pw-cat

Play and record audio files through pipewire. More information: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_PipeWire_PipeWire_CLI.

Play a WAV file over the default target:

pw-cat --playback {{path/to/file.wav}}

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

pw-cat --quality {{0..15}} --playback {{path/to/file.wav}}

Record a sample recording at a different volume level:

pw-cat --record --volume={{0.1}} {{path/to/file.wav}}

Record a sample recording using a different sample rate:

pw-cat --record --rate={{6000}} {{path/to/file.wav}}