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diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES index a8b19c5c6c..5499cfd54d 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES @@ -2,13 +2,22 @@ │ RELEASE NOTES for FFmpeg 2.4 "Fresnel" │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ - The FFmpeg Project proudly presents FFmpeg 2.4 "Fresnel", ... - 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'. + The FFmpeg Project proudly presents FFmpeg 2.4 "Fresnel", just 2 months + after the release of 2.3. Since this wasn't a long time ago, the Changelog + is a bit short this time. + + The most important thing in this release is the major version bump of the + libraries. This means that this release is neither ABI-compatible nor + fully API-compatible. But on the other hand it is aligned with the Libav + 11 release series, and will as a result probably end up being maintained for + a long time. + + As usual, if you have any question on this release or any FFmpeg related + topic, feel free to join us on the #ffmpeg IRC channel (on + irc.freenode.net). ┌────────────────────────────┐ - │ * API Information │ + │ 🔨 API Information │ └────────────────────────────┘ FFmpeg 2.4 includes the following library versions: @@ -28,8 +37,9 @@ cause crashes, if it is not initialized. • Some deprecated functions were removed. • The avfilter_graph_parse function was made compatible with Libav. + • The Matroska demuxer now outputs verbatim ASS packets. - Please refer to the doc/APIChanges file for more information. + Please refer to the doc/APIchanges file for more information. ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ ★ List of New Features │ @@ -39,23 +49,25 @@ │ libavformat │ └────────────────────────────┘ - • Icecast protocol + • Icecast protocol. • API for live metadata updates through event flags. + • UTF-16 support in text subtitles formats. + • The ASS muxer now reorders the Dialogue events properly. ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ libavfilter │ └────────────────────────────┘ - • ported lenscorrection filter from frei0r filter - • large optimizations in dctdnoiz to make it usable - • added codecview filter to visualize information exported by some codecs - • added silenceremove filter + • Ported lenscorrection filter from frei0r filter. + • Large optimizations in dctdnoiz to make it usable. + • Added codecview filter to visualize information exported by some codecs. + • Added silenceremove filter. ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ libavutil │ └────────────────────────────┘ - • added clip() function in eval + • Added clip() function in eval. ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ ⚠ Behaviour changes │ @@ -66,3 +78,4 @@ • libmodplug is now detected through pkg-config • HTML documentation generation through texi2html is deprecated in favor of makeinfo/texi2any + • ICY metadata are now requested by default with the HTTP protocol |