[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] web: add release notes for version 6.1

[Gyan Doshi]

On 2023-11-10 11:09 am, Lynne wrote:
> Nov 10, 2023, 05:08 by ffmpeg at gyani.pro:
>
>>
>> On 2023-11-10 03:23 am, Lynne wrote:
>>
>>> Contents:
>>>
>>> +  <h3 id="pr6.1">November 10th, 2023, FFmpeg 6.1 "Heaviside"</h3>
>>> +  <p>
>>> +    <a href="download.html#release_6.1">FFmpeg 6.1 "Heaviside"</a>, a new
>>> +    major release, is now available! Some of the highlights:
>>> +  </p>
>>> +  <ul>
>>> +    <li>libaribcaption decoder</li>
>>> +    <li>Playdate video decoder and demuxer</li>
>>> +    <li>Extend VAAPI support for libva-win32 on Windows</li>
>>> +    <li>afireqsrc audio source filter</li>
>>> +    <li>arls filter</li>
>>> +    <li>ffmpeg CLI new option: -readrate_initial_burst</li>
>>> +    <li>zoneplate video source filter</li>
>>> +    <li>command support in the setpts and asetpts filters</li>
>>> +    <li>Vulkan decode hwaccel, supporting H264, HEVC and AV1</li>
>>> +    <li>color_vulkan filter</li>
>>> +    <li>bwdif_vulkan filter</li>
>>> +    <li>nlmeans_vulkan filter</li>
>>> +    <li>RivaTuner video decoder</li>
>>> +    <li>xfade_vulkan filter</li>
>>> +    <li>vMix video decoder</li>
>>> +    <li>Essential Video Coding parser, muxer and demuxer</li>
>>> +    <li>Essential Video Coding frame merge bsf</li>
>>> +    <li>bwdif_cuda filter</li>
>>> +    <li>Microsoft RLE video encoder</li>
>>> +    <li>Raw AC-4 muxer and demuxer</li>
>>> +    <li>Raw VVC bitstream parser, muxer and demuxer</li>
>>> +    <li>Bitstream filter for editing metadata in VVC streams</li>
>>> +    <li>Bitstream filter for converting VVC from MP4 to Annex B</li>
>>> +    <li>scale_vt filter for videotoolbox</li>
>>> +    <li>transpose_vt filter for videotoolbox</li>
>>> +    <li>support for the P_SKIP hinting to speed up libx264 encoding</li>
>>> +    <li>Support HEVC,VP9,AV1 codec in enhanced flv format</li>
>>> +    <li>apsnr and asisdr audio filters</li>
>>> +    <li>OSQ demuxer and decoder</li>
>>> +    <li>Support HEVC,VP9,AV1 codec fourcclist in enhanced rtmp protocol</li>
>>> +    <li>CRI USM demuxer</li>
>>> +    <li>ffmpeg CLI '-top' option deprecated in favor of the setfield filter</li>
>>> +    <li>VAAPI AV1 encoder</li>
>>> +    <li>ffprobe XML output schema changed to account for multiple variable-fields elements within the same parent element</li>
>>> +    <li>ffprobe -output_format option added as an alias of -of</li>
>>> +  </ul>
>>> +  <p>
>>> +    This release had been overdue for at least half a year, but due to constant activity in the repository,
>>> +    had to be delayed, and we were finally able to branch off the release recently, before some of the large
>>> +    changes scheduled for 7.0 were merged.
>>> +  </p>
>>>
>> The first clause doesn't sound accurate. 6.0 was released at the end of Feb. With a 6 month cadence, it's 2 months off schedule.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Gyan
>>
> It is inaccurate as we had planned to do releases every 2 months or so.

Isn't the schedule 2 releases a year: major in Jan, minor in Jul?

Regards,
Gyan