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+- Support for spherical videos
+- Intel QSV-accelerated VP8 and VC-1 decoding
+- VAAPI-accelerated VP8 and HEVC decoding
+- VAAPI-accelerated deinterlacing
+- config.log and other configuration files moved into avbuild/ directory
+- VAAPI-accelerated MPEG-2 and VP8 encoding
+- Apple Pixlet decoder
+- The x86 assembler default switched from yasm to nasm, pass
+ --x86asmexe=yasm to configure to restore the old behavior.
+- Cineform HD decoder
+- VP9 superframe split/merge bitstream filters
+- FM Screen Capture Codec decoder
+- ClearVideo decoder (I-frames only)
+- support for decoding through D3D11VA in avconv
+- Cinepak encoder
+- Intel QSV-accelerated MJPEG encoding
+- NVIDIA CUVID-accelerated H.264 and HEVC decoding
+- Intel QSV-accelerated overlay filter
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+version 12:
+- aliases and defaults for Ogg subtypes (opus, spx)
+- HEVC/H.265 RTP payload format (draft v6) packetizer and depacketizer
+- avplay now exits by default at the end of playback
+- XCB-based screen-grabber
+- creating DASH compatible fragmented MP4, MPEG-DASH segmenting muxer
+- H.261 RTP payload format (RFC 4587) depacketizer and experimental packetizer
+- RTP/mpegts muxer
+- VP8 in Ogg demuxing
+- OpenH264 encoder wrapper
+- Support DNx100 (960x720@8)
+- Direct3D11-accelerated decoding
+- DXVA2-accelerated HEVC decoding
+- AAC ELD 480 decoding
+- Intel QSV-accelerated H.264 decoding
+- DSS SP decoder and DSS demuxer
+- RTP depacketizer for AC3 payload format (RFC 4184)
+- RTP depacketizer for loss tolerant payload format for MP3 audio (RFC 5219)
+- RTP depacketizer for DV (RFC 6469)
+- Canopus HQX decoder
+- RTP depacketization of T.140 text (RFC 4103)
+- VP9 RTP payload format (draft 0) experimental depacketizer
+- TDSC decoder
+- DTS lossless extension (XLL) decoding (not lossless, disabled by default)
+- Intel QSV-accelerated H.264 encoding
+- MMAL-accelerated H.264 decoding
+- DTS decoding through libdcadec
+- Canopus HQ/HQA decoder
+- Automatically rotate videos based on metadata in avconv
+- improved Quickdraw compatibility
+- NVIDIA NVENC-accelerated H.264 and HEVC encoding support
+- Multipart JPEG demuxer
+- Support the extended vp9 profiles in the libvpx wrapper
+- Hap decoder and encoder
+- DirectDraw Surface image/texture decoder
+- rewritten ASF demuxer
+- Go2Meeting decoding support
+- Intel QSV-accelerated MPEG-2 video and HEVC encoding
+- bitstream filter for converting HEVC from MP4 to Annex B
+- Intel QSV-accelerated MPEG-2 video and HEVC decoding
+- Support DNx100 (1440x1080@8)
+- DXV decoding
+- Screenpresso SPV1 decoding
+- zero-copy Intel QSV transcoding in avconv
+- libkvazaar HEVC encoder
+- innoHeim/Rsupport Screen Capture Codec decoder
+- support encoding 16-bit RLE SGI images
+- support Apple AVFoundation video capture
+- G.723.1 muxer and encoder
+- compressed SWF
+- VAAPI-accelerated format conversion and scaling
+- libnpp/CUDA-accelerated format conversion and scaling
+- VAAPI-accelerate H.264/HEVC/MJPEG encoding
+- Generic OpenMAX IL encoder with support for Raspberry Pi
+- MMAL-accelerated MPEG-2 and VC-1 decoding
+- G.729 raw demuxer
+- MagicYUV decoder
+- Duck TrueMotion 2.0 Real Time decoder
+- Intel QSV video scaling and deinterlacing filter
+- Support MOV with multiple sample description tables
+- OpenH264 decoder wrapper
+- Removed the legacy X11 screen grabber, use XCB instead
+- HDCD decoding filter through libhdcd
+
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+version 11:
- libx265 encoder
- shuffleplanes filter
- replaygain data export
- BRender PIX image decoder
- Amazing Studio PAF playback support
- XBM decoder
-- bmp standalone parser
+- BMP standalone parser
- OpenEXR image decoder
- support encoding and decoding 4-channel SGI images
- support decoding 16-bit RLE SGI images
- support for decoding through DXVA2 in avconv
- libbs2b-based stereo-to-binaural audio filter
- native Opus decoder
-- display matrix export and rotation api
+- display matrix export and rotation API
- drop avserver, it was unmaintained for years and largely broken
- Icecast protocol
-- request icecast metadata by default
+- request Icecast metadata by default
- support for using metadata in stream specifiers in avtools
-- Aliases and defaults for Ogg subtypes (opus, spx)
+- Matroska 3D support
version 10:
- 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
+- 9 bits and 10 bits per sample support in the H.264 decoder
version 0.7_beta1:
- rate distorted optimal lambda->qp support
- AAC encoding with libfaac
- Sunplus JPEG codec (SP5X) support
-- use Lagrange multipler instead of QP for ratecontrol
+- use Lagrange multiplier instead of QP for ratecontrol
- Theora/VP3 decoding support
- XA and ADX ADPCM codecs
- export MPEG-2 active display area / pan scan