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SaltyIcetea

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Registered: 2026-04-17

Posts: 3

[SOLVED] Pipewire sink creation issues

i was able to create one by using these file contents at ~/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/teamspeak-sink.conf.

context.modules = [
{   name = libpipewire-module-loopback
    args = {
        capture.props = {
            media.class = "Audio/Sink"
            node.name = "teamspeak_sink"
            node.description = "TeamSpeak Sink"
            audio.position = [ FL FR ]
        }
        playback.props = {
            media.class = "Stream/Output/Audio"
            node.name = "teamspeak_sink_output"
            node.description = "TeamSpeak Sink Output"
            audio.position = [ FL FR ]
        }
    }
}
]

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i created the pipewire example sink according to the following link with the exact same file path and file contents: https://docs.pipewire.org/page_module_example_sink.html
but pipewire just throws the following error (exact output from my terminal)

/home/salty/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d 16:24:34  ❯ pipewire
[E][16:10:37.869927] pw.conf      | [          conf.c:  602 load_module()] 0x56463c8b0580: could not load mandatory module "libpipewire-module-example-sink": No such file or directory
[E][16:10:37.871170] default      | [      pipewire.c:  124 main()] failed to create context: No such file or directory

reinstalling pipewire didnt help and i cant update as i am already on the newest release that is available in the repos as of writing this (1:1.6.3-1)

also here is the output of all the files i modified in regrads to pipewire

/home/salty/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d 16:25:02  ❯ cat my-example-sink.conf 
# ~/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/my-example-sink.conf

context.modules = [
{   name = libpipewire-module-example-sink
    args = {
        node.name = "example_sink"
        node.description = "My Example Sink"
        stream.props = {
            audio.position = [ FL FR ]
        }
    }
}
]

/home/salty/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d 16:25:14  ❯ cat pipewire.conf 
context.properties = {default.clock.min-quantum = 1024}

this is my wpctl status output (after closing things like jamesDSP, OBS, discord etc.)

PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [1.6.3, salty@framework16-archlinux, cookie:3805833864]
 └─ Clients:
        32. Chromium input                      [1.6.3, salty@framework16-archlinux, pid:3419]
        33. WirePlumber                         [1.6.3, salty@framework16-archlinux, pid:1486]
        39. easyeffects                         [1.6.3, salty@framework16-archlinux, pid:1359]
        47. WirePlumber                         [1.6.3, salty@framework16-archlinux, pid:1486]
        49. WirePlumber [export]                [1.6.3, salty@framework16-archlinux, pid:1486]
        54. xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland         [1.6.3, salty@framework16-archlinux, pid:1541]
        78. pipewire                            [1.6.3, salty@framework16-archlinux, pid:1690]
        79. waybar                              [1.6.3, salty@framework16-archlinux, pid:1352]
        93. Blueman                             [1.6.3, salty@framework16-archlinux, pid:1367]
       100. wpctl                               [1.6.3, salty@framework16-archlinux, pid:5411]
       131. ringrtc                             [1.6.3, salty@framework16-archlinux, pid:2259]

Audio
 ├─ Devices:
 │      34. Arctis Nova Pro Wireless            [bluez5]
 │      80. Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio               [alsa]
 │      81. Radeon High Definition Audio Controller [alsa]
 │      82. Ryzen HD Audio Controller           [alsa]
 │  
 ├─ Sinks:
 │      40. Easy Effects Sink                   [vol: 1.00]
 │  *   48. Arctis Nova Pro Wireless            [vol: 0.73]
 │  
 ├─ Sources:
 │      41. Easy Effects Source                 [vol: 1.00]
 │  
 ├─ Filters:
 │    - loopback-1486-19                                            
 │      45. bluez_capture_internal.20:AF:1B:14:FA:8B                     [Stream/Input/Audio/Internal]
 │  *   46. bluez_input.20:AF:1B:14:FA:8B                                [Audio/Source]
 │  
 └─ Streams:

Video
 ├─ Devices:
 │  
 ├─ Sinks:
 │  
 ├─ Sources:
 │  
 ├─ Filters:
 │  
 └─ Streams:

Settings
 └─ Default Configured Devices:
         0. Audio/Sink    bluez_output.20_AF_1B_14_FA_8B.1
         1. Audio/Source  alsa_input.usb-Shure_Inc_Shure_MV7__MV7__11-345f43d6c39100539be85a63fe2d8202-01.mono-fallback

so like... whats up with that? while i did rtfm, the pipewire documentation isnt the easists thing to understand so idk what im supposed to do

Last edited by SaltyIcetea (2026-04-22 16:45:38)

espresso

Member

From: Pale Blue Dot

Registered: 2023-05-15

Posts: 72

Re: [SOLVED] Pipewire sink creation issues

A logged error like the first line in this internet-found snippet would be informative:

[E][01903.573993] mod.protocol-native | [module-protocol-:  680 init_socket_name()] server 0x55d987b16b10: name pipewire-0 is not an absolute path and no runtime dir found. Set one of PIPEWIRE_RUNTIME_DIR, XDG_RUNTIME_DIR or USERPROFILE in the environment
[E][01903.574018] pw.conf      | [          conf.c:  560 load_module()] 0x55d987ad3860: could not load mandatory module "libpipewire-module-protocol-native": No such file or directory
[E][01903.574077] default      | [      pipewire.c:  125 main()] failed to create context: No such file or directory

but you say 'exact terminal output' so sorry, I may be at a loss..

Last edited by espresso (2026-04-20 19:02:41)

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V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,194

Re: [SOLVED] Pipewire sink creation issues

The example sink is for writing a custom sink and mostly exists in source form, and if it does exist  it's not getting packaged in arch's pipewire package what's your actual issue you're trying to solve?

SaltyIcetea

Member

Registered: 2026-04-17

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] Pipewire sink creation issues

im trying to create a custom sink for teamspeak, so that i can record it seperately from everything else in OBS.

SaltyIcetea

Member

Registered: 2026-04-17

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] Pipewire sink creation issues

never mind, solved. edited post to include solution.