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PipeWire 1.4.1 Brings Bug Fixes and Stability Improvements

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Mar 15, 2025

Quoting: PipeWire 1.4.1 Brings Bug Fixes and Stability Improvements —

Only a week after its major 1.4 release, the PipeWire team has announced v1.4.1, the first bugfix update to this widely adopted Linux multimedia server that manages audio and video streams.

The new version handles SplitPCM channel misconfigurations more gracefully. This prevents the sudden disappearance of audio devices, a pesky problem that had previously disrupted many workflows.

In addition, the new release introduces backward compatibility for systems without UMP (USB MIDI Protocol) support, thus restoring MIDI functionality on older kernels and ALSA versions.

Developers would also appreciate a fix in the audioconvert component, which was crashing due to a misconfigured resampler channel count.

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