From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ffbox0-bg.ffmpeg.org (ffbox0-bg.ffmpeg.org [79.124.17.100]) by master.gitmailbox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BA764B7AD for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:34:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.1.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ffbox0-bg.ffmpeg.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3384868E6C5; Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:34:19 +0300 (EEST) Received: from mail-yw1-f171.google.com (mail-yw1-f171.google.com [209.85.128.171]) by ffbox0-bg.ffmpeg.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8604B68E6CF for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:34:12 +0300 (EEST) Received: by mail-yw1-f171.google.com with SMTP id 00721157ae682-71d6051afbfso21111867b3.2 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:34:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1755887651; x=1756492451; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=8A0zfUXNXrvuxjSpqV457b6eB11bWjkyeAkTTzFOpjA=; b=GVWNNW7QmpDoi4pYUAK/e09igWMUVy3k+Bd8h4P+to1SQ06RUqU9phkGVZLGKRgkbZ Jf0JwEfcoTLwEHxNvNaQe21bdRB/W5UAbxIOW7vXsGNDYZmApOFNkajEnjY9zfyEWgCC vFjcqgj8QYPnntuI2Hi3u7PmtETZaOQSROdXObMCgZ1PPCf6URPaHbOLtUD4rhLPu3WT G3vFLnWEbhkpPsyilbCRhBLiCEsZwPJra54YLVuIQNuiLSMfIv8r2Q9GPbRjd+nCQhCm o0epBAF68itsgcC/6ThNC3SCun/YArNPeZAlsFfCQFaN9LXo5MGqRWnNishMQrXderJq w/Ow== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yy4RsVCZgM/bSpBajZ67DtcfpY5YNggVKta3cs5zAGz8yhSsgyb A34vYqufdSI1poL8sFYUdgoWrpfmjx3jO9wBqbiRtzPfnPKpaLuA90MuuPr7YWIXm89tqhdleiV YzInQyZpbbYdMrwz1fSHKs4TY0ZDnqZFl6w== X-Gm-Gg: ASbGncvoQ8pYUH9fZLMtjfxVH2sP5qV11TWs9SbEyr1WYsCfQWWL4lQAHFZ8RN4Rdz6 oa3ct6GTUYC+FXT+FliGScjFQYcVkiPUUO88I4epUPEDRWUz73ekQjgAHIjyqls6y4VD980UAS2 Rp3FDDKdCrh7BKbwvsEW0X0LigwotTw/b4E8sydArxmUMLuQC0HxOIbUeeix0iS1A7hQHFNhN/a NIvNbY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHc7QGQIFSSxZLzAy8w1WJbPRdIAe9JmlUXSk9DCBC4u+bnSxJVlSrBrlAecsNIZv/chJPg73XOWw5A9DpJk+s= X-Received: by 2002:a05:690c:9c01:b0:71f:91a5:2d64 with SMTP id 00721157ae682-71fdc2e7b30mr50908797b3.20.1755887650795; Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:34:10 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20250821054712.1552052-1-dev@lynne.ee> <20250822141334.GB11447@haasn.xyz> <79021053-bb7b-4f81-9e8a-2e967f07d394@lynne.ee> In-Reply-To: <79021053-bb7b-4f81-9e8a-2e967f07d394@lynne.ee> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 08:34:01 -1000 X-Gm-Features: Ac12FXxz6viUYMLqeZJAZNde8JOzsQD6rTz1VyzjtAcj74_aDGfIsrd51qlEnA4 Message-ID: To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Announce FFmpeg 8.0 X-BeenThere: ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: FFmpeg development discussions and patches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel Reply-To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches Cc: Kieran Kunhya , Lynne Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: ffmpeg-devel-bounces@ffmpeg.org Sender: "ffmpeg-devel" Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Post: On Fri, 22 Aug 2025, 03:05 Lynne via ffmpeg-devel, wrote: > On 22/08/2025 21:13, Niklas Haas via ffmpeg-devel wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Aug 2025 14:47:03 +0900 Lynne via ffmpeg-devel < > ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org> wrote: > >> --- > >> src/index | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >> 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) > >> > >> diff --git a/src/index b/src/index > >> index 52829e1..a07f4b8 100644 > >> --- a/src/index > >> +++ b/src/index > >> @@ -35,6 +35,48 @@ > >> News > >> > >> > >> +

August 23nd, 2025, FFmpeg 8.0 "Huffman"

> >> +

> >> + A new major release, FFmpeg 8.0 > "Huffman", > >> + is now available for download. > >> + Thanks to several delays, and modernization of our entire > infrastructure, this release ended up > >> + being one of our largest releases to date. In short, its new > features are: > >> +

    > >> +
  • Native decoders: APV, ProRes RAW, RealVideo 6.0, Sanyo LD-ADPCM, and > others
    • > >> +
  • VVC decoder improvements: IBC, > >> + SSC, > >> + ACT, > >> + Palette Mode
    • > >> +
  • Vulkan compute-based codecs: FFv1 (encode and decode), ProRes > RAW (decode only)
    • > >> +
  • Hardware accelerated decoding: Vulkan VP9, VAAPI VVC, > OpenHarmony H264/5
    • > >> +
  • Hardware accelerated encoding: Vulkan AV1, OpenHarmony > H264/5
    • > >> +
  • Filters: colordetect, pad_cuda, scale_d3d11, Whisper, and > others
    • > >> +
> >> +

> >> +

> >> + A new class of decoders and encoders based on pure Vulkan compute > implementation have been added. > >> + Rather than using a custom hardware accelerator present, they are > based on compute shaders, and work > >> + on any implementation of Vulkan 1.3. Decoders use the same hwaccel > API and commands, so users do not > >> + need to do anything special to enable them, as enabling Vulkan > decoding is sufficient to use them. > >> + Encoders, like our hardware accelerated encoders, require specifying > a new encoder (ffv1_vulkan). > >> + Currently, the only codecs supported are: FFv1 (encoding and > decoding) and ProRes RAW (decode only). > >> + ProRes (encode+decode) and VC-2 (encode+decode) implementations are > complete and currently in review, > >> + to be merged soon and available with the next minor release.
> >> + Only codecs specifically designed for parallelized decoding can be > implemented in such a way, with > >> + more mainstream codecs not being planned for support.
> >> + Depending on the hardware, these new codecs can provide very > significant speedups, and open up > >> + possibilities to work with them for situations like non-linear video > editors and > >> + lossless screen recording/streaming, so we are excited to learn what > our downstream users can make with them. > > > > Respectfully, I think this section is rather too long and technical and > not > > really interesting to most users. Either describe all of the changes (of > which > > you allude to, there are a lot) in detail, or none of them, but as it > stands > > this feels like shining a spotlight on your contributions in particular. > > Its as long and detailed as it needs to be. > It clearly is way too detailed. Kieran > _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-request@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".