From a5d8c9243a1d0aac96c8660bc3627c2e380855b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anton Khirnov Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 18:02:59 +0100 Subject: Update release notes for the 9 release. Add a paragraph about MSVC and mention 24-bit FLAC encoding. --- doc/RELEASE_NOTES | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/RELEASE_NOTES') diff --git a/doc/RELEASE_NOTES b/doc/RELEASE_NOTES index bb1aecbcd9..62207c6af4 100644 --- a/doc/RELEASE_NOTES +++ b/doc/RELEASE_NOTES @@ -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. -- cgit v1.2.3