# User-level PipeWire with system-level mopidy

**URL:** <https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/user-level-pipewire-with-system-level-mopidy/5883>\
**Category:** Help and support\
**Created:** [January 5, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/user-level-pipewire-with-system-level-mopidy/5883 "2024-01-05T00:24:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![swrdghcnqstdr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@swrdghcnqstdr](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/swrdghcnqstdr)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/user-level-pipewire-with-system-level-mopidy/5883/1 "2024-01-05T00:24:49Z")

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Hello, mopidy is unable to produce sound at all. I have narrowed it down to being a system-level vs user-level issue: `gst-launch-1.0 audiotestsrc ! autoaudiosink` works great while `sudo gst-launch-1.0 audiotestsrc ! autoaudiosink` returns `[ALSOFT] (EE) Failed to connect PipeWire event context (errno: 112) Pipeline is PREROLLING ... WARNING: from element /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstAutoAudioSink:autoaudiosink0: Failed to connect: Connection refused Additional debug info: ../gstreamer/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/pulse/pulsesink.c(616): gst_pulseringbuffer_open_device (): /GstPulseSink:autoaudiosink0-actual-sink-pulse`. I’ve tried [Add documentation for running as a user service · Issue #1974 · mopidy/mopidy · GitHub](https://github.com/mopidy/mopidy/issues/1974#issuecomment-797105715) with no success. Help would be appreciated. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/user-level-pipewire-with-system-level-mopidy/5883/2 "2024-01-05T10:31:01Z")

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Did you also follow [Running as a service — Mopidy 3.4.2 documentation](https://docs.mopidy.com/en/latest/running/service/#system-service-and-pulseaudio) ?

EDIT: sorry, I mentally replaced pipewire with pulseaudio for some reason. Obviously that pulse doc doesn’t help.

The issue you linked to is the correct setup as far as I know, I have never tried it myself but it makes sense.

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/user-level-pipewire-with-system-level-mopidy/5883/3 "2024-07-05T22:31:11Z")

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Closed on July 5, 2024, 10:31pm UTC

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