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diff --git a/doc/RELEASE_NOTES b/doc/RELEASE_NOTES index 8c642b9e4d..ad4279cc82 100644 --- a/doc/RELEASE_NOTES +++ b/doc/RELEASE_NOTES @@ -1,23 +1,14 @@ Release Notes ============= -* 0.8 "Forbidden Fruit" +* 0.9 "Harmony" December, 2011 + General notes ------------- - -This release continues the API cleanups that have begun with the -previous release. While it is binary compatible with 0.7, many parts of -the public API were deprecated and will be removed in the git master and -later releases. Please consult the doc/APIchanges file to see -intended replacements for the deprecated APIs. - -Furthermore, our work on the 'ffmpeg' command-line tool has resulted in -major revisions to its interface. In order to not break existing scripts -and applications, we have chosen to introduce a new tool called -'avconv', and keep the traditional 'ffmpeg' frontend for end-user's -convenience. Please see the Changelog file for details how 'avconv' -differs from 'ffmpeg'. +This release is binary compatible with 0.8. The 'ffmpeg' command-line tool has +been extended to also support the command line syntax and features of a tool +called avconv. Additionally, this release introduces a number of new interesting codecs such as the Apple Prores, Flash Screen Video 2 and Windows Media Image, @@ -25,13 +16,14 @@ and muxers such as LATM or CELT in Ogg, among many others. Moreover, our H.264 decoder has been improved to decode 4:2:2 material and our libx264 wrapper now allows to produce 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 video. -See the Changelog file for a list of significant changes. +See the Changelog file for a list of significant changes. Note, there +are many more new features and bugfixes than whats listed there. -Please note that our policy on bug reports has not changed. We still only accept -bug reports against HEAD of the Libav trunk repository. If you are experiencing -issues with any formally released version of Libav, please try a current version -of the development code to check if the issue still exists. If it does, make your -report against the development code following the usual bug reporting guidelines. +Bugreports against FFmpeg git master or the most recent FFmpeg release are +accepted. If you are experiencing issues with any formally released version of +FFmpeg, please try git master to check if the issue still exists. If it does, +make your report against the development code following the usual bug reporting +guidelines. API changes @@ -76,7 +68,7 @@ are, in order of preference: 1) Try finding a way of accomplishing the same with public API. 2) If there is no corresponding public API, but you think there should be, post a request on the user mailing list or IRC channel. -3) Finally if your program needs access to Libav internals for some special -reason then the best solution is to link statically. +3) Finally if your program needs access to FFmpeg / libavcodec / libavformat +internals for some special reason then the best solution is to link statically. Please see the Changelog file for a more detailed list of changes. |