Force Pipewire to redirect audio to an unplugged headphone

Palmitoxico · 2023-07-04 15:18:24

The front audio jack of my computer case seems to follow the AC97 connection style, so from what I read it doesn't support jack detection when connected to an HD Audio connector. So it always show as 'unplugged' when seen in pavucontrol.

Ok, so I've tried to manually force the output selection to route the audio to the front jack via pavucontrol. It works, but after some random amount of time (can be from seconds to 10s of minutes) the audio is re-routed to the line-out jack.

I've been searching for a way to disable automatic jack detection with pipewire but couldn't find anything, any tip would highly appreciated.

Thanks,
Augusto.

V1del · 2023-07-04 16:02:13

Set the

["api.acp.auto-port"] = false

property on the device in question assuming you're using wireplumber to disable the automatic port detection. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/WirePl … e_property

Last edited by V1del (2023-07-04 16:03:53)

xcoder · 2025-08-13 04:23:39

The Wireplumber config file with auto-port turned off sounded good, but the Wireplumber documentation says the setting is already disabled by default.

api.acp.auto-port
Automatically select the highest priority port that is available (“port” is a PulseAudio/ACP term, the equivalent of a “Route” in PipeWire). This is by default disabled because WirePlumber handles the task of selecting and restoring Routes. Enable this in custom configurations where the relevant WirePlumber components are disabled.
Type: boolean

Here is another solution option if anyone else has problems with automatic jack detection. Install the package alsa-tools. One of the tools in the set is HDAJackRetask. If your audio driver is compatible, the tool allows remapping audio jacks and manual override of automatic jack detection (note it may only work for hardware using snd_hda_intel or similar drivers). In the GUI, check the boxes for "show unconnected pins" and "advanced override". To save your custom settings click the button "install boot override" and authenticate. To check audio jack status, use pavucontrol or run the command below in a terminal.

amixer -c 0 contents

WorMzy · 2025-08-13 09:56:04

Thanks for sharing. I'm going to close this old topic now.

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#1 2023-07-04 15:18:24

Force Pipewire to redirect audio to an unplugged headphone

#2 2023-07-04 16:02:13

Re: Force Pipewire to redirect audio to an unplugged headphone

#3 2025-08-13 04:23:39

Re: Force Pipewire to redirect audio to an unplugged headphone

#4 2025-08-13 09:56:04

Re: Force Pipewire to redirect audio to an unplugged headphone

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