v1.8.6-20221217

Changes vs. previous pre-release build:

1. Enhancements
   • Hide modes not on the SM1000 by default. (PR #313)
   • Add 2020B/C to multi-RX feature to enable RX and TX without restarting session. (PR #312)
2. Build system:
   • Suppress documentation generation when tagging releases. (PR #314)

Note: comments appreciated with regard to what modes should be visible by default.

v1.8.6-20221203

This release is currently equivalent to v1.8.5 but contains FreeDV 2020C support. See here for release content.

v1.8.5

Contains the following content:

1. Build system:
   • Add checks for .git folder to prevent errors when building from official release tarballs. (PR #294)
   • Simplify PortAudio static build to fix multi-core build issue on macOS. (PR #304, #308)
   • Upgrade bootstrapped wxWidgets to v3.2.1. (PR #302)
   • Upgrade Docker container to Fedora 37. (PR #306)
2. Enhancements:
   • Update FreeDV configuration defaults to improve first-time usability. (PR #293)
3. Bugfixes:
   • Fix issue preventing macOS binaries from running on releases older than 12.0. (PR #301)
   • Fix issue with 2020B not being selected as default on next start (PR #299)
4. Documentation:
   • Update manual to reflect Ubuntu renaming libsndfile-dev to libsnd1file-dev. (PR #297)

Note: This release does not contain 2020C support. See here for a build with support.

v1.8.5-20221118

Contents in this release vs. the previous pre-release version:

• Additional AVX/AVX2 crash fixes (see drowe67/LPCNet#48)
• wxWidgets update to version 3.2.1 (PR #302)

v1.8.5-20221114

Contains the following content:

1. Build system:
   • Add checks for .git folder to prevent errors when building from official release tarballs. (PR #294)
2. Enhancements:
   • Update FreeDV configuration defaults to improve first-time usability. (PR #293)
3. Bugfixes:
   • Fix issue preventing macOS binaries from running on releases older than 12.0. (PR #301)
   • Fix issue with 2020B not being selected as default on next start (PR #299)
4. Documentation:
   • Update manual to reflect Ubuntu renaming libsndfile-dev to libsnd1file-dev. (PR #297)

Windows and macOS binaries are below. To build on Linux or other platforms, please see README.md for instructions.

v1.8.5-20221030

This release is currently equivalent to v1.8.4 but contains FreeDV 2020C support. See here for release content.

NOTE: The Debian packages originally here have been removed due to segfaults reported by some Linux users. Compiling manually should work by using the following commands or similar:

# To make sure you have all prerequisites for building
$ sudo apt install libspeexdsp-dev libsamplerate0-dev sox git libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-dev libhamlib-dev libasound2-dev libao-dev libgsm1-dev libsndfile-dev cmake module-assistant build-essential libpulse-dev

$ git clone https://github.com/drowe67/freedv-gui
$ cd freedv-gui
$ git checkout ms-2020c
$ ./build_linux.sh pulseaudio
$ build_linux/src/freedv

v1.8.4

Contains the following content:

1. Build system:
   • Updates to reflect LPCNet decoupling from Codec2 (PR #274)
2. Bugfixes:
   • Add missed UI disable on startup for 2020B mode. (PR #279)
   • Fixed TX audio dropouts when using different sample rates. (PR #287)
   • Remove sample rates above 48K from audio configuration. (PR #288)
3. Enhancements:
   • Add alternate method of determining 2020 support for non-x86 machines. (PR #280)
   • Remove unnecessary BW and DPSK options from UI. (PR #283)
   • Stats on left hand side of main window now auto-reset after user-configurable time period (default 10s). (PR #262, #286)

Note: This release does not contain 2020C support. See here for a build with support.

v1.8.4-20221008

This release contains code to enable use of 2020C mode, which is an experimental mode that may or may not improve standard 2020 and 2020B modes. Note that this mode may get significantly modified or even removed before official release.

Changes since the previous prerelease build:

1. Build system:
   • Updates to reflect LPCNet decoupling from Codec2 (PR #274)
2. Bugfixes:
   • Add missed UI disable on startup for 2020B mode. (PR #279)
3. Enhancements:
   • Add alternate method of determining 2020 support for non-x86 machines. (PR #280)
   • Remove unnecessary BW and DPSK options from UI. (PR #283)
   • Stats on left hand side of main window now auto-reset after user-configurable time period (default 10s). (PR #262, #286)

v1.8.4-20220819

This release contains code to enable use of 2020C mode, which is an experimental mode that may or may not improve standard 2020 and 2020B modes. Note that this mode may get significantly modified or even removed before official release.

As of August 19th, there are no additional changes on top of the 1.8.3/1.8.3.1 releases.

v1.8.3.1

Contains the following content:

1. Build system:
   • Fix issue preventing patch version from being passed to Windows installer. (PR #271)