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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

It's a different way of routing audio through the system. For the average user it won't make a whole lot of difference, but for some (you and I, obviously), it provides a bit more control over the flow and its performance. Very useful when doing things such as recording in a DAW.

Unless this is something a user needs to care about, there will be no noticeable difference. Pavucontrol is still an excellent front end, even if the back end is handled by pipewire.

EDIT: Yeah, now that I think about it, like that other guy said: Bluetooth audio. It got more or less trouble free after I switched to pipewire a while back on my Mint 21 machine.

[–] MagicShel 11 points 3 months ago

Thanks! Uh... I mean I'm sure all those people appreciate your explanation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah pipewire vastly reduces delay for Bluetooth headphones, for me it went from obvious and quite annoying to literally no perceptible delay compared to wired