---
name: "libpipewire-module-ffado-driver"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "pipewire-ffado"
version: "1:1.6.10-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/libpipewire-module-ffado-driver"
---

# libpipewire-module-ffado-driver(7)

FFADO firewire audio driver

## NAME

libpipewire-module-ffado-driver - FFADO firewire audio driver

## DESCRIPTION

The ffado-driver module provides a source or sink using the libffado library for reading and writing to firewire audio devices.

## MODULE NAME

libpipewire-module-ffado-driver

## MODULE OPTIONS

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  driver.mode: the driver mode, sink\|source\|duplex, default duplex

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  ffado.devices: array of devices to open, default "hw:0"

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  ffado.period-size: period size,default 1024. A value of 0 will use the graph duration.

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  ffado.period-num: period number,default 3

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  ffado.sample-rate: sample-rate, default 48000. A value of 0 will use the graph rate.

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  ffado.slave-mode: slave mode

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  ffado.snoop-mode: snoop mode

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  ffado.verbose: ffado verbose level

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  ffado.rtprio: ffado realtime priority, this is by default the PipeWire server priority + 5

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  ffado.realtime: ffado realtime mode. this requires correctly configured rlimits to acquire FIFO scheduling at the ffado.rtprio priority

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  latency.internal.input: extra input latency in frames

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  latency.internal.output: extra output latency in frames

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  source.props: Extra properties for the source filter

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  sink.props: Extra properties for the sink filter

## GENERAL OPTIONS

Options with well-known behavior.

- •

  **remote.name**

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  **audio.layout**

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  **audio.position**

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  **node.name**

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  **node.description**

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  **node.group**

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  **node.virtual**

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  **media.class**

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  **target.object** to specify the remote node.name or serial.id to link to

## EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION OF A DUPLEX SINK/SOURCE

```
# ~/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/my-ffado-driver.conf
context.modules = [
{   name = libpipewire-module-ffado-driver
    args = {
        #driver.mode       = duplex
        #ffado.devices     = [ "hw:0" ]
        #ffado.period-size = 1024
        #ffado.period-num  = 3
        #ffado.sample-rate = 48000
        #ffado.slave-mode  = false
        #ffado.snoop-mode  = false
        #ffado.verbose     = 0
        #ffado.rtprio      = 65
        #ffado.realtime    = true
        #latency.internal.input  = 0
        #latency.internal.output = 0
        #audio.position    = [ FL FR ]
        source.props = {
            # extra sink properties
        }
        sink.props = {
            # extra sink properties
        }
    }
}
]
```