v1.8.0-20220622

This is a prerelease build of the upcoming 1.8.0 release. Changes vs. the previous build are the following:

• #239: Initial tweaks to allow FreeDV to work better on distros using pipewire.
• #243: The current mode in the status bar will show red if in LSB on 60 meters (for those countries where FreeDV is legal on 60m).
• #246: Improved audio quality and CPU usage with multi-receive enabled.

Prebuilt binaries are included below:

• freedv-pulseaudio_1.8.0-devel-20220622-572845f_amd64.deb: PulseAudio/pipewire version of FreeDV for Debian/Ubuntu¹.
• freedv-portaudio_1.8.0-devel-20220622-572845f_amd64.deb: PortAudio version of FreeDV for Debian/Ubuntu¹.
• codec2*.deb/lpcnet*.deb: version of Codec2/LPCNet libraries used by the FreeDV prebuilt packages. These must be installed in order to use the prebuilt Linux packages.
• FreeDV-1.8.0-devel-20220622-572845f-win32.exe: 32 bit Windows installer (may be needed on older Windows machines).
• FreeDV-1.8.0-devel-20220622-572845f-win64.exe: 64 bit Windows installer (recommended for most Windows machines built within the last ~10 years).
• FreeDV.dmg: macOS universal binary (ARM64/x86_64); copy the application within the package to your Applications folder to install.

Please comment in the discussion thread for this release or on the digitalvoice mailing list with feedback.

¹ .deb packages are built on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.