diff --git a/crates/sound/Cargo.toml b/crates/sound/Cargo.toml
index 330c188..2a8f621 100644
--- a/crates/sound/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sound/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [features]
-default = ["null-backend"]
+default = ["null-backend", "pw-backend"]
 null-backend = []
 pw-backend = ["pipewire", "libspa", "pipewire-sys", "libspa-sys", "bindgen"]
 
diff --git a/crates/sound/src/audio_backends.rs b/crates/sound/src/audio_backends.rs
index 18f3bed..205d753 100644
--- a/crates/sound/src/audio_backends.rs
+++ b/crates/sound/src/audio_backends.rs
@@ -9,13 +9,32 @@ mod pw_backend;
 #[cfg(feature = "null-backend")]
 use self::null::NullBackend;
 #[cfg(feature = "pw-backend")]
-use self::pw_backend::PwBackend;
-use crate::{Error, Result, SoundRequest};
+use self::pw_backend::{PwBackend, PCMParams};
+use crate::{Error, Result};
 
 pub trait AudioBackend {
-    fn write(&self, req: &SoundRequest) -> Result<()>;
+    fn write(&self, stream_id: u32) -> Result<()>;
+    fn read(&self, stream_id: u32) -> Result<()>;
 
-    fn read(&self, req: &mut SoundRequest) -> Result<()>;
+    fn set_param(&self, _stream_id: u32, _params: PCMParams) -> Result<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn prepare(&self, _stream_id: u32) -> Result<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn release(&self, _stream_id: u32) -> Result<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn start(&self, _stream_id: u32) -> Result<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn stop(&self, _stream_id: u32) -> Result<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn alloc_audio_backend(name: String) -> Result<Box<dyn AudioBackend + Send + Sync>> {
diff --git a/crates/sound/src/audio_backends/null.rs b/crates/sound/src/audio_backends/null.rs
index e12c36d..de4f3e1 100644
--- a/crates/sound/src/audio_backends/null.rs
+++ b/crates/sound/src/audio_backends/null.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 or BSD-3-Clause
 
 use super::AudioBackend;
-use crate::{Error, Result, SoundRequest};
+use crate::{Error, Result};
 
 pub struct NullBackend {}
 
@@ -12,16 +12,20 @@ impl NullBackend {
 }
 
 impl AudioBackend for NullBackend {
-    fn write(&self, _req: &SoundRequest) -> Result<()> {
+    fn write(&self, stream_id: u32) -> Result<()> {
+        println!("null backend, writting to stream: {}", stream_id);
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn read(&self, req: &mut SoundRequest) -> Result<()> {
+    fn read(&self, _stream_id: u32) -> Result<()> {
+
+        /*
         let buf = req.data_slice().ok_or(Error::SoundReqMissingData)?;
         let zero_mem = vec![0u8; buf.len()];
 
         buf.copy_from(&zero_mem);
 
+        */
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/sound/src/audio_backends/pw_backend.rs b/crates/sound/src/audio_backends/pw_backend.rs
index a939365..6e9194f 100644
--- a/crates/sound/src/audio_backends/pw_backend.rs
+++ b/crates/sound/src/audio_backends/pw_backend.rs
@@ -2,27 +2,111 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 or BSD-3-Clause
 
 use super::AudioBackend;
-use crate::{Error, Result, SoundRequest};
+use std::{thread};
+use std::{cell::Cell, rc::Rc};
+use crate::{Error, Result};
 
-pub struct PwBackend {}
+use vm_memory::{Le32, Le64};
+use pipewire as pw;
+use pw::{sys::*};
+
+#[derive(Default, Debug)]
+pub struct StreamInfo {
+    pub id: usize,
+    pub params: PCMParams,
+    pub formats: Le64,
+    pub rates: Le64,
+    pub direction: u8,
+    pub channels_min: u8,
+    pub channels_max: u8,
+}
+
+#[derive(Default, Debug)]
+pub struct PCMParams {
+    pub features: Le32,
+    /// size of hardware buffer in bytes
+    pub buffer_bytes: Le32,
+    /// size of hardware period in bytes
+    pub period_bytes: Le32,
+    pub channels: u8,
+    pub format: u8,
+    pub rate: u8,
+}
+
+// SAFETY: Safe as the structure can be sent to another thread.
+unsafe impl Send for WrapMainLoop {}
+
+// SAFETY: Safe as the structure can be shared with another thread as the state
+// is protected with a lock.
+unsafe impl Sync for WrapMainLoop {}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct WrapMainLoop {
+    mainloop: pipewire::MainLoop,
+}
+pub struct PwBackend {
+    //pub streams: Arc<RwLock<Vec<StreamInfo>>>,
+}
 
 impl PwBackend {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
-        PwBackend {}
+        pw::init();
+
+        let wrap_mainloop = WrapMainLoop {
+            mainloop : pw::MainLoop::new().expect("we can't create mainloop")
+        };
+        //let mainloop = pw::MainLoop::new().expect("Failed to create Pipewire Mainloop");
+        let context = pw::Context::new(&wrap_mainloop.mainloop).expect("Failed to create Pipewire Context");
+        let core = context
+            .connect(None)
+            .expect("Failed to connect to Pipewire Core");
+
+        // To comply with Rust's safety rules, we wrap this variable in an `Rc` and  a `Cell`.
+        let done = Rc::new(Cell::new(false));
+
+        // Create new reference for each variable so that they can be moved into the closure.
+        let done_clone = done.clone();
+        let loop_clone = wrap_mainloop.mainloop.clone();
+
+        let pending = core.sync(0).expect("sync failed");
+        let _listener_core = core
+        .add_listener_local()
+        .done(move |id, seq| {
+            if id == PW_ID_CORE && seq == pending {
+                done_clone.set(true);
+                loop_clone.quit();
+            }
+        })
+        .register();
+
+        thread::spawn(move || {
+            wrap_mainloop.mainloop.run();
+        });
+
+        println!("pipewire backend running");
+
+        Self {
+        }
+
     }
 }
 
 impl AudioBackend for PwBackend {
-    fn write(&self, _req: &SoundRequest) -> Result<()> {
+    fn write(&self, stream_id: u32) -> Result<()> {
+        println!("pipewire backend, writting to stream: {}", stream_id);
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn read(&self, req: &mut SoundRequest) -> Result<()> {
+    fn read(&self, _stream_id: u32) -> Result<()> {
+        /*
         let buf = req.data_slice().ok_or(Error::SoundReqMissingData)?;
         let zero_mem = vec![0u8; buf.len()];
 
         buf.copy_from(&zero_mem);
-
+        */
+        Ok(())
+    }
+    fn set_param(&self, _stream_id: u32, _params: PCMParams) -> Result<()> {
         Ok(())
     }
 }