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 � RELEASE NOTES for FFmpeg 2.4 "Fresnel" �
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   The FFmpeg Project proudly presents FFmpeg 2.4 "Fresnel", just 2 months
   after the release of 2.3. Since this wasn't a long time ago, the Changelog
   is a bit short this time.

   The most important thing in this release is the major version bump of the
   libraries.  This means that this release is neither ABI-compatible nor
   fully API-compatible. But on the other hand it is aligned with the Libav
   11 release series, and will as a result probably end up being maintained for
   a long time.

   As usual, if you have any question on this release or any FFmpeg related
   topic, feel free to join us on the #ffmpeg IRC channel (on
   irc.freenode.net).

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   � �  API Information         �
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     FFmpeg 2.4 includes the following library versions:

       � libavutil      54.7.100
       � libavcodec     56.1.100
       � libavformat    56.4.101
       � libavdevice    56.0.100
       � libavfilter     5.1.100
       � libswscale      3.0.100
       � libswresample   1.1.100
       � libpostproc    53.0.100

     Important API changes since 2.3:

       � The new field mime_type was added to AVProbeData, which can
         cause crashes, if it is not initialized.
       � Some deprecated functions were removed.
       � The avfilter_graph_parse function was made compatible with Libav.
       � The Matroska demuxer now outputs verbatim ASS packets.

     Please refer to the doc/APIchanges file for more information.

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 � �  List of New Features    �
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   � libavformat                �
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    � Icecast protocol.
    � API for live metadata updates through event flags.
    � UTF-16 support in text subtitles formats.
    � The ASS muxer now reorders the Dialogue events properly.
    � support for H.261 RTP payload format (RFC 4587)
    � HEVC/H.265 RTP payload format (draft v6) depacketizer

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   � libavfilter                �
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    � Ported lenscorrection filter from frei0r filter.
    � Large optimizations in dctdnoiz to make it usable.
    � Added codecview filter to visualize information exported by some codecs.
    � Added silenceremove filter.

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    � Added clip() function in eval.

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  � dctdnoiz filter now uses a block size of 8x8 instead of 16x16 by default
  � -vismv option is deprecated in favor of the codecview filter
  � libmodplug is now detected through pkg-config
  � HTML documentation generation through texi2html is deprecated in
    favor of makeinfo/texi2any
  � ICY metadata are now requested by default with the HTTP protocol