I recently joined Brodie Robertson on the TechOverTea podcast to discuss #WirePlumber and its journey from Automotive Grade Linux to becoming the standard #PipeWire session manager across #Linux distros, among many other topics!
Enjoy listening and let me know what more you'd like me to talk about!
New toys just arrived! 🎅
After a few years of living with a broken setup, it's time to replace a broken smart light switch and a dimmer with Shellys. Hoping for better reliability this time! 💡
What's your experience with these products?
#Shelly #IoT #SmartHome #Automation
Curious to learn how multimedia pipeline scheduling works?
My recent GStreamer Conference talk dives deep into #GStreamer vs #PipeWire scheduling approaches, their trade-offs, best use cases, and how they can work together.
▶️ Watch now: buff.ly/NqSPIZY
ICYMI, my talk from August on implementing #Bluetooth #LEAudio & #Auracast on #Linux is available on YouTube! 🎧
Highlights:
🔊 Why LE Audio is a game changer
🐧 Practical Linux implementation details, using #BlueZ and #PipeWire
🎯 Current challenges and roadmap
Watch here: buff.ly/enQCzoB 👀
Sad to hear that you can't attend, I hope that changes in the future. In any case, check out the recordings at gstconf.ubicast.tv - the archive has all the talks of the past 13 years!
🎉 Just wrapped up the #GStreamer #conference in London - record attendance! Presented on #PipeWire's pipeline operation vs GStreamer's. Heard great success stories from companies and spent invaluable time with colleagues. Videos coming soon! If you work with #multimedia, don't miss this next year!
The #GStreamer conference is starting!
📆 GStreamer Conference in London next week (Oct 23-24)!
🗣️ I'll be talking about how GStreamer and PipeWire take different approaches to media pipelines, and what it means for performance and latency.
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#GStreamer #PipeWire #LinuxAudio #OpenSource #TechTalk
🛫 I’ll be at #OSSummit Europe next week. Will you?
👨🏫 I will be presenting "Implementing #Bluetooth LE Audio & #Auracast on embedded #Linux systems" on the 26th. Join me for practical insights into the #BlueZ and #PipeWire Bluetooth stack!
🔗 Talk: buff.ly/N8rQhsY
📆 Schedule: bit.ly/3NXx5Zp
🚗 Last week, I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) All-Member Meeting in Berlin. It was great to meet colleagues and friends once again and catch up on the latest AGL updates! Thank you all and see you next time...!
#AGL #Automotive #Linux #OpenSource
✈️ I am heading to Berlin to attend the #AGL AMM this week!
🗣️ Honored to return as a speaker on "#PipeWire: State of the Union", covering recent developments in audio processing, camera and video support, #Bluetooth integration, and session management.
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#Automotive #OpenSource
🥁 Exciting news! I am speaking at the Open Source Summit Europe in Amsterdam on August 25-27!
🗣️ My talk is about how #Bluetooth #LEAudio & #Auracast can be implemented on embedded #Linux devices using open source software: #BlueZ and #PipeWire. Don't miss it!
#OSSummit #ELCE #OpenSource
Another highlight of this year's #embedded week in Nice: seeing the #PipeWire & #libcamera workshop teams meet up with the #GStreamer hackfest crew for a pizza night in the city! #OpenSource brings people together!
📆 Just one week to go until the big event week in Nice!
🎤 Wed-Thu: Speaking at #er2025 about PipeWire and #Bluetooth audio!
🛠️ Fri: Meeting fellow #PipeWire developers in person for a full day #workshop!
💻 Sat-Sun: Joining the #GStreamer #hackfest!
(Image by Sparkelle Yan, CC-BY-SA 4.0)
🗓️ The Embedded Recipes 2025 schedule is now live!
⭐ I’m excited to be speaking on “PipeWire and Bluetooth: the road to LE Audio” — covering Bluetooth audio and PipeWire’s latest developments on it.
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#er2025 #Linux #PipeWire #BlueZ #Bluetooth #LEAudio #BLE #OpenSource #TechTalk
Configuring #WirePlumber on embedded Linux systems can be somewhat confusing. Georgios Kiagiadakis takes a moment to demystify this process for a particular use case: col.la/customwirepl...
#OpenSource #PipeWire
💡 Curious about customizing #WirePlumber for embedded systems? I wrote a blog post breaking down the config structure, with tips from a real-world project.
✅ Learn to
- Use profiles + fragments for easy customization
- Strip down features for leaner setups
- Avoid pitfalls with desktop dependencies
📢 More exciting news coming up! @collabora.com is organizing a #PipeWire #hackfest on May 16th, 2025 in Nice, during the Embedded Recipes conference!
Here's your chance to meet fellow devs face-to-face and discuss PipeWire's future!
Interested? Add your name here: buff.ly/qAHuyDu
#er2025
📢 Exciting news! I’m thrilled to be speaking at Embedded Recipes in Nice from May 14th to 16th!
🎤 I will be delivering a lightning talk on #PipeWire's support for #Bluetooth audio features, where I will cover recent developments, its current status and what lies ahead.
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#er2025
There will be a GStreamer Spring Hackfest on 16-18 May 2025 in Nice, France - hope to see you there! More details soon.
💡 Did you know #PipeWire implements #Bluetooth #LEAudio on top of #BlueZ and #Linux? 🎧 🎵
While there are still rough edges, PipeWire today supports BAP, VCP, device sets, and even #Auracast broadcasting!
❓ Have you tried LE Audio yet?
🔗 gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pip...
#OpenSource #BLE
If you’re based in Heraklion and interested in #Bluetooth technology and #Linux, join us at the next @devstaff.gr meetup! I’ll be speaking about Bluetooth, covering its history, protocol stack, quirks, future and how it’s implemented on Linux with #BlueZ. See you there! 🚀
PS: don't forget to RSVP
📢 #PipeWire 1.4 introduces #Bluetooth telephony support, a new D-Bus API enabling apps to manage phone calls using the Bluetooth Hands-Free Profile (HFP) protocol. Check out my short tutorial on using this API from the command line and have fun calling! 📞
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🎥 My #FOSDEM 2025 talk is now available to watch!
🗣️ In this talk, I discussed our team's adventure integrating #BlueZ as the #Bluetooth stack of an #automotive IVI system, switching from a closed-source alternative, sharing the challenges we faced and our contributions back to BlueZ and #PipeWire.
PipeWire 1.3.82 is out! This is the second prerelease of the next 1.4 release and has some small and not so small improvements. More details here:
gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pip...
Had an amazing time at #FOSDEM last weekend! 🎉 It was great to reconnect with many familiar faces, attend insightful talks, and kickstart 2025 with fresh inspiration.💡
Huge thanks to the organizers and volunteers who make this event possible every year! Until next time! 🍻
Excited to be attending #FOSDEM 2025 in Brussels! 🎉 I’ll present a talk on integrating #BlueZ into a real-world automotive system. 🚙
Interested to find what it takes to adopt an open source #Bluetooth solution instead of proprietary ones in production? 📌 https://buff.ly/4hzFD7Z
See you there! 👋
