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libpipewire-module-rtp-session(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual libpipewire-module-rtp-session(7)

NAME

libpipewire-module-rtp-session - RTP session The rtp-session module creates a media session that is announced with avahi/mDNS/Bonjour.

Other machines on the network that run a compatible session will see eachother and will be able to send audio/midi between eachother.

The session setup is based on apple-midi and is compatible with apple-midi when the session is using midi.

MODULE NAME

libpipewire-module-rtp-session

MODULE OPTIONS

Options specific to the behavior of this module

  • local.ifname = <str>: interface name to use
  • control.ip =<str>: control IP address, default '0.0.0.0'
  • control.port =<int>: control port, default '0'
  • net.mtu = <int>: MTU to use, default 1280
  • net.ttl = <int>: TTL to use, default 1
  • net.loop = <bool>: loopback multicast, default false
  • sess.min-ptime = <int>: minimum packet time in milliseconds, default 2
  • sess.max-ptime = <int>: maximum packet time in milliseconds, default 20
  • sess.latency.msec = <int>: receiver latency in milliseconds, default 100
  • sess.name = <str>: a session name
  • sess.ts-offset = <int>: an offset to apply to the timestamp, default -1 = random offset
  • sess.ts-refclk = <string>: the name of a reference clock
  • sess.media = <string>: the media type audio|midi|opus, default midi
  • stream.props = {}: properties to be passed to the stream

GENERAL OPTIONS

Options with well-known behavior:

  • remote.name
  • audio.format
  • audio.rate
  • audio.channels
  • audio.position
  • node.name
  • node.description
  • media.name
  • node.group
  • node.latency
  • node.virtual
  • media.class

EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION


context.modules = [
{ name = libpipewire-module-rtp-session
args = {
#local.ifname = "eth0"
#control.ip = "0.0.0.0"
#control.port = 0
#net.mtu = 1280
#net.ttl = 1
#net.loop = false
#sess.min-ptime = 2
#sess.max-ptime = 20
#sess.name = "PipeWire RTP stream"
#sess.media = "audio"
stream.props = {
node.name = "rtp-sink"
#audio.format = "S16BE"
#audio.rate = 48000
#audio.channels = 2
#audio.position = [ FL FR ]
}
} } ]

Since

0.3.60

1.0.1 PipeWire