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/** \mainpage PipeWire
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PipeWire is low-level multimedia framework that provides:
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  - Graph based processing
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  - Support for out-of-process processing graphs with minimal overhead
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  - Flexible and extensible media format negotiation and buffer allocation
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  - Hard real-time capable plugins
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  - Very low-latency for both audio and video processing
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See \ref page_overview for an overview of PipeWire and \ref page_design
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for the design principles guiding PipeWire.
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### Components
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PipeWire ships with the following components:
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- a \ref page_daemon that implements the IPC and graph processing
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- an example \ref page_session_manager that manages objects in the \ref page_daemon
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- a set of \ref page_tools to introspect and use the \ref page_daemon
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- a \ref page_library to develop PipeWire applications and plugins (\ref
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  page_tutorial "tutorial").
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- the \ref page_spa used by both the \ref page_daemon and in the \ref
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  page_library.
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### API Documentation
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See \ref page_api
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### Resources
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* [LAC 2020 Paper](https://lac2020.sciencesconf.org/307881/document)
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* [PipeWire Under The Hood](https://venam.nixers.net/blog/unix/2021/06/23/pipewire-under-the-hood.html)
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*/
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