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PulseAudio 5.0 Supports BlueZ 5, Native Log Target For Systemd

Written by Michael Larabel in Free Software on 3 March 2014 at 11:32 AM EST. 44 Comments

The latest version of the widely-used PulseAudio sound server is now available. With PulseAudio 5.0 comes new end-user features.

The major features of PulseAudio 5.0 include BlueZ 5 support with the A2DP profile, provides a reimplementation of the tunnel modules, native log target support for the systemd-journal, various small changes, and many bug-fixes. While the systemd journal is now supported by PulseAudio, the sound server doesn't have a hard requirement on the init manager.

More details on PulseAudio 5.0 can be found via the release notes at FreeDesktop.org.

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