pw-cat is a simple tool for playing back or capturing raw or encoded media files on a PipeWire server. It understands all audio file formats supported by libsndfile.
-h | --help
Show help.
--version
Show version information.
-v | --verbose
Verbose operation.
-R | --remote=NAME
The name the remote instance to connect to. If left unspecified, a connection is made to the default PipeWire instance.
-p | --playback
Playback mode. Read data from the specified file, and play it back. If the tool is called under the name pw-play or pw-midiplay this is the default.
-r | --record
Recording mode. Capture data and write it to the specified file. If the tool is called under the name pw-record or pw-midirecord this is the default.
-m | --midi
Midi mode. FILE is a midi file. If the tool is called under the name pw-midiplay or pw-midirecord this is the default.
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