-Never assume the API of libav* to be stable unless at least 1 week has passed since
-the last major version increase.
+Never assume the API of libav* to be stable unless at least 1 month has passed
+since the last major version increase.
+
The last version increases were:
-libavcodec: ?
-libavdevice: ?
-libavfilter: 2009-10-18
-libavformat: ?
-libpostproc: ?
-libswscale: ?
-libavutil: 2009-03-08
+libavcodec: 2011-04-18
+libavdevice: 2011-04-18
+libavfilter: 2011-04-18
+libavformat: 2011-04-18
+libpostproc: 2011-04-18
+libswscale: 2011-06-20
+libavutil: 2011-04-18
API changes, most recent first:
+2011-08-06 - 2f63440 - lavf 53.4.0
+ Add error_recognition to AVFormatContext.
+
+2011-08-02 - 9d39cbf - lavc 53.7.1
+ Add AV_PKT_FLAG_CORRUPT AVPacket flag.
+
+2011-07-10 - a67c061 - lavf 53.3.0
+ Add avformat_find_stream_info(), deprecate av_find_stream_info().
+
+2011-07-10 - 0b950fe - lavc 53.6.0
+ Add avcodec_open2(), deprecate avcodec_open().
+
+2011-06-23 - 67e9ae1 - lavu 51.8.0 - attributes.h
+ Add av_printf_format().
+
+2011-06-16 - 05e84c9, 25de595 - lavf 53.2.0 - avformat.h
+ Add avformat_open_input and avformat_write_header().
+ Deprecate av_open_input_stream, av_open_input_file,
+ AVFormatParameters and av_write_header.
+
+2011-06-16 - 7e83e1c, dc59ec5 - lavu 51.7.0 - opt.h
+ Add av_opt_set_dict() and av_opt_find().
+ Deprecate av_find_opt().
+ Add AV_DICT_APPEND flag.
+
+2011-06-10 - cb7c11c - lavu 51.6.0 - opt.h
+ Add av_opt_flag_is_set().
+
+2011-06-08 - d9f80ea - lavu 51.5.0 - AVMetadata
+ Move AVMetadata from lavf to lavu and rename it to
+ AVDictionary -- new installed header dict.h.
+ All av_metadata_* functions renamed to av_dict_*.
+
+2011-06-07 - a6703fa - lavu 51.4.0 - av_get_bytes_per_sample()
+ Add av_get_bytes_per_sample() in libavutil/samplefmt.h.
+ Deprecate av_get_bits_per_sample_fmt().
+
+2011-06-05 - b39b062 - lavu 51.3.0 - opt.h
+ Add av_opt_free convenience function.
+
+2011-05-28 - 0420bd7 - lavu 51.2.0 - pixdesc.h
+ Add av_get_pix_fmt_name() in libavutil/pixdesc.h, and deprecate
+ avcodec_get_pix_fmt_name() in libavcodec/avcodec.h in its favor.
+
+2011-05-25 - 30315a8 - lavf 53.1.0 - avformat.h
+ Add fps_probe_size to AVFormatContext.
+
+2011-05-18 - 64150ff - lavc 53.4.0 - AVCodecContext.request_sample_fmt
+ Add request_sample_fmt field to AVCodecContext.
+
+2011-05-10 - 188dea1 - lavc 53.3.0 - avcodec.h
+ Deprecate AVLPCType and the following fields in
+ AVCodecContext: lpc_coeff_precision, prediction_order_method,
+ min_partition_order, max_partition_order, lpc_type, lpc_passes.
+ Corresponding FLAC encoder options should be used instead.
+
+2011-04-26 - bebe72f - lavu 51.1.0 - avutil.h
+ Add AVPictureType enum and av_get_picture_type_char(), deprecate
+ FF_*_TYPE defines and av_get_pict_type_char() defined in
+ libavcodec/avcodec.h.
+
+2011-04-26 - 10d3940 - lavfi 2.3.0 - avfilter.h
+ Add pict_type and key_frame fields to AVFilterBufferRefVideo.
+
+2011-04-26 - 7a11c82 - lavfi 2.2.0 - vsrc_buffer
+ Add sample_aspect_ratio fields to vsrc_buffer arguments
+
+2011-04-21 - 94f7451 - lavc 53.1.0 - avcodec.h
+ Add CODEC_CAP_SLICE_THREADS for codecs supporting sliced threading.
+
+2011-04-15 - lavc 52.120.0 - avcodec.h
+ AVPacket structure got additional members for passing side information:
+ 4de339e introduce side information for AVPacket
+ 2d8591c make containers pass palette change in AVPacket
+
+2011-04-12 - lavf 52.107.0 - avio.h
+ Avio cleanup, part II - deprecate the entire URLContext API:
+ 175389c add avio_check as a replacement for url_exist
+ ff1ec0c add avio_pause and avio_seek_time as replacements
+ for _av_url_read_fseek/fpause
+ cdc6a87 deprecate av_protocol_next(), avio_enum_protocols
+ should be used instead.
+ 80c6e23 rename url_set_interrupt_cb->avio_set_interrupt_cb.
+ f87b1b3 rename open flags: URL_* -> AVIO_*
+ f8270bb add avio_enum_protocols.
+ 5593f03 deprecate URLProtocol.
+ c486dad deprecate URLContext.
+ 026e175 deprecate the typedef for URLInterruptCB
+ 8e76a19 deprecate av_register_protocol2.
+ b840484 deprecate URL_PROTOCOL_FLAG_NESTED_SCHEME
+ 1305d93 deprecate av_url_read_seek
+ fa104e1 deprecate av_url_read_pause
+ 727c7aa deprecate url_get_filename().
+ 5958df3 deprecate url_max_packet_size().
+ 1869ea0 deprecate url_get_file_handle().
+ 32a97d4 deprecate url_filesize().
+ e52a914 deprecate url_close().
+ 58a48c6 deprecate url_seek().
+ 925e908 deprecate url_write().
+ dce3756 deprecate url_read_complete().
+ bc371ac deprecate url_read().
+ 0589da0 deprecate url_open().
+ 62eaaea deprecate url_connect.
+ 5652bb9 deprecate url_alloc.
+ 333e894 deprecate url_open_protocol
+ e230705 deprecate url_poll and URLPollEntry
+
2011-04-10 - lavu 50.40.0 - pixfmt.h
Add PIX_FMT_BGR48LE and PIX_FMT_BGR48BE pixel formats