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+# pipewire service.
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.pipewire;
+  enable32BitAlsaPlugins = cfg.alsa.support32Bit
+                           && pkgs.stdenv.isx86_64
+                           && pkgs.pkgsi686Linux.pipewire != null;
+
+  # The package doesn't output to $out/lib/pipewire directly so that the
+  # overlays can use the outputs to replace the originals in FHS environments.
+  #
+  # This doesn't work in general because of missing development information.
+  jack-libs = pkgs.runCommand "jack-libs" {} ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/lib"
+    ln -s "${cfg.package.jack}/lib" "$out/lib/pipewire"
+  '';
+
+  # Helpers for generating the pipewire JSON config file
+  mkSPAValueString = v:
+  if builtins.isList v then "[${lib.concatMapStringsSep " " mkSPAValueString v}]"
+  else if lib.types.attrs.check v then
+    "{${lib.concatStringsSep " " (mkSPAKeyValue v)}}"
+  else lib.generators.mkValueStringDefault { } v;
+
+  mkSPAKeyValue = attrs: map (def: def.content) (
+  lib.sortProperties
+    (
+      lib.mapAttrsToList
+        (k: v: lib.mkOrder (v._priority or 1000) "${lib.escape [ "=" ] k} = ${mkSPAValueString (v._content or v)}")
+        attrs
+    )
+  );
+
+  toSPAJSON = attrs: lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (mkSPAKeyValue attrs);
+in {
+
+  meta = {
+    maintainers = teams.freedesktop.members;
+  };
+
+  ###### interface
+  options = {
+    services.pipewire = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "pipewire service";
+
+      package = mkOption {
+        type = types.package;
+        default = pkgs.pipewire;
+        defaultText = "pkgs.pipewire";
+        example = literalExample "pkgs.pipewire";
+        description = ''
+          The pipewire derivation to use.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      socketActivation = mkOption {
+        default = true;
+        type = types.bool;
+        description = ''
+          Automatically run pipewire when connections are made to the pipewire socket.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      config = mkOption {
+        type = types.attrs;
+        description = ''
+          Configuration for the pipewire daemon.
+        '';
+        default = {
+          properties = {
+            ## set-prop is used to configure properties in the system
+            #
+            # "library.name.system" = "support/libspa-support";
+            # "context.data-loop.library.name.system" = "support/libspa-support";
+            "link.max-buffers" = 64; # version < 3 clients can't handle more than 16
+            "mem.allow-mlock" = true;
+            "mem.mlock-all" = true;
+            # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/blob/master/src/pipewire/pipewire.h#L93
+            "log.level" = 3; # 5 is trace, which is verbose as hell, default is 2 which is warnings, 4 is debug output, 3 is info
+
+            ## Properties for the DSP configuration
+            #
+            "default.clock.rate" = 48000; # 48000 is probably saner, 96000 has gaps in audio
+            "default.clock.quantum" = 128; # equivalent to buffer size which is correlated to latency
+            "default.clock.min-quantum" = 32; # No audio through bluetooth if 512 isn't allowed, 16 is the absolute minimum
+            "default.clock.max-quantum" = 1024; # qemu seems to use 16384 but 8192 is the absolute maximum
+            # "default.video.width" = 640;
+            # "default.video.height" = 480;
+            # "default.video.rate.num" = 25;
+            # "default.video.rate.denom" = 1;
+          };
+
+          spa-libs = {
+            ## add-spa-lib <factory-name regex> <library-name>
+            #
+            # used to find spa factory names. It maps an spa factory name
+            # regular expression to a library name that should contain
+            # that factory.
+            #
+            "audio.convert*" = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert";
+            "api.alsa.*" = "alsa/libspa-alsa";
+            "api.v4l2.*" = "v4l2/libspa-v4l2";
+            "api.libcamera.*" = "libcamera/libspa-libcamera";
+            "api.bluez5.*" = "bluez5/libspa-bluez5";
+            "api.vulkan.*" = "vulkan/libspa-vulkan";
+            "api.jack.*" = "jack/libspa-jack";
+            "support.*" = "support/libspa-support";
+            # "videotestsrc" = "videotestsrc/libspa-videotestsrc";
+            # "audiotestsrc" = "audiotestsrc/libspa-audiotestsrc";
+          };
+
+          modules = {
+            ##  <module-name> = { [args = "<key>=<value> ..."]
+            #                     [flags = ifexists] }
+            #                     [flags = [ifexists]|[nofail]}
+            #
+            # Loads a module with the given parameters.
+            # If ifexists is given, the module is ignoed when it is not found.
+            # If nofail is given, module initialization failures are ignored.
+            #
+            libpipewire-module-rtkit = {
+              args = {
+                rt.prio = 20;
+                rt.time.soft = 200000;
+                rt.time.hard = 200000;
+                nice.level = -11;
+              };
+              flags = "ifexists|nofail";
+            };
+            libpipewire-module-protocol-native = { _priority = -100; _content = "null"; };
+            libpipewire-module-profiler = "null";
+            libpipewire-module-metadata = "null";
+            libpipewire-module-spa-device-factory = "null";
+            libpipewire-module-spa-node-factory = "null";
+            libpipewire-module-client-node = "null";
+            libpipewire-module-client-device = "null";
+            libpipewire-module-portal = "null";
+            libpipewire-module-access = {
+              args.access = {
+                allowed = ["${builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext cfg.sessionManagerExecutable}"];
+                rejected = [];
+                restricted = [];
+                force = "flatpak";
+              };
+            };
+            libpipewire-module-adapter = "null";
+            libpipewire-module-link-factory = "null";
+            libpipewire-module-session-manager = "null";
+          };
+
+          objects = {
+            ## create-object [-nofail] <factory-name> [<key>=<value> ...]
+            #
+            # Creates an object from a PipeWire factory with the given parameters.
+            # If -nofail is given, errors are ignored (and no object is created)
+            #
+          };
+
+
+          exec = {
+            ## exec <program-name>
+            #
+            # Execute the given program. This is usually used to start the
+            # session manager. run the session manager with -h for options
+            #
+            "${builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext cfg.sessionManagerExecutable}" = { args = "\"${lib.concatStringsSep " " cfg.sessionManagerArguments}\""; };
+          };
+        };
+      };
+
+      sessionManagerExecutable = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "";
+        example = literalExample ''${pkgs.pipewire.mediaSession}/bin/pipewire-media-session'';
+        description = ''
+          Path to the session manager executable.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      sessionManagerArguments = mkOption {
+        type = types.listOf types.str;
+        default = [];
+        example = literalExample ''["-p" "bluez5.msbc-support=true"]'';
+        description = ''
+          Arguments passed to the pipewire session manager.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      alsa = {
+        enable = mkEnableOption "ALSA support";
+        support32Bit = mkEnableOption "32-bit ALSA support on 64-bit systems";
+      };
+
+      jack = {
+        enable = mkEnableOption "JACK audio emulation";
+      };
+
+      pulse = {
+        enable = mkEnableOption "PulseAudio server emulation";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+
+  ###### implementation
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    assertions = [
+      {
+        assertion = cfg.pulse.enable -> !config.hardware.pulseaudio.enable;
+        message = "PipeWire based PulseAudio server emulation replaces PulseAudio. This option requires `hardware.pulseaudio.enable` to be set to false";
+      }
+      {
+        assertion = cfg.jack.enable -> !config.services.jack.jackd.enable;
+        message = "PipeWire based JACK emulation doesn't use the JACK service. This option requires `services.jack.jackd.enable` to be set to false";
+      }
+    ];
+
+    environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ]
+                                 ++ lib.optional cfg.jack.enable jack-libs;
+
+    systemd.packages = [ cfg.package ]
+                       ++ lib.optional cfg.pulse.enable cfg.package.pulse;
+
+    # PipeWire depends on DBUS but doesn't list it. Without this booting
+    # into a terminal results in the service crashing with an error.
+    systemd.user.sockets.pipewire.wantedBy = lib.mkIf cfg.socketActivation [ "sockets.target" ];
+    systemd.user.sockets.pipewire-pulse.wantedBy = lib.mkIf (cfg.socketActivation && cfg.pulse.enable) ["sockets.target"];
+    systemd.user.services.pipewire.bindsTo = [ "dbus.service" ];
+    services.udev.packages = [ cfg.package ];
+
+    # If any paths are updated here they must also be updated in the package test.
+    environment.etc."alsa/conf.d/49-pipewire-modules.conf" = mkIf cfg.alsa.enable {
+      text = ''
+        pcm_type.pipewire {
+          libs.native = ${cfg.package.lib}/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pipewire.so ;
+          ${optionalString enable32BitAlsaPlugins
+            "libs.32Bit = ${pkgs.pkgsi686Linux.pipewire.lib}/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pipewire.so ;"}
+        }
+        ctl_type.pipewire {
+          libs.native = ${cfg.package.lib}/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_pipewire.so ;
+          ${optionalString enable32BitAlsaPlugins
+            "libs.32Bit = ${pkgs.pkgsi686Linux.pipewire.lib}/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_pipewire.so ;"}
+        }
+      '';
+    };
+    environment.etc."alsa/conf.d/50-pipewire.conf" = mkIf cfg.alsa.enable {
+      source = "${cfg.package}/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/50-pipewire.conf";
+    };
+    environment.etc."alsa/conf.d/99-pipewire-default.conf" = mkIf cfg.alsa.enable {
+      source = "${cfg.package}/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/99-pipewire-default.conf";
+    };
+
+    environment.sessionVariables.LD_LIBRARY_PATH =
+      lib.optional cfg.jack.enable "/run/current-system/sw/lib/pipewire";
+
+    # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/464#note_723554
+    systemd.user.services.pipewire.environment = {
+      "PIPEWIRE_LINK_PASSIVE" = "1";
+      "PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_FILE" = pkgs.writeText "pipewire.conf" (toSPAJSON cfg.config);
+    };
+  };
+}