6 * Significant routing changes to default sinks/sources
7 * Changing the default sink moves streams from the old default sink to the new
8 * Moving a stream to the default sink removes the "manually routed" status of the stream
9 * If a sink changes status to available, streams that prefer that sink move there automatically
10 * The same changes have been applied to the source stream routing
11 * Workaround for GNOME Sound Settings' stream routing behaviour
12 * module-rescue-streams is deprecated, functionality moved to the core
13 * New rescue-streams option in daemon.conf
14 * Automatic switching to HDMI is now disabled by default
15 * Better support for some USB gaming headsets
16 * Flat volumes are now disabled by default
17 * The RAOP sink can be configured to automatically reconnect on connection failures
18 * Separate sink_channels and source_channels for module-jackdbus-detect
19 * Improved support for ALSA UCM
20 * Support for ALSA mixer controls with non-zero index
21 * It's now possible to set intended roles for devices in the ALSA profile configuration
22 * Ports now have a type associated with them
23 * Mappings have a new "description-key" option in the ALSA profile configuration
24 * New xauthority argument for X11 modules
25 * module-null-sink's compressed format support can now be configured at run-time
26 * The enable-lfe-remixing option in daemon.conf was split into remixing-produce-lfe and remixing-consume-lfe
27 * New channel_map argument for module-raop-sink
28 * Notes for application developers
29 * pa_mainloop_prepare interprets the timeout argument as microseconds again
30 * New availability_group and type fields in the port info structs
31 * New macros: PA_LIKELY(), PA_UNLIKELY(), PA_CLAMP() and PA_CLAMP_UNLIKELY()
33 * New GStreamer-based RTP implementation
34 * qpaeq switched from Python 2 to Python 3
35 * Compile-time option to forget pre-14.0 stream routing
36 * The install path of the ALSA configuration files is now configurable
37 * GNU gettext minimum version requirement bumped from 0.19.3 to 0.19.8
38 * Heads-up: dropping autotools build system
39 * Heads-up: dropping EsounD support is considered, tell us if you still need it
40 * Heads-up: dropping GConf support
44 https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/14.0/
51 Baurzhan Muftakhidinov
68 Jan Alexander Steffens
72 Jean-Baptiste Holcroft
74 Juliano de Souza Camargo
122 * Added support for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio
123 * Improved 5.1 surround channel routing
124 * Improved initial card profile selection for ALSA cards
125 * Automatically switch away from unavailable card profiles
126 * Bluetooth card profile choices aren't persistent any more by default
127 * Added support for some SteelSeries Arctis 5 USB headsets
128 * Removed KDE specific routing configuration
129 * New information collection script for bug reports: pa-info
130 * New "max_latency_msec" module argument for module-loopback
131 * New "fast_adjust_threshold_msec" module argument for module-loopback
132 * New "stream_name" module argument for module-rtp-send
133 * Fixed S/PDIF for CMEDIA USB2.0 High-Speed True HD Audio
134 * Use source sample spec and channel map by default in module-loopback
135 * module-role-cork and module-role-ducking can now use recording streams as triggers
136 * New "avoid_resampling" module argument for module-udev-detect and module-alsa-card
137 * "avoid_resampling" also tries to avoid format conversion if the ALSA device supports it
138 * Added support for non-PCM formats in module-null-sink
139 * More efficient channel remapping in some cases for 32-bit streams
140 * Removed the "latency_time" option from module-null-source
141 * New function to enable realtime scheduling for client threads
142 * New convenience functions for getting parameters from pa_format_info
143 * New function for pa_threaded_mainloop to run a callback in the mainloop thread without the mainloop lock being held
144 * Const-ification of parameters across headers
145 * Removed BlueZ 4 support
147 * Introduction of the Meson build system
148 * New build option for improving build reproducibility
149 * Minor bug-fixes, bindings updates and several translation updates
153 https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/13.0/
158 Alexander E. Patrakov
179 Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
181 Jean-Philippe Guillemin
185 João Paulo Rechi Vita
188 Luiz Augusto von Dentz
213 Thomas Hutschenreuther
229 The previous release tarball contained a broken configure script, this release
230 fixes the tarball. There are no changes in the source, except for this NEWS
242 * Fixed crash when switching to A2DP bluetooth profile
243 * Fixed plugin search path in module-ladspa-sink
244 * Fixed file permissions for the pipes created by module-pipe-sink and
257 * Better latency reporting (and hence better A/V sync) with the A2DP bluetooth
259 * Much more accurate latency reporting for AirPlay devices
260 * module-switch-on-connect now ignores virtual devices
261 * When using passthrough for compressed audio, set the "non-audio" bit
262 * Prioritize HDMI output over S/PDIF output
263 * HSP support for more bluetooth headsets
264 * Choose the A2DP bluetooth profile by default instead of HSP
265 * New "sink_input_properties" module argument for module-ladspa-sink
266 * New "use_system_clock_for_timing" module argument for module-pipe-sink
267 * module-pipe-sink can now use an existing pipe
268 * Fixed a crash or high CPU use problem with Intel HDMI LPE
269 * Steelseries Arctis 7 USB headset stereo output support
270 * Dell Thunderbolt Dock TB16 speaker jack support
271 * Fixed digital input support for some USB sound cards
272 * Fixed Native Instruments Traktor Audio 6 detection
273 * Ability to disable input or output on macOS
274 * New "dereverb" option for the Speex echo canceller
275 * New module: module-always-source
276 * State files not any more readable by all users in the system mode
277 * module-augment-properties now uses XDG_DATA_DIRS to find .desktop files
278 * Updates for the Vala bindings
279 * The GConf dependency can now be avoided
280 * qpaeq license changed from AGPL to LGPL
281 * qpaeq ported to Qt 5
282 * Compatibility with glibc 2.27
283 * The esdcompat tool isn't any more installed if esound support is disabled
287 https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/12.0/
296 Constantine Kharlamov
316 Peter Meerwald-Stadler
336 * Fix a crash in filter modules related to flat volumes and volume sharing
337 * Fix a crash when the bluetooth adapter reports weird MTU size
338 * Disable bluetooth MTU autodetection by default
339 * Add mixer handling back for hardware that doesn't have any alsa-lib
341 * Prioritize USB devices over built-in sound cards (11.0 was supposed to have
342 this feature, but the implementation turned out to be incomplete)
354 * Support for newer AirPlay hardware
355 * USB and bluetooth devices preferred over internal sound cards
356 * Bluetooth HSP headset role implemented
357 * Bluetooth HFP audio gateway role implemented (requires oFono)
358 * Bluetooth HSP audio gateway and HFP hands-free unit roles can be enabled
360 * Upmixing can now be disabled without bad side effects
361 * Avoid having unavailable sinks or sources as the default
362 * Option to avoid resampling more often
363 * Option to automatically switch bluetooth profile to HSP more often
364 * Better latency control in module-loopback
365 * Changed module argument names in module-ladspa-sink and
366 module-virtual-surround-sink
367 * Fixed input device handling in module-waveout
368 * Improved bluetooth MTU configuration
370 * Applications can request LADSPA or virtual surround filtering for their
372 * Support for 32-bit applications on 64-bit systems in padsp
376 https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/11.0/
390 Grzegorz Kolodziejczyk
397 Luiz Augusto von Dentz
408 Peter Meerwald-Stadler
426 * Automatically switch Bluetooth profile when using VoIP applications
427 * New module for prioritizing passthrough streams (module-allow-passthrough)
428 * Fix hotplugging support for USB surround sound cards
429 * Separate volumes for Bluetooth A2DP and HSP profiles
430 * memfd-based shared memory mechanism enabled by default
431 * Removed module-xenpv-sink
432 * Dropped dependency to json-c
433 * When using systemd to start PulseAudio, pulseaudio.socket is always started
435 * Compatibility with OpenSSL 1.1.0
436 * Clarified qpaeq license
440 https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/10.0/
446 Alexander E. Patrakov
458 Jan Alexander Steffens
459 John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
468 Peter Meerwald-Stadler
484 * Automatic routing improvements
485 * Beamforming and various other new features in the WebRTC echo canceller
486 * Various improvements in module-role-cork and module-role-ducking
487 * LFE remixing disabled by default
488 * memfd-backed shared memory transport
489 * Support for sample rates up to 384 kHz
490 * webrtc-audio-processing dependency minimum version bumped to 0.2
491 * Changed the C standard from C99 to C11.
495 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/9.0
500 Alexander E. Patrakov
507 Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia
528 * Automatic routing more likely to change profile
529 * OS X and NetBSD support improvements
530 * Systemd journal logging for clients
531 * New LFE balance programming interface
532 * Module-dbus-protocol improvements
533 * More flexible configuration file handling
534 * pulsecore-8.0.so moved to a private directory
535 * New script for measuring memory consumption
536 * Various bug fixes and small improvements
540 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/8.0
545 Alexander E. Patrakov
581 * LFE channel synthesis with low-pass filtering
582 * New libsoxr based resamplers
583 * Socket activation support for TCP
584 * The "srbchannel" IPC mechanism enabled by default
585 * More flexible jack detection support when using UCM
586 * Exiting due to SIGTERM isn't considered a failure
587 * Better support for Creative SoundBlaster Omni Surround 5.1
591 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/7.0
596 Alexander E. Patrakov
634 * Bluez 5 HSP (headset profile) support, both with and without oFono
635 * SystemD socket activation support
636 * Better support for multichannel and 2.1 profiles
637 * Protocol optimisations
638 * Remap optimisations
639 * Lots of other enhancements, bug fixes, and documentation and i18n updates
643 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/6.0
648 Alexander E. Patrakov
662 Hemanth Meenakshisundaram
669 João Paulo Rechi Vita
672 Luiz Augusto von Dentz
677 Niels Ole Salscheider
688 Ricardo Salveti de Araujo
700 * BlueZ 5 support (A2DP only)
701 * Reimplementation of the tunnel modules
702 * Native log target support for systemd-journal
703 * Resampler refactoring
704 * --monitor-stream option for parecord and parec
705 * "latency_msec" argument for module-rtp-recv
706 * "inhibit_auto_suspend" argument for module-rtp-send
707 * "auto" argument for module-tunnel-sink and module-tunnel-source
708 * Removed module-bluetooth-proximity
709 * Jack detection for line out
710 * Laptop internal surround speaker volume support
711 * Improved float->s16 and s16->float sample conversion for ARM NEON
712 * "Available" flag for card profiles
713 * Removed module-dbus-protocol from the default configuration
714 * Lots of other enhancements, bug fixes, and documentation and i18n updates
718 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/5.0
723 Alexander E. Patrakov
733 Dominique Leuenberger
736 Jan Alexander Steffens
738 João Paulo Rechi Vita
746 Luiz Augusto von Dentz
770 * Better handling of low latency requests
771 * Optimisations while mixing (generic, ARM NEON)
772 * Default resampler is now speex-float-1 (lower CPU usage)
773 * Major Bluetooth refactoring for better reliability and easier maintenance
774 * Fixes for graceful hand-off to/from JACK
775 * New module to apply ducking based on stream roles
776 * Echo canceller infrastructure fixes
777 * Bash and zsh completion for command line tools
778 * Solaris and OS X fixes
779 * Lots of other enhancements, bug fixes, and documentation and i18n updates
783 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/4.0
795 João Paulo Rechi Vita
797 Luiz Augusto von Dentz
799 Marc-Antoine Perennou
818 Change logs for previous versions can be seen at:
820 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes