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-version 10:
-- av_strnstr
-- support ID3v2 tags in ASF files
+version <next>:
+- curves filter
- reference-counting for AVFrame and AVPacket data
-- avconv now fails when input options are used for output file
+- ffmpeg now fails when input options are used for output file
or vice versa
-- new avconv options -filter_script and -filter_complex_script, which allow a
+- support for Monkey's Audio versions from 3.93
+- perms and aperms filters
+- audio filtering support in ffplay
+- 10% faster aac encoding on x86 and MIPS
+- sine audio filter source
+- WebP demuxing and decoding support
+- new ffmpeg options -filter_script and -filter_complex_script, which allow a
filtergraph description to be read from a file
+- OpenCL support
+- audio phaser filter
+- separatefields filter
+- libquvi demuxer
- uniform options syntax across all filters
+- telecine filter
- new interlace filter
-- JPEG 2000 decoder
+- smptehdbars source
+- inverse telecine filters (fieldmatch and decimate)
+- colorbalance filter
+- colorchannelmixer filter
+- The matroska demuxer can now output proper verbatim ASS packets. It will
+ become the default at the next libavformat major bump.
+- decent native animated GIF encoding
+- asetrate filter
+- interleave filter
+- timeline editing with filters
-version 9:
-- av_basename and av_dirname
-- adobe and limelight publisher authentication in RTMP
+version 1.2:
+
- VDPAU hardware acceleration through normal hwaccel
- SRTP support
-
-
-version 9_beta3:
-- ashowinfo audio filter
+- Error diffusion dither in Swscale
+- Chained Ogg support
+- Theora Midstream reconfiguration support
+- EVRC decoder
+- audio fade filter
+- filtering audio with unknown channel layout
+- allpass, bass, bandpass, bandreject, biquad, equalizer, highpass, lowpass
+ and treble audio filter
+- improved showspectrum filter, with multichannel support and sox-like colors
+- histogram filter
+- tee muxer
+- il filter ported from libmpcodecs
+- support ID3v2 tags in ASF files
+- encrypted TTA stream decoding support
+- RF64 support in WAV muxer
+- noise filter ported from libmpcodecs
+- Subtitles character encoding conversion
+- blend filter
+- stereo3d filter ported from libmpcodecs
+
+
+version 1.1:
+
+- stream disposition information printing in ffprobe
+- filter for loudness analysis following EBU R128
+- Opus encoder using libopus
+- ffprobe -select_streams option
+- Pinnacle TARGA CineWave YUV16 decoder
+- TAK demuxer, decoder and parser
+- DTS-HD demuxer
+- remove -same_quant, it hasn't worked for years
+- FFM2 support
+- X-Face image encoder and decoder
- 24-bit FLAC encoding
-- audio volume filter
-- deprecated the avconv -vol option. the volume filter is to be used instead.
- multi-channel ALAC encoding up to 7.1
-- TAK demuxer, parser, and decoder
-- adaptive frame-level multithreading for H.264
-
-
-version 9_beta2:
- metadata (INFO tag) support in WAV muxer
+- subtitles raw text decoder
- support for building DLLs using MSVC
-- remove avserver daemon mode
+- LVF demuxer
+- ffescape tool
+- metadata (info chunk) support in CAF muxer
+- field filter ported from libmpcodecs
+- AVR demuxer
+- geq filter ported from libmpcodecs
+- remove ffserver daemon mode
+- AST muxer/demuxer
+- new expansion syntax for drawtext
+- BRender PIX image decoder
+- ffprobe -show_entries option
+- ffprobe -sections option
+- ADPCM IMA Dialogic decoder
+- BRSTM demuxer
+- animated GIF decoder and demuxer
+- PVF demuxer
+- subtitles filter
+- IRCAM muxer/demuxer
+- Paris Audio File demuxer
+- Virtual concatenation demuxer
+- VobSub demuxer
+- JSON captions for TED talks decoding support
+- SOX Resampler support in libswresample
+- aselect filter
+- SGI RLE 8-bit decoder
+- Silicon Graphics Motion Video Compressor 1 & 2 decoder
+- Silicon Graphics Movie demuxer
+- apad filter
+- Resolution & pixel format change support with multithreading for H.264
+- documentation split into per-component manuals
+- pp (postproc) filter ported from MPlayer
+- NIST Sphere demuxer
+- MPL2, VPlayer, MPlayer, AQTitle, PJS and SubViewer v1 subtitles demuxers and decoders
+- Sony Wave64 muxer
+- adobe and limelight publisher authentication in RTMP
+- data: URI scheme
- support building on the Plan 9 operating system
-- ffv1: support version 1.3
+- kerndeint filter ported from MPlayer
+- histeq filter ported from VirtualDub
+- Megalux Frame demuxer
+- 012v decoder
+- Improved AVC Intra decoding support
-version 9_beta1:
+version 1.0:
-- XWD encoder and decoder
-- Support for fragmentation in the mov/mp4 muxer
-- ISMV (Smooth Streaming) muxer
-- CDXL demuxer and decoder
-- Apple ProRes encoder
-- Sun Rasterfile Encoder
-- remove libpostproc
-- ID3v2 attached pictures reading and writing
-- WMA Lossless decoder
-- XBM encoder
-- RealAudio Lossless decoder
-- ZeroCodec decoder
-- drop support for avconv without libavfilter
-- add libavresample audio conversion library
-- audio filters support in libavfilter and avconv
-- add fps filter
-- audio split filter
-- audio mix filter
-- avprobe output is now standard INI or JSON. The old format can still
- be used with -of old.
+- INI and flat output in ffprobe
+- Scene detection in libavfilter
- Indeo Audio decoder
- channelsplit audio filter
+- setnsamples audio filter
+- atempo filter
+- ffprobe -show_data option
- RTMPT protocol support
- iLBC encoding/decoding via libilbc
- Microsoft Screen 1 decoder
- Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen decoder
- RTMPS protocol support
- RTMPTS protocol support
-- JPEG 2000 encoding support through OpenJPEG
-- G.723.1 demuxer and decoder
- RTMPE protocol support
- RTMPTE protocol support
+- showwaves and showspectrum filter
+- LucasArts SMUSH playback support
+- SAMI, RealText and SubViewer demuxers and decoders
+- Heart Of Darkness PAF playback support
+- iec61883 device
+- asettb filter
+- new option: -progress
+- 3GPP Timed Text encoder/decoder
+- GeoTIFF decoder support
+- ffmpeg -(no)stdin option
+- Opus decoder using libopus
+- caca output device using libcaca
+- alphaextract and alphamerge filters
+- concat filter
+- flite filter
- Canopus Lossless Codec decoder
-- avconv -shortest option is now per-output file,
+- bitmap subtitles in filters (experimental and temporary)
+- MP2 encoding via TwoLAME
+- bmp parser
+- smptebars source
+- asetpts filter
+- hue filter
+- ICO muxer
+- SubRip encoder and decoder without embedded timing
+- edge detection filter
+- framestep filter
+- ffmpeg -shortest option is now per-output file
-pass and -passlogfile are now per-output stream
+- volume measurement filter
- Ut Video encoder
- Microsoft Screen 2 decoder
+- smartblur filter ported from MPlayer
+- CPiA decoder
+- decimate filter ported from MPlayer
- RTP depacketization of JPEG
- Smooth Streaming live segmenter muxer
+- F4V muxer
+- sendcmd and asendcmd filters
+- WebVTT demuxer and decoder (simple tags supported)
- RTP packetization of JPEG
-- Opus decoder and encoder using libopus
-- remove -same_quant, it hasn't worked for years
+- faststart option in the MOV/MP4 muxer
- support for building with MSVC
-version 0.8:
+version 0.11:
-- GSM audio parser
-- SMJPEG muxer
+- Fixes: CVE-2012-2772, CVE-2012-2774, CVE-2012-2775, CVE-2012-2776, CVE-2012-2777,
+ CVE-2012-2779, CVE-2012-2782, CVE-2012-2783, CVE-2012-2784, CVE-2012-2785,
+ CVE-2012-2786, CVE-2012-2787, CVE-2012-2788, CVE-2012-2789, CVE-2012-2790,
+ CVE-2012-2791, CVE-2012-2792, CVE-2012-2793, CVE-2012-2794, CVE-2012-2795,
+ CVE-2012-2796, CVE-2012-2797, CVE-2012-2798, CVE-2012-2799, CVE-2012-2800,
+ CVE-2012-2801, CVE-2012-2802, CVE-2012-2803, CVE-2012-2804,
+- v408 Quicktime and Microsoft AYUV Uncompressed 4:4:4:4 encoder and decoder
+- setfield filter
+- CDXL demuxer and decoder
+- Apple ProRes encoder
+- ffprobe -count_packets and -count_frames options
+- Sun Rasterfile Encoder
+- ID3v2 attached pictures reading and writing
+- WMA Lossless decoder
+- bluray protocol
+- blackdetect filter
+- libutvideo encoder wrapper (--enable-libutvideo)
+- swapuv filter
+- bbox filter
+- XBM encoder and decoder
+- RealAudio Lossless decoder
+- ZeroCodec decoder
+- tile video filter
+- Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes demuxer
+- OpenEXR image decoder
+- removelogo filter
+- drop support for ffmpeg without libavfilter
+- drawtext video filter: fontconfig support
+- ffmpeg -benchmark_all option
+- super2xsai filter ported from libmpcodecs
+- add libavresample audio conversion library for compatibility
+- MicroDVD decoder
+- Avid Meridien (AVUI) encoder and decoder
+- accept + prefix to -pix_fmt option to disable automatic conversions.
+- complete audio filtering in libavfilter and ffmpeg
+- add fps filter
+- vorbis parser
+- png parser
+- audio mix filter
+- ffv1: support (draft) version 1.3
-version 0.8_beta2:
+version 0.10:
+- Fixes: CVE-2011-3929, CVE-2011-3934, CVE-2011-3935, CVE-2011-3936,
+ CVE-2011-3937, CVE-2011-3940, CVE-2011-3941, CVE-2011-3944,
+ CVE-2011-3945, CVE-2011-3946, CVE-2011-3947, CVE-2011-3949,
+ CVE-2011-3950, CVE-2011-3951, CVE-2011-3952
+- v410 Quicktime Uncompressed 4:4:4 10-bit encoder and decoder
+- SBaGen (SBG) binaural beats script demuxer
+- OpenMG Audio muxer
+- Timecode extraction in DV and MOV
+- thumbnail video filter
+- XML output in ffprobe
+- asplit audio filter
+- tinterlace video filter
+- astreamsync audio filter
+- amerge audio filter
+- ISMV (Smooth Streaming) muxer
+- GSM audio parser
+- SMJPEG muxer
+- XWD encoder and decoder
- Automatic thread count based on detection number of (available) CPU cores
-- Deprecate libpostproc. If desired, the switch --enable-postproc will
- enable it but it may be removed in a later Libav release.
+- y41p Brooktree Uncompressed 4:1:1 12-bit encoder and decoder
+- ffprobe -show_error option
+- Avid 1:1 10-bit RGB Packer codec
+- v308 Quicktime Uncompressed 4:4:4 encoder and decoder
+- yuv4 libquicktime packed 4:2:0 encoder and decoder
+- ffprobe -show_frames option
+- silencedetect audio filter
+- ffprobe -show_program_version, -show_library_versions, -show_versions options
- rv34: frame-level multi-threading
- optimized iMDCT transform on x86 using SSE for for mpegaudiodec
+- Improved PGS subtitle decoder
+- dumpgraph option to lavfi device
+- r210 and r10k encoders
+- ffwavesynth decoder
+- aviocat tool
+- ffeval tool
-version 0.8_beta1:
+version 0.9:
+- openal input device added
+- boxblur filter added
- BWF muxer
- Flash Screen Video 2 decoder
-- ffplay/ffprobe/ffserver renamed to avplay/avprobe/avserver
-- ffmpeg deprecated, added avconv, which is almost the same for now, except
+- lavfi input device added
+- added avconv, which is almost the same for now, except
for a few incompatible changes in the options, which will hopefully make them
easier to use. The changes are:
* The options placement is now strictly enforced! While in theory the
* -vframes/-aframes/-dframes options are now aliases to the new -frames option.
* -vtag/-atag/-stag options are now aliases to the new -tag option.
- XMV demuxer
+- LOAS demuxer
+- ashowinfo filter added
- Windows Media Image decoder
+- amovie source added
- LATM muxer/demuxer
-- showinfo filter
-- split filter
+- Speex encoder via libspeex
+- JSON output in ffprobe
+- WTV muxer
+- Optional C++ Support (needed for libstagefright)
+- H.264 Decoding on Android via Stagefright
+- Prores decoder
+- BIN/XBIN/ADF/IDF text file decoder
+- aconvert audio filter added
+- audio support to lavfi input device added
- libcdio-paranoia input device for audio CD grabbing
-- select filter
- Apple ProRes decoder
- CELT in Ogg demuxing
+- G.723.1 demuxer and decoder
+- libmodplug support (--enable-libmodplug)
- VC-1 interlaced decoding
-- lut, lutrgb, and lutyuv filters
-- boxblur filter
+- libutvideo wrapper (--enable-libutvideo)
+- aevalsrc audio source added
- Ut Video decoder
- Speex encoding via libspeex
- 4:2:2 H.264 decoding support
- 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 H.264 encoding with libx264
- Pulseaudio input device
+- Prores encoder
+- Video Decoder Acceleration (VDA) HWAccel module.
- replacement Indeo 3 decoder
+- new ffmpeg option: -map_channel
+- volume audio filter added
+- earwax audio filter added
+- libv4l2 support (--enable-libv4l2)
- TLS/SSL and HTTPS protocol support
- AVOptions API rewritten and documented
- most of CODEC_FLAG2_*, some CODEC_FLAG_* and many codec-specific fields in
- Discworld II BMV decoding support
- VBLE Decoder
- OS X Video Decoder Acceleration (VDA) support
+- compact and csv output in ffprobe
+- pan audio filter
+- IFF Amiga Continuous Bitmap (ACBM) decoder
+- ass filter
- CRI ADX audio format muxer and demuxer
- Playstation Portable PMP format demuxer
+- Microsoft Windows ICO demuxer
+- life source
- PCM format support in OMA demuxer
- CLJR encoder
+- new option: -report
- Dxtory capture format decoder
-- v410 QuickTime uncompressed 4:4:4 10-bit encoder and decoder
-- OpenMG Audio muxer
+- cellauto source
- Simple segmenting muxer
- Indeo 4 decoder
- SMJPEG demuxer
-version 0.7:
-
-- E-AC-3 audio encoder
-- ac3enc: add channel coupling support
-- floating-point sample format support for (E-)AC-3, DCA, AAC, Vorbis decoders
-- H.264/MPEG frame-level multithreading
-- av_metadata_* functions renamed to av_dict_* and moved to libavutil
-- 4:4:4 H.264 decoding support
-- 10-bit H.264 optimizations for x86
-- bump libswscale for recently reported ABI break
-
-
-version 0.7_beta2:
-
-- VP8 frame-level multithreading
-- NEON optimizations for VP8
-- removed a lot of deprecated API cruft
-- FFT and IMDCT optimizations for AVX (Sandy Bridge) processors
-- DPX image encoder
-- SMPTE 302M AES3 audio decoder
-- ffmpeg no longer quits after the 'q' key is pressed; use 'ctrl+c' instead
-- 9bit and 10bit per sample support in the H.264 decoder
-
-
-version 0.7_beta1:
+version 0.8:
+- many many things we forgot because we rather write code than changelogs
- WebM support in Matroska de/muxer
- low overhead Ogg muxing
- MMS-TCP support
- Demuxer for On2's IVF format
- Pictor/PC Paint decoder
- HE-AAC v2 decoder
+- HE-AAC v2 encoding with libaacplus
- libfaad2 wrapper removed
- DTS-ES extension (XCh) decoding support
- native VP8 decoder
- RTP depacketization of QDM2
- ANSI/ASCII art playback system
- Lego Mindstorms RSO de/muxer
+- libavcore added (and subsequently removed)
- SubRip subtitle file muxer and demuxer
- Chinese AVS encoding via libxavs
- ffprobe -show_packets option added
- replace the ocv_smooth filter with a more generic ocv filter
- Windows Televison (WTV) demuxer
- FFmpeg metadata format muxer and demuxer
-- SubRip (srt) subtitle decoder
+- SubRip (srt) subtitle encoder and decoder
- floating-point AC-3 encoder added
- Lagarith decoder
- ffmpeg -copytb option added
- sndio support for playback and record
- Linux framebuffer input device added
- Chronomaster DFA decoder
-- Mobotix MxPEG decoder
+- DPX image encoder
+- MicroDVD subtitle file muxer and demuxer
+- Playstation Portable PMP format demuxer
+- fieldorder video filter added
- AAC encoding via libvo-aacenc
- AMR-WB encoding via libvo-amrwbenc
- xWMA demuxer
-- fieldorder video filter added
+- Mobotix MxPEG decoder
+- VP8 frame-multithreading
+- NEON optimizations for VP8
+- Lots of deprecated API cruft removed
+- fft and imdct optimizations for AVX (Sandy Bridge) processors
+- showinfo filter added
+- SMPTE 302M AES3 audio decoder
+- Apple Core Audio Format muxer
+- 9bit and 10bit per sample support in the H.264 decoder
+- 9bit and 10bit FFV1 encoding / decoding
+- split filter added
+- select filter added
+- sdl output device added
+- libmpcodecs video filter support (3 times as many filters than before)
+- mpeg2 aspect ratio dection fixed
+- libxvid aspect pickiness fixed
+- Frame multithreaded decoding
+- E-AC-3 audio encoder
+- ac3enc: add channel coupling support
+- floating-point sample format support to the ac3, eac3, dca, aac, and vorbis decoders.
+- H264/MPEG frame-level multi-threading
+- All av_metadata_* functions renamed to av_dict_* and moved to libavutil
+- 4:4:4 H.264 decoding support
+- 10-bit H.264 optimizations for x86
+- lut, lutrgb, and lutyuv filters added
+- buffersink libavfilter sink added
+- Bump libswscale for recently reported ABI break
+- New J2K encoder (via OpenJPEG)
+
+
+version 0.7:
+
+- all the changes for 0.8, but keeping API/ABI compatibility with the 0.6 release
version 0.6:
- Gopher client support
- MXF D-10 muxer
- generic metadata API
+- flash ScreenVideo2 encoder
version 0.4.9-pre1:
- MPEG-4 vol header fixes (Jonathan Marsden <snmjbm at pacbell.net>)
- ARM optimizations (Lionel Ulmer <lionel.ulmer at free.fr>).
- Windows porting of file converter
-- added MJPEG raw format (input/ouput)
+- added MJPEG raw format (input/output)
- added JPEG image format support (input/output)