- remove two backport patches
PipeWire 1.6.2 (2026-03-16)
This is a bugfix release that is API and ABI compatible with the previous
1.6.x releases.
Highlights
- Fix a potential crash when the wrong memory was freed.
- Fix a optimization with shared memory over some links that could
cause errors later on.
- Fix SOFA filter and default control input in LADSPA and LV2.
- Some other small fixes and improvements.
PipeWire
- Remove an optimization to skip share mem in links, it causes problems
later on. (#5159)
Modules
- Don't try to free invalid memory or close invalid fds when the client
aborted before allocating buffer memory. (#5162)
SPA
- support ACP_IGNORE_DB in udev.
- Use 0x as a prefix for hex values.
- Mark Props as write-only in libcamera.
- Small optimization in the audio mixer.
- Fix initialization of control properties for SOFA and biquads in the
filter-graph. (#5152)
- Fix min/max default values for LADSPA and LV2.
JACK
- Fix jack_port_type_id(). Return values that are compatible with JACK1/2.
Older versions:
PipeWire 1.6.1 (2026-03-09)
This is a bugfix release that is API and ABI compatible with the previous
1.6.x releases.
Highlights
- Fix socket activation, which could cause a failure to start PipeWire in
some setups.
- Fix crashes in many JACK apps when nodes/ports are quickly added/removed
such as when there are notifications (like when changing the volume in
KDE).
- Fix playback of encoded formats in pw-cat again.
- Some other smaller fixes and improvements.
Modules
- Fix socket activation. (#5140)
- Remove node.link-group from driver nodes.
SPA
- Fix the libcamera stop sequence.
JACK
- Never return NULL from jack_port_by_id(). (#3512)
GStreamer
- Improve the timestamps on buffers.
Tools
- Fix playback of encoded formats. (#5155)
Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
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