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JACK Audio setup on nixos.
# Apha/Experimental via pipewire
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
{
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
qjackctl
pavucontrol
];
services.pipewire = {
enable = true;
alsa = {
enable = true;
support32Bit = true;
};
pulse.enable = true;
jack.enable = true;
};
hardware.pulseaudio.enable = false;
}
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
{
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
pavucontrol
jack_capture
qjackctl
];
services.jack = {
jackd = {
enable = true;
# To obtain a valid device argument run `aplay -l`
# - `hw` prefix should be always there
# - `1` is a card number
# - `0` is a device number
# Example (card 1, device 0)
# card 1: USB [Scarlett 2i2 USB], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
# Subdevices: 0/1
# Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
extraOptions = [ "-dalsa" "--device" "hw:1,0" ];
package = pkgs.jack2Full;
};
};
hardware.pulseaudio = {
enable = true;
package = pkgs.pulseaudioFull;
extraModules = [ pkgs.pulseaudio-modules-bt ];
support32Bit = true;
};
# NOTE: not needed with musnix which takes care of this implicitely
security.pam.loginLimits = [
{ domain = "@audio"; item = "memlock"; type = "-"; value = "unlimited"; }
{ domain = "@audio"; item = "rtprio"; type = "-"; value = "99"; }
{ domain = "@audio"; item = "nofile"; type = "soft"; value = "99999"; }
{ domain = "@audio"; item = "nofile"; type = "hard"; value = "99999"; }
];
}
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heyarne commented Mar 29, 2021

Thanks for this gist! I'm trying to set up pipewire as described here on NixOS 20.09 but having some trouble, described here. Maybe you can help?

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