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Today's Topics:
1. audio pipewire (Harlan Daneker)
2. Re: audio pipewire (Barry Martin)
3. Re: audio pipewire (MrDave)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 19:52:30 -0500
From: Harlan Daneker <[email protected]>
To: Motion discussion list <[email protected]>
Subject: [Motion-user] audio pipewire
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Hello:
I'm trying to compile motion to get audio working on one of my cameras. *I'm
not sure what I'm doing.* I have pipewire in /usr/bin. Do I need
PulseAudio, I read pipewire uses PulseAudio. (Is audio triggered
separately from motion detection in motion.conf?) I have audio using
firefox or ffplay.
$ps -aux |grep pipewire
admin 2342 0.2 0.0 328488 13720 ? S<sl 09:54 1:22
/usr/bin/pipewire
admin 2344 0.3 0.0 405432 15292 ? S<sl 09:54 2:02
/usr/bin/pipewire-pulse
./configure --with-ffmpeg=/usr/bin/ffmpeg --with-pulse=/usr/bin/pipewire
LDFLAGS:
OS : linux-gnu
pthread_np : no
pthread_setname_np : yes
pthread_getname_np : yes
V4L2 : yes
webp : yes
libcamera : yes(0.5.2)
FFmpeg : yes(61.7.100)
OpenCV : no
SQLite3 : no
MYSQL : no
PostgreSQL : no
MariaDB : no
ALSA : yes(1.2.14)
PulseAudio : no
FFTW : no
Install prefix : /usr/local
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 19:53:18 -0600
From: Barry Martin <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] audio pipewire
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Harlan!
> I'm trying to compile motion?to get audio working on one of?my
> cameras. *I'm not sure what I'm doing.* I have pipewire in /usr/bin.
> Do I need PulseAudio, I read pipewire?uses PulseAudio. (Is audio
> triggered separately?from motion detection in?motion.conf?) I have
> audio using firefox or ffplay.
Something to check: be sure the audio channel from Motion is not
muted/set at a low volume? -->? probably alsamixer (at Terminal).
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 19:43:23 -0800
From: MrDave <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] audio pipewire
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In Motion v5, there are two very different audio components.? The first
is that it can record audio from a camera if the passthrough option is
used.? This option does NOT require anything special in the
complie/options.? It is just taking the packets sent from the camera and
writing them out without any sort of decode/encode process.? As of now,
this audio is not available live via the webcontrol.? It can only be
heard via the downloaded? recordings.
The second component that is included is the ability to detect specific
audio frequencies and send alerts based upon the detected frequency.?
(Think about being able to detect a smoke alarm, water sensor, door
bell, breaking glass, etc.).? This option does require ALSA or Pulse but
It does not record the audio.? It just detects the frequencies heard and
sends an alert if the frequency is detected.
MrDave
On 12/6/2025 5:53 PM, Barry Martin wrote:
>
>
> Harlan!
>
>> I'm trying to compile motion?to get audio working on one of?my
>> cameras. *I'm not sure what I'm doing.* I have pipewire in /usr/bin.
>> Do I need PulseAudio, I read pipewire?uses PulseAudio. (Is audio
>> triggered separately?from motion detection in?motion.conf?) I have
>> audio using firefox or ffplay.
>
> Something to check: be sure the audio channel from Motion is not
> muted/set at a low volume? -->? probably alsamixer (at Terminal).
>
>
>
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