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by **canadaist** » Jun 20th, '23, 20:50

I need an equalizer because some audio sucks, I did a little checking and it seems I can go with:

"pulseaudio-module-equalizer"
which installs PulseAudio, probably borking my pipewire config,

or I can install

"easyeffects" which is 275MB
including
gtk4-update-icon-cache-4.10.3-3.mga9.x86_64
- gtk4.0-4.10.3-3.mga9.x86_64

which seems too much for an old laptop
advice on EQ use with pipewire, experiences?

by **doktor5000** » Jun 20th, '23, 21:57

pipewire already has an integrated equalizer, sort of. See e.g. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWi ... processing
But easyeffects would be the suitable GUI for that. You don't have 275MB free diskspace ?

You can also read up on this upstream at https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire ... issues/109

Otherwise you could also install a bridge to jack soundserver and use its equalizer or maybe some ladspa plugin: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxaudio/com ... nt/h0t99a3

Related question, what do you need an equalizer for in particular ?

by **canadaist** » Jun 20th, '23, 22:10

On why EQ, some media is 'enhanced' or modified, often to boost low frequencies, and other 'art' choices.

TLDR: to repair choices made by producers and 'channels'

On size
just 2 gig of spare space, I urpme libreoffice ( half a gig,) until its needed and other choices. I keep kernels to two, etc.

by **morgano** » Jun 21st, '23, 11:16

Another why: some people like me have impaired hearing, in my case the frequency spanning human voice is most impaired so e.g need to rise mid-band to better hear what they sing.
"background" music when someone tries to explain something in videos... i hate that!

When we have a good solution it would be nice to add to https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Pipewire

by **doktor5000** » Jun 21st, '23, 15:01

Well the best choice is probably easyeffects as mentioned: https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects
FWIW for GNOME there's also a shell extension called EasyEffects Preset Selector, which allows to switch between some predefined profiles without starting the app: https://github.com/ulville/eepresetselector

by **doktor5000** » Jun 21st, '23, 16:34

canadaist wrote:"easyeffects" which is 275MB
including
gtk4-update-icon-cache-4.10.3-3.mga9.x86_64
- gtk4.0-4.10.3-3.mga9.x86_64

Just checked on a regular mga9 install, if you don't install the recommended dependencies including all the ladspa and lsp plugins and such it's only like 38MB:

Code: Select all: [user@localhost ~]$ sudo LANGUAGE=en dnf install easyeffects --setopt=install_weak_deps=False Last metadata expiration check: 0:04:25 ago on Wed Jun 21 18:26:44 2023. Dependencies resolved. ============================================================================================================================================================================== Package Architecture Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================================== Installing: easyeffects x86_64 7.0.0-3.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 1.1 M Installing dependencies: calf x86_64 0.90.3-5.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 13 M fluidsynth x86_64 2.3.2-1.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 37 k gstreamer1.0-ladspa x86_64 1.22.3-2.mga9.tainted mageia-x86_64-tainted 31 k ladspa-plugins-swh x86_64 0.4.17-5.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 936 k lib64fluidsynth3 x86_64 2.3.2-1.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 225 k lib64fmt9 x86_64 9.1.0-1.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 64 k lib64gsl27 x86_64 2.7.1-1.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 965 k lib64gslcblas0 x86_64 2.7.1-1.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 109 k lib64instpatch1.0_2 x86_64 1.1.6-2.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 266 k lib64iodbc2 x86_64 3.52.15-1.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 137 k lib64lrdf2 x86_64 0.6.1-4.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 22 k lib64pq5 x86_64 15.3-1.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 138 k lib64rnnoise0 x86_64 0-1.20210312git7f449bf.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 110 k lib64sigc++3.0_0 x86_64 3.4.0-1.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 36 k lib64tbb2 x86_64 2020.3-4.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 157 k lib64zita-convolver4 x86_64 4.0.3-3.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 22 k liblrdf-common x86_64 0.6.1-4.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 7.6 k lv2-calf-plugins x86_64 0.90.3-5.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 315 k raptor2 x86_64 2.0.15-23.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 51 k rasqal x86_64 0.9.33-5.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 66 k redland x86_64 1.0.17-10.mga9 cauldron-x86_64 167 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================================== Install 22 Packages Total download size: 18 M Installed size: 38 M <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

FWIW you can do the same with urpmi by passing --no-recommends - I've just posted the dnf output because it shows the size per package.

by **morgano** » Jun 21st, '23, 19:31

Nice.

I tested the Flatpak alternative

Code: Select all: $ flatpak install easyeffects Söker efter matchningar… Hittade ref ”app/com.github.wwmm.easyeffects/x86_64/stable” i fjärrförrådet ”flathub” (user). Använd denna ref? [Y/n]: y Rättigheter för com.github.wwmm.easyeffects: ipc fallback-x11 wayland x11 dri file access [1] [1] xdg-run/pipewire-0:ro ID Gren Åtg Fjärrförråd Hämta 1. [✓] com.github.wwmm.easyeffects.Locale stable i flathub 14,2 kB / 888,2 kB 2. [✓] org.freedesktop.LinuxAudio.Plugins.Calf 22.08 i flathub 13,7 MB / 11,8 MB 3. [✓] org.freedesktop.LinuxAudio.Plugins.LSP 22.08 i flathub 12,4 MB / 12,7 MB 4. [✓] org.freedesktop.LinuxAudio.Plugins.MDA 22.08 i flathub 3,0 MB / 2,3 MB 5. [✓] org.freedesktop.LinuxAudio.Plugins.ZamPlugins 22.08 i flathub 78,6 MB / 79,9 MB 6. [✓] com.github.wwmm.easyeffects stable i flathub 12,1 MB / 14,4 MB

And it just works

Thank you for the tip!

It shows up in the standard launch menu.

(Only issue so far is weird translation so i did not find the standard Equaliser...)

Added: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Pipewire#Sound_effects , linking to this thread.

by **canadaist** » Jun 21st, '23, 19:43

To all replies thank you.

trying -no-recommends

wow -- hat tipped I tried (without installing ) This is amazing help Doktor, beyond help, a kindness

This first is --no-recommend

Code: Select all: urpmi easyeffects --no-recommends To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed: Package Version Release Arch (medium "Core Relsease (distrib1)") calf 0.90.3 5.mga9 x86_64 easyeffects 7.0.0 3.mga9 x86_64 fluidsynth 2.3.2 1.mga9 x86_64 gtk4-update-icon-cache 4.10.3 3.mga9 x86_64 gtk4.0 4.10.3 3.mga9 x86_64 ladspa-plugins-swh 0.4.17 5.mga9 x86_64 lib64adwaita1_0 1.3.2 1.mga9 x86_64 lib64fluidsynth3 2.3.2 1.mga9 x86_64 lib64fmt9 9.1.0 1.mga9 x86_64 lib64gtk4_1 4.10.3 3.mga9 x86_64 lib64instpatch1.0_2 1.1.6 2.mga9 x86_64 lib64iodbc2 3.52.15 1.mga9 x86_64 lib64lrdf2 0.6.1 4.mga9 x86_64 lib64pq5 15.3 1.mga9 x86_64 lib64rnnoise0 0 1.20210312gi> x86_64 lib64sigc++3.0_0 3.4.0 1.mga9 x86_64 lib64zita-convolver4 4.0.3 3.mga9 x86_64 libadwaita 1.3.2 1.mga9 x86_64 liblrdf-common 0.6.1 4.mga9 x86_64 lv2 1.18.10 4.mga9 x86_64 lv2-calf-plugins 0.90.3 5.mga9 x86_64 raptor2 2.0.15 23.mga9 x86_64 rasqal 0.9.33 5.mga9 x86_64 redland 1.0.17 10.mga9 x86_64 (medium "Tainted Release (distrib21)") gstreamer1.0-ladspa 1.22.3 2.mga9.taint> x86_64 lib64gstplay1.0_0 1.22.3 2.mga9.taint> x86_64 lib64gstplayer1.0_0 1.22.3 2.mga9.taint> x86_64 57MB of additional disk space will be used. 22MB of packages will be retrieved. Proceed with the installation of the 27 packages? (Y/n)

Now easyeffects without --no-recommends

Code: Select all: urpmi easyeffects To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed: Package Version Release Arch (medium "Core Release (distrib1)") calf 0.90.3 5.mga9 x86_64 easyeffects 7.0.0 3.mga9 x86_64 fluidsynth 2.3.2 1.mga9 x86_64 gtk4-update-icon-cache 4.10.3 3.mga9 x86_64 gtk4.0 4.10.3 3.mga9 x86_64 ladspa-plugins-swh 0.4.17 5.mga9 x86_64 ladspa-zam-plugins 4.1 3.mga9 x86_64 (recommended) lib64adwaita1_0 1.3.2 1.mga9 x86_64 lib64fluidsynth3 2.3.2 1.mga9 x86_64 lib64fmt9 9.1.0 1.mga9 x86_64 lib64gtk4_1 4.10.3 3.mga9 x86_64 lib64instpatch1.0_2 1.1.6 2.mga9 x86_64 lib64iodbc2 3.52.15 1.mga9 x86_64 lib64lrdf2 0.6.1 4.mga9 x86_64 lib64lsp-plugins 1.2.7 1.mga9 x86_64 (recommended) lib64pq5 15.3 1.mga9 x86_64 lib64rnnoise0 0 1.20210312gi> x86_64 lib64sigc++3.0_0 3.4.0 1.mga9 x86_64 lib64zita-convolver4 4.0.3 3.mga9 x86_64 libadwaita 1.3.2 1.mga9 x86_64 liblrdf-common 0.6.1 4.mga9 x86_64 lsp-plugins 1.2.7 1.mga9 x86_64 (recommended) lv2 1.18.10 4.mga9 x86_64 lv2-calf-plugins 0.90.3 5.mga9 x86_64 lv2-zam-plugins 4.1 3.mga9 x86_64 (recommended) mda-lv2 1.2.10 1.mga9 x86_64 (recommended) raptor2 2.0.15 23.mga9 x86_64 rasqal 0.9.33 5.mga9 x86_64 redland 1.0.17 10.mga9 x86_64 rubberband 3.1.2 1.mga9 x86_64 (recommended) zam-plugins 4.1 3.mga9 x86_64 (recommended) (medium "Tainted Release (distrib21)") gstreamer1.0-ladspa 1.22.3 2.mga9.taint> x86_64 lib64gstplay1.0_0 1.22.3 2.mga9.taint> x86_64 lib64gstplayer1.0_0 1.22.3 2.mga9.taint> x86_64 275MB of additional disk space will be used. 81MB of packages will be retrieved. Proceed with the installation of the 34 packages? (Y/n)

by **doktor5000** » Jun 21st, '23, 20:30

morgano wrote:I tested the Flatpak alternative

IMHO for mga9 onwards it's probably better to use our distro package instead of the flatpak.

by **morgano** » Jun 21st, '23, 21:07

OOPS, i did not check that it was available in mga9!
Running our packaged version now, and updated the wiki page

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