FireWire + FFADO With PipeWire

By default, PipeWire uses ALSA drivers for FireWire interfaces, which usually works fine, but the latency is terribad. Thankfully, PipeWire learned how to FFADO somewhere around version 1.0.4, and it's about time I put it to the test.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro
00:11 PipeWire / FFADO history
01:08 Setup
01:21 Check PipeWire version
01:31 Install packages
01:44 Configure rtprio, niceness, and memlock
01:53 Add user to pipewire group
01:58 Disable ALSA drivers
02:18 Configure PipeWire FFADO module
02:36 Testing
02:39 Round-trip latency
02:56 Desktop audio
03:17 Digital audio workstations
03:32 Verdict

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