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pw-container — Run a program in a new security context. More information: <https://docs.pipewire.org/page_man_pw-co

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Problem

How to use the pw-container command: Run a program in a new security context. More information: <https://docs.pipewire.org/page_man_pw-container_1.html>.

Solution

pw-container — Run a program in a new security context. More information: <https://docs.pipewire.org/page_man_pw-container_1.html>.

Create a new security context and print its socket address to stdout:

pw-container

Run a specific program within a new security context:

pw-container {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}

Run a program, connecting to a specific remote PipeWire instance:

pw-container {{[-r|--remote]}} {{remote_instance_name}} {{command}}

Run a program in a new context with specific properties using a JSON object:

pw-container {{[-P|--properties]}} '{{{"key": "value"}}}' {{command}}

Display help:

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

Code Snippets

Create a new security context and print its socket address to `stdout`

pw-container

Run a specific program within a new security context

pw-container {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}

Run a program, connecting to a specific remote PipeWire instance

pw-container {{[-r|--remote]}} {{remote_instance_name}} {{command}}

Run a program in a new context with specific properties using a JSON object

pw-container {{[-P|--properties]}} '{{{"key": "value"}}}' {{command}}

Display help

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

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