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└────────────────────────────────────────┘
The FFmpeg Project proudly presents FFmpeg 2.4 "Fresnel", ...
- FFmpeg 2.4 is API-, but not ABI-compatible with the previous major release.
- This means that the code using our libraries needs to be rebuilt, but no
- source changes should be required.
+ FFmpeg 2.4 is mostly API-, but not ABI-compatible with the previous major release.
+ This means that the code using our libraries needs to be rebuilt, but only minimal
+ source changes should be required, as described in the section 'API Information'.
┌────────────────────────────┐
│ * API Information │
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@
• libswresample 1.1.100
• libpostproc 53.0.100
+ Important API changes since 2.3:
+
+ • 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.
+
Please refer to the doc/APIChanges file for more information.
┌────────────────────────────┐
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│ ⚠ Behaviour changes │
└────────────────────────────┘
- • IMPORTANT: The new field mime_type was added to AVProbeData.
- To avoid crashes, make sure to always initialize AVProbeData, e.g. use
- 'AVProbeData pd = { 0 };' instead of 'AVProbeData pd;'.
• 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