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authorAnton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>2013-01-03 18:02:59 +0100
committerAnton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>2013-01-04 17:50:34 +0100
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Update release notes for the 9 release.
Add a paragraph about MSVC and mention 24-bit FLAC encoding.
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@@ -42,12 +42,18 @@ did inefficient (de)interleaving internally, now only work with planar audio
formats. Libavresample can be used for optimized conversion between interleaved
and planar formats.
+Of big interest to our Windows users, Libav now supports building with the MSVC
+compiler. Since MSVC does not support C99 features used extensively by Libav,
+this has been accomplished using a converter that turns C99 code to C89. See the
+platform-specific documentation for more detailed documentation on building
+Libav with MSVC.
+
As usual, this release also contains support for some new formats, many smaller
new features and countless bug fixes. We can highlight Opus decoding / encoding
through libopus, encoders for Apple ProRes and Ut Video, WMA Lossless and
RealAudio Lossless decoders, fragmented MOV/MP4 and ISMV (Smooth Streaming)
-muxers, a large number of RTMP improvements and support for cover art in
-ID3v2, WMA, MP4 and FLAC.
+muxers, 24-bit FLAC encoding, a large number of RTMP improvements and support
+for cover art in ID3v2, WMA, MP4 and FLAC.
See the Changelog file for a list of significant changes.