This stable release brings lots of interesting features

Jun 4, 2013 07:05 GMT  ·  By

The development team behind the PulseAudio sound system for Linux/UNIX operating systems, proudly announced on June 3, 2013, the immediate availability for download of PulseAudio 4.0.

PulseAudio 4.0 comes with better handling of low-latency requests, optimization while mixing (including ARM NEON), and major Bluetooth redesign for easier maintenance and improved reliability.

This release of PulseAudio also sets the default resampler to speex-float-1 for lower CPU usage, adds a new module to apply ducking based on stream roles, and fixes JACK Audio Connection Kit issues.

Moreover, PulseAudio 4.0 brings zsh and Bash completion for command-line utilities, fixes to the echo canceler infrastructure and improvements for the Apple Mac OS X and Solaris operating systems.

This new stable release of the PulseAudio sound server also incorporates lots of other enhancements, bug fixes, as well as updated translations and documentation. For more details, please check the official changelog. Download PulseAudio 4.0 right now from Softpedia.