• PipeWire 1.6 Released With Many New Features PipeWire 1.6 is out today as the newest feature release for this software widely used by the Linux desktop for managing of audio and video streams while nicely integrating with sandboxed Flatpak apps and more. • PipeWire 1.6 retains API/ABI compatibility with PipeWire 1.4 while adding many new features. • PipeWire 1.6 ships an LDAC decoder for Bluetooth, support for metadata features, the maximum channel count was increased to 128 by default, more HDR color types added, many Bluetooth updates, RTP updates, and a variety of other improvements. • PipeWire 1.6 also brings other channel improvements, safe parsing and building of PODs in shared memory, fliter-graph has an FFmpeg and ONNX plug-in, and retiring support for v0 clients. • Plus there are various documentation updates too. • Downloads and more details on the PipeWire 1.6 release via FreeDesktop.org GitLab.
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- PipeWire 1.6 has been released, bringing a host of new features while maintaining full API/ABI compatibility with the 1.4 version. The update adds an LDAC decoder for Bluetooth, expands metadata support, and raises the default maximum channel count to 128. Additional enhancements include more HDR color types, updated Bluetooth and RTP handling, and improved channel processing. The release also introduces safer parsing and building of PODs in shared memory, a filter‑graph FFmpeg and ONNX plug‑in, and retires support for v0 clients. Documentation has been updated, and the full release is available on FreeDesktop.org’s GitLab.
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