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pw-dump — Dump PipeWire's current state as JSON, including the information on nodes, devices, modules, ports,

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Problem

How to use the pw-dump command: Dump PipeWire's current state as JSON, including the information on nodes, devices, modules, ports, and other objects. See also: pw-mon. More information: <https://docs.pipewire.org/page_man_pw-dump_1.html>.

Solution

pw-dump — Dump PipeWire's current state as JSON, including the information on nodes, devices, modules, ports, and other objects. See also: pw-mon. More information: <https://docs.pipewire.org/page_man_pw-dump_1.html>.

Print a JSON representation of the default PipeWire instance's current state:

pw-dump

Print a JSON representation of an object:

pw-dump {{object_id}}

Dump the current state monitoring changes, printing it again:

pw-dump {{[-m|--monitor]}}

Dump the current state of a remote instance to a file:

pw-dump {{[-r|--remote]}} {{remote_name}} > {{path/to/dump_file.json}}

Set a color configuration:

pw-dump {{[-C|--color]}} {{never|always|auto}}

Display help:

pw-dump {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Print a JSON representation of the default PipeWire instance's current state

pw-dump

Print a JSON representation of an object

pw-dump {{object_id}}

Dump the current state monitoring changes, printing it again

pw-dump {{[-m|--monitor]}}

Dump the current state of a remote instance to a file

pw-dump {{[-r|--remote]}} {{remote_name}} > {{path/to/dump_file.json}}

Set a color configuration

pw-dump {{[-C|--color]}} {{never|always|auto}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/pw-dump

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