PipeWire Controller

A simple to install and use tray icon to control the samplerate and buffersize when using PipeWire audio server.

Features

• Change the samplerate and buffer size of PipeWire from a system tray icon.
• Save and load settings automatically.
• Support for any Linux desktop environment or window manager with a system tray visible.

Dependencies

To run this application, you need the following dependencies:

• Python 3
• PyQt5 or PyQt6 (use -qt6 flag)
• PipeWire utilities (pw-metadata command)
• Git
• Wget

How do I install those "dependencies"?

Examples

• Arch Linux, Manjaro, Garuda

sudo pacman -S --needed python-pyqt5 pipewire git wget

• RedHat, Fedora

sudo dnf install python3-qt5 pipewire git wget

• OpenSUSE

sudo zypper install python3-qt5 pipewire git wget

• Solus

sudo eopkg install python3-qt5 pipewire git wget

• Debian, Ubuntu, Mint

sudo apt-get install python3-pyqt5 pipewire git wget

Note: replace python3-qt5 with python3-qt5 if you want to use Qt6

How to Install Pipewire Controller

Copy the following command, paste it in a terminal and hit [ENTER]. Thats it!

QT_PLATFORM=5 wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apapamarkou/pipewire-controller/main/src/pipewire-controller-git-install | bash

Note: replace QT_PLATFORM=5 with QT_PLATFORM=6 if you want to use Qt6

How to Uninstall Pipewire Controller

Copy the following command, paste it in a terminal and hit [ENTER]. Thats it!

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apapamarkou/pipewire-controller/main/src/pipewire-controller-git-uninstall | bash

Acknowledgments

I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the following contributors:

• @ItzSelenux
• @Axel-Erfurt

Thank you for being a part of our project and helping make it better!

License

This script is licensed under the GNU License. See the LICENSE file for details.