pipewire

pacman -S pipewire
  • make sure to select "WirePlumber" session manager
  • replace ALSA with pipewire
pacman -S pipewire-alsa
  • replace pulseaudio with pipewire
pacman -S pipewire-pulse
  • also enables bluetooth management
  • enable services
systemctl --user enable pipewire-pulse.service
systemctl --user start  pipewire-pulse.service
  • check working
pactl info
  • speaker test works!
speaker-test