pw-dump Command Examples

Dump PipeWire's current state as JSON, including the information on nodes, devices, modules, ports, and other objects. See also: pw-mon. More information: https://docs.pipewire.org/page_man_pw-dump_1.html.

• Print a JSON representation of the default PipeWire instance's current state:

pw-dump

• Print a JSON representation of an object:

pw-dump {{object_id}}

• Dump the current state monitoring changes, printing it again:

pw-dump {{[-m|--monitor]}}

• Dump the current state of a remote instance to a file:

pw-dump {{[-r|--remote]}} {{remote_name}} > {{path/to/dump_file.json}}

• Set a color configuration:

pw-dump {{[-C|--color]}} {{never|always|auto}}

• Display help:

pw-dump {{[-h|--help]}}