Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Going to be very real, I do not really have more than an inkling of the "world" PW inherits or whatever, but this sounds like "trust us, this time it's okay." I might need a little more convincing this isn't just another attempt to recreate a "universal framework that covers everyone's use cases." (I won't like the obvious reference)



That notion might seem plausible, but the author of Pipewire witnessed the entire PulseAudio process, so has strong motivation not to repeat its reception, and plenty of hindsight to help.

Notably, the developer of Jack, the universally admired professional audio system, now uses PipeWire via its Jack-compatible API. He is frequently here on HN.


> I might need a little more convincing

What about you give it a try instead?


You should read up on what PipeWire is before you talk trash about it and start implicating it in some catastrophic repeat of PulseAudio that you just made up.


Nice of you to dismiss people’s (mostly a single one’s) free work.


I am not dismissing anyone's work. By this logic, the pipewire folks are dismissing ALSA and pulseaudio's work, which is equally absurd.


> the pipewire folks are dismissing ALSA and pulseaudio's work

That is just not true. PW uses ALSA for physical output and it implements PA so that all the apps just work. There is nothing dismissive about that.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: