.TH "pw-profiler" 1 "1.0.5" "PipeWire" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
pw-profiler \- The PipeWire profiler
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBpw-profiler\fP [\fIoptions\fP]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Start profiling a PipeWire instance\&.
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If the server has the profiler module loaded, this program will connect to it and log the profiler data\&. Profiler data contains times and durations when processing nodes and devices started and completed\&.
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When this program is stopped, a set of \fBgnuplot\fP files and a script to generate SVG files from the \&.plot files is generated, along with a \&.html file to visualize the profiling results in a browser\&.
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This function uses the same data used by \fIpw-top\fP\&.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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\fB-r | --remote=NAME\fP
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The name the remote instance to monitor\&. If left unspecified, a connection is made to the default PipeWire instance\&.
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\fB-h | --help\fP
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Show help\&.
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\fB--version\fP
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Show version information\&.
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\fB-o | --output=FILE\fP
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Profiler output name (default 'profiler\&.log')\&.
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.SH "AUTHORS"
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The PipeWire Developers <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/issues>; PipeWire is available from <https://pipewire.org>
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBpipewire(1)\fP, \fBpw-top(1)\fP