PIPEWIRE-PULSE-MODULE-SWITCH-ON-CONNECT(7)

💖 pipewire-pulse-module-switch-on-connect 💖

okay bestie, so this page lives in the Miscellaneous Information Manual for PipeWire, and it's all about the pipewire-pulse module situation — specifically the one called Switch on Connect. yes it's a mouthful, we cope 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

pipewire-pulse-module-switch-on-connect — Switch on Connect

like... the name literally tells you the vibe. it switches. on connect. iconic behavior tbh 👑

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🎀 MODULE NAME 🎀

module-switch-on-connect

that's the actual module handle you'd be typing, no cap. spell it exactly like that, she's picky 💅

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🌸 MODULE OPTIONS 🌸

so here's the whole menu of knobs you can turn, and yes you can turn all of them, go off 🫶

• only_from_unavailable — a boolean. it only switches from unavailable ports. and uh, heads up: this one is not implemented yet 😭 so setting it is giving "manifesting" energy — it's not gonna do anything for you yet, fr fr.
• ignore_virtual — a boolean. it tells PipeWire to straight up ignore new virtual sinks and sources. like, not invited to the party, blocked, no seat at the table 🙈. it defaults to true, so as-is, virtual stuff is already getting ignored unless you say otherwise.
• blocklist — a regex. anything that matches this pattern gets ignored, full stop. it's a regex, so yes you can get fancy with it 😌. it defaults to hdmi, meaning hdmi things are already on the naughty list until you change it.

bestie reminder: that first option? not implemented yet. don't build your whole setup around it and then come crying to me, i warned you 💀

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

literally nothing else is listed here, so... that's the whole page, we're done 💜

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and that's the tea, bestie 🍓 this was from PipeWire version 1.6.11 — mwah, slay, go configure something beautiful 🌈✨💅