[pulseaudio-discuss] module-pipe-sink with existing fifo

[Malte Deiseroth]

On Sat, 2018-12-08 at 12:07 +0100, Georg Chini wrote:
> On 08.12.2018 10:41, Malte Deiseroth wrote:
> > Hey,
> > 
> > would it be possible to have an option for 'module-pipe-sink',
> > where it
> > uses an existing 'fifo' and doesn't create one itself?
> > Thinking about it, one wouldn't even need an option. It could just
> > check if the 'fifo' already exists, and if so use it, or is there a
> > good reason why the fifo must always be created by the 'module-
> > pipe-
> > sink' itself.
> > 
> > Reason:
> > I try to improve a docker based audiostation
> > https://github.com/deisi/docker_compose-audiostation
> > using snapcast and mopidy for multiroom audio.
> > However, to make it work together with pulseaudio in all regards, I
> > need it to create the fifo via pulseaudio. The problem is, that
> > there
> > are cases where pulseaudio is not available. This would lead to
> > some
> > kind of split situation, with pulseaudio vs without pulseaudio.
> > 
> > Further setup is more complecated, because I either have to tell
> > the
> > user, how to properly configure pulseaudio, or I would need to add
> > another container running pulseaudio exclusively for the purpose of
> > linking via tcp with (local) pulseaudio. Shurely possible but for
> > simplicity I would prefere the inital way.
> > 
> > Cheers Malte
> > 
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> Which version of PA are you using? This is already implemented in
> the latest stable version (12.2).

Thx Georg,

I didn't see this. Then I never said anything :). I can use any version
I like, so I will use 12.2 and give it a try. Since it is a new option,
maybe one should mention it in

https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/Modules/#module-pipe-sink


Cheers Malte