I would highly recommend installing qpwgraph. It'll give you a visual patchbay, which will give you a better idea of what applications are exposing audio outs to pipe wire, as well as where those outs are being routed.
The application that should be making sound is showing up in the patch bay. If it's not, that application probably needs its audio output settings tweaked
The application is being routed correctly. I have multiple audio outs, and pipe wire allows for different applications to go to different outs simultaneously. The patch bay is an easy and quick way to check that config.
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I would highly recommend installing qpwgraph. It'll give you a visual patchbay, which will give you a better idea of what applications are exposing audio outs to pipe wire, as well as where those outs are being routed.
I installed it but I don't understand how it's going to help me troubleshoot "pipewire-alsa" I assume
I use it to make sure that:
The application that should be making sound is showing up in the patch bay. If it's not, that application probably needs its audio output settings tweaked
The application is being routed correctly. I have multiple audio outs, and pipe wire allows for different applications to go to different outs simultaneously. The patch bay is an easy and quick way to check that config.
If you're on ubuntu-based distro, install the ubudustudio package for pipewire that seems to fix a few things differently than other distros.
not on ubuntu I'm on endevor, ty though
Tell us more about your set up, are you on a laptop or do you have an external usb Audio device?
Laptop no external usb audio device
Do this:
sudo systemctl --user enable pipewire
ty for helping