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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Pipewire not a dependency?
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht () gmail ! com>
Date: 2022-10-01 14:57:03
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On Sat, Oct 1, 2022 at 7:51 AM Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Saturday, 1 October 2022 15:08:40 BST Michael wrote:
> > On Thursday, 29 September 2022 15:11:02 BST Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > > On 28/09/2022 13:57, Michael wrote:
> > > > I'm trying to understand why one laptop with Plasma which had
> pulseaudio
> > > > removed, won't bring in pipewire as a dependency. I have set USE="-
> > > > screencast", because I don't need/want this functionality, as I have
> > > > done
> > > > on other systems which nevertheless have had pipewire brought in as
a
> > > > dependency.
> > >
> > > Probably some other package pulls it in directly, independent of the
> > > screencast USE flag. For example media-sound/easyeffects.
> >
> > I just looked and a pipewire(d) system has only a few additional audio
> > applications, spek, vidcutter, easytag, none of which seem to bring in
> > pipewire. I think I'll have to install it manually on the system which
> > doesn't bring it in as some dependency. Somehow I was under the
impression
> > it comes with Plasma these days, but perhaps I have stripped down this
> > Plasma/kde installation too much.
>
> I have no pipewire on this fairly standard Plasma box.
>
I believe that pipewire, as far as KDE users are concerned, is a
distro choice about when to use it.
My Kubuntu boxes started using it recently. I had no issues and
didn't need to change any settings for any application that makes
use of sound.
YMMV,
Mark
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<div dir="ltr"><br><br>On Sat, Oct 1, 2022 at 7:51 AM Peter Humphrey <<a \
href="mailto:peter@prh.myzen.co.uk">peter@prh.myzen.co.uk</a>> \
wrote:<br>><br>> On Saturday, 1 October 2022 15:08:40 BST Michael \
wrote:<br>> > On Thursday, 29 September 2022 15:11:02 BST Nikos Chantziaras \
wrote:<br>> > > On 28/09/2022 13:57, Michael wrote:<br>> > > > \
I'm trying to understand why one laptop with Plasma which had<br>> \
pulseaudio<br>> > > > removed, won't bring in pipewire as a \
dependency. I have set USE="-<br>> > > > screencast", because \
I don't need/want this functionality, as I have<br>> > > > \
done<br>> > > > on other systems which nevertheless have had pipewire \
brought in as a<br>> > > > dependency.<br>> > ><br>> > \
> Probably some other package pulls it in directly, independent of the<br>> \
> > screencast USE flag. For example media-sound/easyeffects.<br>> \
><br>> > I just looked and a pipewire(d) system has only a few additional \
audio<br>> > applications, spek, vidcutter, easytag, none of which seem to \
bring in<br>> > pipewire. I think I'll have to install it manually on the \
system which<br>> > doesn't bring it in as some dependency. Somehow I was \
under the impression<br>> > it comes with Plasma these days, but perhaps I have \
stripped down this<br>> > Plasma/kde installation too much.<br>><br>> I \
have no pipewire on this fairly standard Plasma box.<br>><br><br><div>I believe \
that pipewire, as far as KDE users are concerned, is a </div><div>distro choice \
about when to use it.</div><div><br></div><div>My Kubuntu boxes started using it \
recently. I had no issues and </div><div>didn't need to change any settings for \
any application that makes </div><div>use of \
sound.</div><div><br></div><div>YMMV,</div><div>Mark</div></div>
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