu! or MPV, it'll fail.

Additional Information

Can't get pipewire-alsa working on most of Flatpak apps because of the default device.

CogumeloNoGIT avatar Dec 17 '25 22:12 CogumeloNoGIT