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NAME

libpipewire-module-rtp-sink - RTP sink

DESCRIPTION

The rtp-sink module creates a PipeWire sink that sends audio RTP packets.

MODULE NAME

libpipewire-module-rtp-sink

MODULE OPTIONS

Options specific to the behavior of this module

  • source.ip =<str>: source IP address, default '0.0.0.0'
  • destination.ip =<str>: destination IP address, default '224.0.0.56'
  • destination.port =<int>: destination port, default random between 46000 and 47024
  • local.ifname = <str>: interface name to use
  • 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 = <float>: minimum packet time in milliseconds, default 2
  • sess.max-ptime = <float>: maximum packet time in milliseconds, default 20
  • sess.name = <str>: a session name
  • rtp.ptime = <float>: size of the packets in milliseconds, default up to MTU but between sess.min-ptime and sess.max-ptime
  • rtp.framecount = <int>: number of samples per packet, default up to MTU but between sess.min-ptime and sess.max-ptime
  • sess.latency.msec = <float>: target node latency in milliseconds, default as rtp.ptime
  • 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 audio
  • 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-sink
args = {
#local.ifname = "eth0"
#source.ip = "0.0.0.0"
#destination.ip = "224.0.0.56"
#destination.port = 46000
#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"
#audio.format = "S16BE"
#audio.rate = 48000
#audio.channels = 2
#audio.position = [ FL FR ]
stream.props = {
node.name = "rtp-sink"
}
} } ]

Since

0.3.60

1.2.5 PipeWire