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@@ -1,25 +1,45 @@
- â\94\8câ\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\90
- │ RELEASE NOTES for FFmpeg <next> "FIXME"   │
- â\94\94â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\80â\94\98
+ ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
+ │ RELEASE NOTES for FFmpeg 2.4 "Fresnel" │
+ └────────────────────────────────────────┘
 
-   The FFmpeg Project proudly presents FFmpeg <next> "FIXME", ...
+   The FFmpeg Project proudly presents FFmpeg 2.4 "Fresnel", just 2 months
+   after the release of 2.3. Since this wasn't a long time ago, the Changelog
+   is a bit short this time.
+
+   The most important thing in this release is the major version bump of the
+   libraries.  This means that this release is neither ABI-compatible nor
+   fully API-compatible. But on the other hand it is aligned with the Libav
+   11 release series, and will as a result probably end up being maintained for
+   a long time.
+
+   As usual, if you have any question on this release or any FFmpeg related
+   topic, feel free to join us on the #ffmpeg IRC channel (on
+   irc.freenode.net).
 
    ┌────────────────────────────┐
-   │ *  API Information         │
+   │ 🔨  API Information         │
    └────────────────────────────┘
 
-     FFmpeg <next> includes the following library versions:
+     FFmpeg 2.4 includes the following library versions:
+
+       • libavutil      54.7.100
+       • libavcodec     56.1.100
+       • libavformat    56.4.101
+       • libavdevice    56.0.100
+       • libavfilter     5.1.100
+       • libswscale      3.0.100
+       • libswresample   1.1.100
+       • libpostproc    53.0.100
+
+     Important API changes since 2.3:
 
-       • libavutil      xx.yy.1zz
-       • libavcodec     xx.yy.1zz
-       • libavformat    xx.yy.1zz
-       • libavdevice    xx.yy.1zz
-       • libavfilter    xx.yy.1zz
-       • libswscale     xx.yy.1zz
-       • libswresample  xx.yy.1zz
-       • libpostproc    xx.yy.1zz
+       • The new field mime_type was added to AVProbeData, which can
+         cause crashes, if it is not initialized.
+       • Some deprecated functions were removed.
+       • The avfilter_graph_parse function was made compatible with Libav.
+       • The Matroska demuxer now outputs verbatim ASS packets.
 
-     Please refer to the doc/APIChanges file for more information.
+     Please refer to the doc/APIchanges file for more information.
 
  ┌────────────────────────────┐
  │ ★  List of New Features    │
@@ -29,21 +49,25 @@
    │ libavformat                │
    └────────────────────────────┘
 
-    • Icecast protocol
+    • Icecast protocol.
+    • API for live metadata updates through event flags.
+    • UTF-16 support in text subtitles formats.
+    • The ASS muxer now reorders the Dialogue events properly.
 
    ┌────────────────────────────┐
    │ libavfilter                │
    └────────────────────────────┘
 
-    • ported lenscorrection filter from frei0r filter
-    • large optimizations in dctdnoiz to make it usable
-    • added codecview filter to visualize information exported by some codecs
+    • Ported lenscorrection filter from frei0r filter.
+    • Large optimizations in dctdnoiz to make it usable.
+    • Added codecview filter to visualize information exported by some codecs.
+    • Added silenceremove filter.
 
    ┌────────────────────────────┐
    │ libavutil                  │
    └────────────────────────────┘
 
-    • added clip() function in eval
+    • Added clip() function in eval.
 
  ┌────────────────────────────┐
  │ ⚠  Behaviour changes       │
@@ -52,3 +76,6 @@
   • dctdnoiz filter now uses a block size of 8x8 instead of 16x16 by default
   • -vismv option is deprecated in favor of the codecview filter
   • libmodplug is now detected through pkg-config
+  • HTML documentation generation through texi2html is deprecated in
+    favor of makeinfo/texi2any
+  • ICY metadata are now requested by default with the HTTP protocol