13: The PipeWire Revolution: Untangling Linux' Audio Video Mess

Developer Wim Taens explains PipeWire - a new middleware that will replace PulseAudio and JACK in Fedora 34 for better audio/video handling across applications and devices. Then Alexandra Fedorova discusses the new Annual Fedora Contributor Survey aimed at understanding tools, roles, and preferences of Fedora contributors to help guide project decisions.

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🔗Episode Resources

Wim Taymans: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Taymans)

Pipewire: pipewire.org

Pipewire the New Audio/Video Daemon: fedoramagazine.org/pipewire-the-new-audio-and-…

Aleksandra Fedorova: fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Bookwar

Annual Fedora Contributor Survey: discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/annual-fedora-c…

Ben Cotton's Friday Fedora Facts: communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fridays-fedora…

Fedora Elections: communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-linux-3…

Red Hat Desktop Engineering team hiring: blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2021/05/20/new-opportun…

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Special Guests: Aleksandra Fedorova, Ben Cotton, and Wim Taymans.
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