---
name: "pipewire-filter-chain.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "pipewire"
version: "1:1.6.10-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pipewire-filter-chain.conf"
---

# pipewire-filter-chain.conf(5)

filter-chain.conf

## NAME

pipewire-filter-chain.conf - filter-chain.conf

## DESCRIPTION

PipeWire example configuration for running audio filters.

## SYNOPSIS

*$XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/pipewire/filter-chain.conf*

*/etc/pipewire/filter-chain.conf*

*/usr/share/pipewire/filter-chain.conf*

*/usr/share/pipewire/filter-chain.conf.d/*

*/etc/pipewire/filter-chain.conf.d/*

*$XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/pipewire/filter-chain.conf.d/*

## DESCRIPTION

When **[pipewire(1)](/pipewire/1.md)** is run using this configuration file, pipewire -c filter-chain.conf, it starts a PipeWire client application that publishes nodes that apply various audio filters to their input.

It is a normal PipeWire client application in all respects.

Drop-in configuration files filter-chain.conf.d/\*.conf can be used to modify the filter configuration, see **[pipewire.conf(5)](/pipewire.conf/5.md)**. Some examples are in */usr/share/pipewire/filter-chain/*

## AUTHORS

The PipeWire Developers \<https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/issues\>; PipeWire is available from \<https://pipewire.org\>

## SEE ALSO

**[pipewire(1)](/pipewire/1.md)**, **[pipewire.conf(5)](/pipewire.conf/5.md)**