From eb9df4ac33f323890770d9da882dba751b205b49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Reinhard Tartler Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 16:37:21 +0000 Subject: first draft of the release notes Originally committed as revision 23117 to svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/branches/0.6 --- RELEASE | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 84 insertions(+) create mode 100644 RELEASE (limited to 'RELEASE') diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5c74afb216 --- /dev/null +++ b/RELEASE @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +Release Notes +============= + +* 0.6 "Works with HTML5" May, 2010 + +General notes +------------- + +See the Changelog file for a list of significant changes. + +Please note that our policy on bug reports has not changed. We still only accept +bug reports against HEAD of the FFmpeg trunk repository. If you are experiencing +any issues with any formally released version of FFmpeg, 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. + + +API and other notable Changes +----------------------------- + +Please see the file doc/APIchanges for programmer centric information + +Notably changes: +- deprecated vhook subsystem removed +- deprecated old scaler removed +- nonfree libamr support for AMR-NB/WB decoding/encoding removed +- RTMP support in libavformat +- -formats option split into -formats, -codecs, -bsfs, and -protocols +- ffprobe tool +- RTMP/RTMPT/RTMPS/RTMPE/RTMPTE protocol support via librtmp + + +Added Codecs: +------------- + +- VQF demuxer +- PCX encoder +- CorePNG decoding support +- 8088flex TMV demuxer and decoder +- enable symbol versioning by default for linkers that support it +- V210 decoder and encoder +- QCP demuxer +- SoX native format muxer and demuxer +- AMR-NB decoding/encoding, AMR-WB decoding via OpenCORE libraries +- DPX image decoder +- Electronic Arts Madcow decoder +- DivX (XSUB) subtitle encoder +- experimental AAC encoder +- Wave64 demuxer +- IEC-61937 compatible Muxer +- TwinVQ decoder +- Bluray (PGS) subtitle decoder +- LPCM support in MPEG-TS (HDMV RID as found on Blu-ray disks) +- WMA Pro decoder +- Core Audio Format demuxer +- Atrac1 decoder +- MD STUDIO audio demuxer +- RF64 support in WAV demuxer +- MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding (ALS) decoder +- IV8 demuxer +- CDG demuxer and decoder +- R210 decoder +- Auravision Aura 1 and 2 decoders +- Deluxe Paint Animation playback system +- SIPR decoder +- Adobe Filmstrip muxer and demuxer +- RTP depacketization of H.263 +- Bink demuxer and audio/video decoders +- IFF PBM/ILBM bitmap decoder +- Indeo 5 decoder +- WMA Voice decoder +- AMR-NB decoder +- RTSP muxer +- HE-AAC v1 decoder +- Kega Game Video (KGV1) decoder +- Psygnosis YOP demuxer and video decoder + + +Notable license related changes +------------------------------- + +- remaining GPL parts in AC-3 decoder converted to LGPL +- libswscale can now be compiled in LGPL mode -- cgit v1.2.3