5 * Support upto 8 mixer channels on ALSA devices
6 * Handle ALSA jacks with the same name but different index values
7 * Switch to plugged-in headset when mic availability is unknown
8 * Fix a potential segfault in the Bluetooth oFono HFP backend
9 * Fix a problem with module-ladspa-sink when avoid-resampling=true
10 * Fix database names containing canonical host for meson builds
29 * Significant routing changes to default sinks/sources
30 * Changing the default sink moves streams from the old default sink to the new
31 * Moving a stream to the default sink removes the "manually routed" status of the stream
32 * If a sink changes status to available, streams that prefer that sink move there automatically
33 * The same changes have been applied to the source stream routing
34 * Workaround for GNOME Sound Settings' stream routing behaviour
35 * module-rescue-streams is deprecated, functionality moved to the core
36 * New rescue-streams option in daemon.conf
37 * Automatic switching to HDMI is now disabled by default
38 * Better support for some USB gaming headsets
39 * Flat volumes are now disabled by default
40 * The RAOP sink can be configured to automatically reconnect on connection failures
41 * Separate sink_channels and source_channels for module-jackdbus-detect
42 * Improved support for ALSA UCM
43 * Support for ALSA mixer controls with non-zero index
44 * It's now possible to set intended roles for devices in the ALSA profile configuration
45 * Ports now have a type associated with them
46 * Mappings have a new "description-key" option in the ALSA profile configuration
47 * New xauthority argument for X11 modules
48 * module-null-sink's compressed format support can now be configured at run-time
49 * The enable-lfe-remixing option in daemon.conf was split into remixing-produce-lfe and remixing-consume-lfe
50 * New channel_map argument for module-raop-sink
51 * Notes for application developers
52 * pa_mainloop_prepare interprets the timeout argument as microseconds again
53 * New availability_group and type fields in the port info structs
54 * New macros: PA_LIKELY(), PA_UNLIKELY(), PA_CLAMP() and PA_CLAMP_UNLIKELY()
56 * New GStreamer-based RTP implementation
57 * qpaeq switched from Python 2 to Python 3
58 * Compile-time option to forget pre-14.0 stream routing
59 * The install path of the ALSA configuration files is now configurable
60 * GNU gettext minimum version requirement bumped from 0.19.3 to 0.19.8
61 * Heads-up: dropping autotools build system
62 * Heads-up: dropping EsounD support is considered, tell us if you still need it
63 * Heads-up: dropping GConf support
67 https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/14.0/
74 Baurzhan Muftakhidinov
91 Jan Alexander Steffens
95 Jean-Baptiste Holcroft
97 Juliano de Souza Camargo
145 * Added support for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio
146 * Improved 5.1 surround channel routing
147 * Improved initial card profile selection for ALSA cards
148 * Automatically switch away from unavailable card profiles
149 * Bluetooth card profile choices aren't persistent any more by default
150 * Added support for some SteelSeries Arctis 5 USB headsets
151 * Removed KDE specific routing configuration
152 * New information collection script for bug reports: pa-info
153 * New "max_latency_msec" module argument for module-loopback
154 * New "fast_adjust_threshold_msec" module argument for module-loopback
155 * New "stream_name" module argument for module-rtp-send
156 * Fixed S/PDIF for CMEDIA USB2.0 High-Speed True HD Audio
157 * Use source sample spec and channel map by default in module-loopback
158 * module-role-cork and module-role-ducking can now use recording streams as triggers
159 * New "avoid_resampling" module argument for module-udev-detect and module-alsa-card
160 * "avoid_resampling" also tries to avoid format conversion if the ALSA device supports it
161 * Added support for non-PCM formats in module-null-sink
162 * More efficient channel remapping in some cases for 32-bit streams
163 * Removed the "latency_time" option from module-null-source
164 * New function to enable realtime scheduling for client threads
165 * New convenience functions for getting parameters from pa_format_info
166 * New function for pa_threaded_mainloop to run a callback in the mainloop thread without the mainloop lock being held
167 * Const-ification of parameters across headers
168 * Removed BlueZ 4 support
170 * Introduction of the Meson build system
171 * New build option for improving build reproducibility
172 * Minor bug-fixes, bindings updates and several translation updates
176 https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/13.0/
181 Alexander E. Patrakov
202 Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
204 Jean-Philippe Guillemin
208 João Paulo Rechi Vita
211 Luiz Augusto von Dentz
236 Thomas Hutschenreuther
252 The previous release tarball contained a broken configure script, this release
253 fixes the tarball. There are no changes in the source, except for this NEWS
265 * Fixed crash when switching to A2DP bluetooth profile
266 * Fixed plugin search path in module-ladspa-sink
267 * Fixed file permissions for the pipes created by module-pipe-sink and
280 * Better latency reporting (and hence better A/V sync) with the A2DP bluetooth
282 * Much more accurate latency reporting for AirPlay devices
283 * module-switch-on-connect now ignores virtual devices
284 * When using passthrough for compressed audio, set the "non-audio" bit
285 * Prioritize HDMI output over S/PDIF output
286 * HSP support for more bluetooth headsets
287 * Choose the A2DP bluetooth profile by default instead of HSP
288 * New "sink_input_properties" module argument for module-ladspa-sink
289 * New "use_system_clock_for_timing" module argument for module-pipe-sink
290 * module-pipe-sink can now use an existing pipe
291 * Fixed a crash or high CPU use problem with Intel HDMI LPE
292 * Steelseries Arctis 7 USB headset stereo output support
293 * Dell Thunderbolt Dock TB16 speaker jack support
294 * Fixed digital input support for some USB sound cards
295 * Fixed Native Instruments Traktor Audio 6 detection
296 * Ability to disable input or output on macOS
297 * New "dereverb" option for the Speex echo canceller
298 * New module: module-always-source
299 * State files not any more readable by all users in the system mode
300 * module-augment-properties now uses XDG_DATA_DIRS to find .desktop files
301 * Updates for the Vala bindings
302 * The GConf dependency can now be avoided
303 * qpaeq license changed from AGPL to LGPL
304 * qpaeq ported to Qt 5
305 * Compatibility with glibc 2.27
306 * The esdcompat tool isn't any more installed if esound support is disabled
310 https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/12.0/
319 Constantine Kharlamov
339 Peter Meerwald-Stadler
359 * Fix a crash in filter modules related to flat volumes and volume sharing
360 * Fix a crash when the bluetooth adapter reports weird MTU size
361 * Disable bluetooth MTU autodetection by default
362 * Add mixer handling back for hardware that doesn't have any alsa-lib
364 * Prioritize USB devices over built-in sound cards (11.0 was supposed to have
365 this feature, but the implementation turned out to be incomplete)
377 * Support for newer AirPlay hardware
378 * USB and bluetooth devices preferred over internal sound cards
379 * Bluetooth HSP headset role implemented
380 * Bluetooth HFP audio gateway role implemented (requires oFono)
381 * Bluetooth HSP audio gateway and HFP hands-free unit roles can be enabled
383 * Upmixing can now be disabled without bad side effects
384 * Avoid having unavailable sinks or sources as the default
385 * Option to avoid resampling more often
386 * Option to automatically switch bluetooth profile to HSP more often
387 * Better latency control in module-loopback
388 * Changed module argument names in module-ladspa-sink and
389 module-virtual-surround-sink
390 * Fixed input device handling in module-waveout
391 * Improved bluetooth MTU configuration
393 * Applications can request LADSPA or virtual surround filtering for their
395 * Support for 32-bit applications on 64-bit systems in padsp
399 https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/11.0/
413 Grzegorz Kolodziejczyk
420 Luiz Augusto von Dentz
431 Peter Meerwald-Stadler
449 * Automatically switch Bluetooth profile when using VoIP applications
450 * New module for prioritizing passthrough streams (module-allow-passthrough)
451 * Fix hotplugging support for USB surround sound cards
452 * Separate volumes for Bluetooth A2DP and HSP profiles
453 * memfd-based shared memory mechanism enabled by default
454 * Removed module-xenpv-sink
455 * Dropped dependency to json-c
456 * When using systemd to start PulseAudio, pulseaudio.socket is always started
458 * Compatibility with OpenSSL 1.1.0
459 * Clarified qpaeq license
463 https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/10.0/
469 Alexander E. Patrakov
481 Jan Alexander Steffens
482 John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
491 Peter Meerwald-Stadler
507 * Automatic routing improvements
508 * Beamforming and various other new features in the WebRTC echo canceller
509 * Various improvements in module-role-cork and module-role-ducking
510 * LFE remixing disabled by default
511 * memfd-backed shared memory transport
512 * Support for sample rates up to 384 kHz
513 * webrtc-audio-processing dependency minimum version bumped to 0.2
514 * Changed the C standard from C99 to C11.
518 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/9.0
523 Alexander E. Patrakov
530 Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia
551 * Automatic routing more likely to change profile
552 * OS X and NetBSD support improvements
553 * Systemd journal logging for clients
554 * New LFE balance programming interface
555 * Module-dbus-protocol improvements
556 * More flexible configuration file handling
557 * pulsecore-8.0.so moved to a private directory
558 * New script for measuring memory consumption
559 * Various bug fixes and small improvements
563 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/8.0
568 Alexander E. Patrakov
604 * LFE channel synthesis with low-pass filtering
605 * New libsoxr based resamplers
606 * Socket activation support for TCP
607 * The "srbchannel" IPC mechanism enabled by default
608 * More flexible jack detection support when using UCM
609 * Exiting due to SIGTERM isn't considered a failure
610 * Better support for Creative SoundBlaster Omni Surround 5.1
614 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/7.0
619 Alexander E. Patrakov
657 * Bluez 5 HSP (headset profile) support, both with and without oFono
658 * SystemD socket activation support
659 * Better support for multichannel and 2.1 profiles
660 * Protocol optimisations
661 * Remap optimisations
662 * Lots of other enhancements, bug fixes, and documentation and i18n updates
666 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/6.0
671 Alexander E. Patrakov
685 Hemanth Meenakshisundaram
692 João Paulo Rechi Vita
695 Luiz Augusto von Dentz
700 Niels Ole Salscheider
711 Ricardo Salveti de Araujo
723 * BlueZ 5 support (A2DP only)
724 * Reimplementation of the tunnel modules
725 * Native log target support for systemd-journal
726 * Resampler refactoring
727 * --monitor-stream option for parecord and parec
728 * "latency_msec" argument for module-rtp-recv
729 * "inhibit_auto_suspend" argument for module-rtp-send
730 * "auto" argument for module-tunnel-sink and module-tunnel-source
731 * Removed module-bluetooth-proximity
732 * Jack detection for line out
733 * Laptop internal surround speaker volume support
734 * Improved float->s16 and s16->float sample conversion for ARM NEON
735 * "Available" flag for card profiles
736 * Removed module-dbus-protocol from the default configuration
737 * Lots of other enhancements, bug fixes, and documentation and i18n updates
741 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/5.0
746 Alexander E. Patrakov
756 Dominique Leuenberger
759 Jan Alexander Steffens
761 João Paulo Rechi Vita
769 Luiz Augusto von Dentz
793 * Better handling of low latency requests
794 * Optimisations while mixing (generic, ARM NEON)
795 * Default resampler is now speex-float-1 (lower CPU usage)
796 * Major Bluetooth refactoring for better reliability and easier maintenance
797 * Fixes for graceful hand-off to/from JACK
798 * New module to apply ducking based on stream roles
799 * Echo canceller infrastructure fixes
800 * Bash and zsh completion for command line tools
801 * Solaris and OS X fixes
802 * Lots of other enhancements, bug fixes, and documentation and i18n updates
806 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/4.0
818 João Paulo Rechi Vita
820 Luiz Augusto von Dentz
822 Marc-Antoine Perennou
841 Change logs for previous versions can be seen at:
843 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes