QEMU 8.1 Released with New PipeWire Audio Backend, Many Improvements - 9to5Linux
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QEMU 8.1 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with a new PipeWire audio backend and many other changes.
  • rah@feddit.uk
    25·
    10 months ago

    with New PipeWire Audio Backend

    facepalm

    https://xkcd.com/927/

    I thought PipeWire was supposed to be an implementation of the PulseAudio and JACK APIs, requiring no new public API. Disappointing.

    • Baut [she/her] auf.@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      7·
      10 months ago

      Pipewire offers different ways of interacting with it. There are compatibility layers for example for pulseaudio and Jack.
      This is a good thing imo. That way you have compatibility, but aren’t held back by legacy interfaces.

    • noddy@beehaw.org
      3·
      10 months ago

      The qemu pulseaudio support wasn’t very good though. Very finicky to set up, and a lot of stuttering issues. Maybe this was an opportunity to implement something better with pipewire.