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PipeWire 1.2 Preps For Async Processing, Snap Support & Explicit Sync

Following last year's release of PipeWire 1.0 for managing audio and video streams on the Linux desktop and proving itself a capable replacement to PulseAudio and JACK, among other uses, PipeWire 1.2 is nearing release

Following last year's release of PipeWire 1.0 for managing audio and video streams on the Linux desktop and proving itself a capable replacement to PulseAudio and JACK, among other uses, PipeWire 1.2 is nearing release. PipeWire's GStreamer elements can also now negotiate and use DMA-BUF for more efficient buffer handling. Overall the PipeWire 1.2 update is quite feature-packaged and another exciting development for advancing the Linux desktop in 2024.

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