{"id":174929,"date":"2025-06-27T16:22:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/?p=174929"},"modified":"2025-06-27T16:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:22:34","slug":"pipewire-1-4-6-improves-latency-reporting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/pipewire-1-4-6-improves-latency-reporting\/","title":{"rendered":"PipeWire 1.4.6 Improves Latency Reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PipeWire, a multimedia framework for handling audio and video on Linux systems, has just rolled out version 1.4.6, focusing on bug fixes and stability improvements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the important fixes in this release addresses a crash in the filter-chain module, which could cause unexpected disruptions during audio processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, an issue in the ALSA plugin that occasionally led to instability has been resolved, making the overall experience more reliable for users relying on ALSA-based audio setups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latency reporting in the module-combine-stream has also improved, ensuring more accurate performance metrics\u2014a small but meaningful tweak for those who depend on precise audio synchronization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the hood, several modules received attention:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>module-combine-stream now handles latency more effectively.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>module-filter-chain saw fixes to prevent crashes during activation and deactivation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A new &#8220;<em>context.property<\/em>&#8221; option allows users to disable RAOP (Remote Audio Output Protocol) when needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For ALSA users, the update brings better error recovery, ensuring that dataflow continues smoothly even after an ALSA error occurs. The ALSA udev plugin also now supports the &#8220;<em>alsa.use-ucm<\/em>&#8221; property, giving users more control over their configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the PulseAudio server side, empty buffers are now properly marked, optimizing certain mixer operations\u2014another subtle but useful refinement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, GStreamer users will appreciate a resolved refcount issue in the device provider, preventing potential memory management hiccups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Refer to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.freedesktop.org\/pipewire\/pipewire\/-\/releases\/1.4.6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">changelog<\/a>\u00a0for more information about all changes in the new version.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PipeWire 1.4.6 multimedia framework is out with bug fixes, improved ALSA latency reporting, and filter-chain stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":174932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[5776,3609],"class_list":["post-174929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","category-news","tag-multimedia","tag-pipewire"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}