General

If submitting a bug/issue please provide PipeWire version, distribution and the desktop environment please. It may also be a good idea to try a nightly or master first as your problem may have been fixed.

Journalctl with:

journalctl -xe | grep pipewire
or
journalctl --user-unit=pipewire -f
or
journalctl --user -u pipewire -f

pw-cli ls, pactl list and pactl showto list objects.

pw-cli i <id> to get more info about an object.

pw-dumpcan dump the objects in JSON formats, ready for processing with other JSON query tools like jq. If filing an issue please include this as an attachment.

Tools like pw-cat and pw-record are also available. See the man pages.

pw-top will tell you the node, period, rate, and latency.

PipeWire debugging options are also available. Eg:

PIPEWIRE_DEBUG=4 vlc 2>file.log

My Audio Card Does Not Have XYZ

This could be a problem with the mixer detection code.