Pulse Audio ver 13

[shag00]

A few months ago version 13 of Pulseaudio was released that apparently has fixed a long standing bug bear with me, that being, no DTS passthrough. So off I trotted and bought myself a brand new amplifier that could decode DTS sound. Now I have freshly installed it I chased up the software release. I started by checking what I have installed in my 19.10 Kubuntu and my jaw just hit the ground. If I understand correctly Kubuntu only ships with version 1.13 which would make it almost 9 years old. Have I understood this correctly?

Notwithstanding that, has anybody ventured to download version 13 and if so, how troublesome is it and does it work?

[claydoh]

The best way to see the version you have is like so:

gus@gus-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-SFF:~$ pulseaudio --version
pulseaudio 13.0

You are seeing the package name, which does include the software version, but adds other numbers or text to assist with proper versioning so apt gets things straight.
so:

gus@gus-HP-Compaq-Elite-8300-SFF:~$ apt policy pulseaudio
pulseaudio:
Installed: 1:13.0-1ubuntu1
Candidate: 1:13.0-1ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1:13.0-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

The "1:" here denotes an epoch, and is related to package versions, and not software versions
So it looks like you already have the version you are looking for

[shag00]

Claydon,

thank you for your reply, you must roll your eyes, at the very least, when the idiots ask questions lol.

[claydoh]

Not at all. It is not an obvious thing, and.....been there, done that