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

[Paul B Mahol]

On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 6:51 AM Gyan Doshi <ffmpeg at gyani.pro> wrote:

>
>
> 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.
>

Every 2 months? I do not remember that.


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