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This screams for proper release notes. The official ones are pretty light (http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE_NOTES;h=

by Aissen 11y ago

This screams for proper release notes. The official ones are pretty light (http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE_NOTES;h=861dc04a1316c8333cc49e9231fd4a6ffabe8282;hb=c40983a6f631d22fede713d535bb9c31d5c9740c http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?p=ffmpeg.git;... ), and refer to the Changelog (http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=blob;f=Changelog;h=2e1cd36f5fe9cce3880697ddfe3079c0b1654473;hb=c40983a6f631d22fede713d535bb9c31d5c9740c http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?p=ffmpeg.git;... ) which is quite terse. Phoronix did some reformatting of the changelog, it's a bit easier to read: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=FFmpeg-3.0-Released http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=FFmpeg-3.... But honestly this type of stuff should be done by the project before any release.

ux 11y ago
Yeah, sorry about that. It was indeed done in a hurry. I think the main highlights are: - The API/ABI break (implied by the major bump) - The many improvements in the native AAC encoder making it the recommended one (libaacplus and libvo-aacenc are removed) - A ton of filters were added - Many ASM optimizations that weren't mentioned in the Changelog (it will take a while to make highlights on those, I don't remember them) Hopefully a proper news will be posted soon. Sorry again.
- cm2187 11y ago
  Any plan to support QuickSync?
  - JoshTriplett 11y ago
    Looking at the release notes, I see several mentions of QSV support.
    - cm2187 11y ago
      I think earlier versions had an x264 module supporting QSV but which was never included in the official windows build. I wonder if that changed.
- nattaylor 11y ago
  @imaginenore's comment below (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11103063 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11103063) has a detailed list of the 29! new filters.
  - chx 11y ago
    Wait, are you @majorsheep ? If yes your illustrations are really good :) http://www.king-sheep.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-fan-art-part-2/ http://www.king-sheep.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-fan-ar...
    - nattaylor 11y ago
      Nope. I can't take credit for the illustrations, but I might have to get in touch with Nathan since there is some nattaylor out there who likes to put my gmail address for all of their online services.
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by Aissen 11y ago

ux 11y ago

Yeah, sorry about that. It was indeed done in a hurry. I think the main highlights are: - The API/ABI break (implied by the major bump) - The many improvements in the native AAC encoder making it the recommended one (libaacplus and libvo-aacenc are removed) - A ton of filters were added - Many ASM optimizations that weren't mentioned in the Changelog (it will take a while to make highlights on those, I don't remember them) Hopefully a proper news will be posted soon. Sorry again.

cm2187 11y ago
Any plan to support QuickSync?
- JoshTriplett 11y ago
  Looking at the release notes, I see several mentions of QSV support.
  - cm2187 11y ago
    I think earlier versions had an x264 module supporting QSV but which was never included in the official windows build. I wonder if that changed.
nattaylor 11y ago
@imaginenore's comment below (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11103063 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11103063) has a detailed list of the 29! new filters.
- chx 11y ago
  Wait, are you @majorsheep ? If yes your illustrations are really good :) http://www.king-sheep.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-fan-art-part-2/ http://www.king-sheep.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-fan-ar...
  - nattaylor 11y ago
    Nope. I can't take credit for the illustrations, but I might have to get in touch with Nathan since there is some nattaylor out there who likes to put my gmail address for all of their online services.

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