pw-cat

Play and record audio files through PipeWire. tldr-pages

On Linux

Linux

Play a WAV file over the default target

pw-cat --playback path/to/file.wavIdentify

Play a MIDI file

pw-cat --playback --midi path/to/file.midIdentify

Play a DSD file

pw-cat --playback --dsd path/to/file.dsfIdentify

Play a compressed audio file using passthrough (requires FFmpeg integration)

pw-cat --playback --encoded path/to/file.ac3Identify

Play a WAV file with a specified resampler quality (4 by default)

pw-cat --playback --quality 0..15 path/to/file.wavIdentify

Record a MIDI file

pw-cat --record --midi path/to/file.midIdentify

Record a sample recording at a volume level of 125%

pw-cat --record --volume 1.25 path/to/file.wavIdentify

Record a sample recording using a different sample rate

pw-cat --record --rate 6000 path/to/file.wavIdentify