FFmpeg 2.3
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RELEASE NOTES for FFmpeg 2.3 "Mandelbrot"
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The FFmpeg Project proudly presents FFmpeg 2.3 "Mandelbrot", a major
release with all the great features committed during the three-month period
since the release of FFmpeg 2.2.
In this release, there are lots of internal overhauls that make FFmpeg a
more accessible project for new developers. Many important new
optimizations and features like QTKit and AVFoundation input devices are
committed. Contributions done by Libav such as a new native Opus decoder
are also merged.
Because of the increasing difficulty to maintain and lack of maintainers,
we are very sorry to say that we have removed all Blackfin and SPARC
architecture assembly optimizations with the cleanups done. If you are
interested in maintaining optimization for these two architecture, feel
free to contact us and we will restore the code!
Oh, and since this release, this modern-looking release note is provided in
addition to the old-style Changelog file, to make it easier for you to
focus on the most important features in this release.
Enjoy!
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* API Information
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FFmpeg 2.3 is completely source-compatible to the FFmpeg 2.2 series. There
are however some API deprecations that you need to take care of. Use `git
diff n2.2 n2.3 doc/APIchanges` to show the list of added and deprecated
APIs. FFmpeg 2.3 includes the following library versions:
• libavutil 52.92.100
• libavcodec 55.69.100
• libavformat 55.48.100
• libavdevice 55.13.102
• libavfilter 4.11.100
• libswscale 2. 6.100
• libswresample 0.19.100
• libpostproc 52. 3.100
Please refer to the doc/APIChanges file for more information.
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New Optimization
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We are excited to announce that we have committed new x86 assembly
optimization for HEVC, and FFmpeg's audio resampler libswresample. ARM
users will get a boost in MLP/TrueHD decoding thanks to new optimization.
Decoding Huffyuv also got a major boost from optimization on the C code.
Of special interest for Microsoft Visual Studio users, we have also
converted some preexisting x86 assembly to NASM/Yasm format compatible
with MSVC setup, especially in the area of audio resampling.
Another major feature in this release is the introduction of AArch64
(ARMv8) assembly optimization. AArch64 is another name for the first
64-bit ARM architecture, used by Apple A7 SoC inside iPhone 5S. Some
32-bit ARM assembly has already been ported to AArch64, but more work is
underway.
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Native Opus decoder
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Opus is an open audio format jointly developed by Xiph.Org, Mozilla,
Skype/
speech codec and the Xiph.Org CELT music codec into one low-latency
codec. Decoding Opus is already possible since FFmpeg 1.0 using the
libopus library, but the new Opus native decoder brings a higher level of
stability and speed.
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QTKit and AVFoundation
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For OS X users, the new QTKit and AVFoundation devices allow you to use
the integrated camera on Macs. AVFoundation is a newer API only available
on OS X 10.7 "Lion" or newer. For users with older OS X systems, the
QTKit device using the older OS X API is for you.
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API Additions
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In this release, stream side data are introduced as AVStream.side_data as
a way to store miscellaneous stream-wide information. The format is
similar to the previously anonymous structure AVPacket.side_data (now
named as AVPacketSideData). With this change, audio ReplayGain
information and video rotation matrix are now exported through this API,
if available in the demuxer.
We also have improved libswresample's Doxygen API documentation, so new
developers wishing to use FFmpeg's excellent libraries can get started
more easily and faster.
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Last But Not Least
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Other interesting new features including hqx video filter, a pixel art
scaling filter; a fixed-point AC-3 decoder contributed by Imagination
Technologies; an On2 TrueMotion VP7 video decoder; an HTML5 WebVTT
subtitle encoder that allows creation of WebVTT from any text-based
subtitles; and an 1-bit Direct Stream Digital audio decoder.
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