Never assume the API of libav* to be stable unless at least 1 month has passedsince the last major version increase. The last version increases were:libavcodec: 2011-04-18libavdevice: 2011-04-18libavfilter: 2011-04-18libavformat: 2011-04-18libpostproc: 2011-04-18libswscale: 2011-06-20libavutil: 2011-04-18 API changes, most recent first: 2011-07-16 - xxxxxx - lavfi 2.27.0 Add audio packing negotiation fields and helper functions. In particular, add AVFilterPacking enum, planar, in_packings and out_packings fields to AVFilterLink, and the functions: avfilter_set_common_packing_formats() avfilter_all_packing_formats() 2011-07-10 - a67c061 - lavf 53.3.0 Add avformat_find_stream_info(), deprecate av_find_stream_info(). 2011-07-10 - 0b950fe - lavc 53.6.0 Add avcodec_open2(), deprecate avcodec_open(). 2011-07-01 - b442ca6 - lavf 53.5.0 - avformat.h Add function av_get_output_timestamp(). 2011-06-28 - 5129336 - lavu 51.11.0 - avutil.h Define the AV_PICTURE_TYPE_NONE value in AVPictureType enum. 2011-06-19 - xxxxxxx - lavfi 2.23.0 - avfilter.h Add layout negotiation fields and helper functions. In particular, add in_chlayouts and out_chlayouts to AVFilterLink, and the functions: avfilter_set_common_sample_formats() avfilter_set_common_channel_layouts() avfilter_all_channel_layouts() 2011-06-19 - xxxxxxx - lavfi 2.22.0 - AVFilterFormats Change type of AVFilterFormats.formats from int * to int64_t *, and update formats handling API accordingly. avfilter_make_format_list() still takes a int32_t array and converts it to int64_t. A new function, avfilter_make_format64_list(), that takes int64_t arrays has been added. 2011-06-19 - xxxxxxx - lavfi 2.21.0 - vsink_buffer.h Add video sink buffer and vsink_buffer.h public header. 2011-06-12 - xxxxxxx - lavfi 2.18.0 - avcodec.h Add avfilter_get_video_buffer_ref_from_frame() function in libavfilter/avcodec.h. 2011-06-12 - xxxxxxx - lavfi 2.17.0 - avfiltergraph.h Add avfilter_inout_alloc() and avfilter_inout_free() functions. 2011-06-12 - xxxxxxx - lavfi 2.16.0 - avfilter_graph_parse() Change avfilter_graph_parse() signature. 2011-06-23 - 67e9ae1 - lavu 51.8.0 - attributes.h Add av_printf_format(). 2011-06-16 - 05e84c9, 25de595 - lavf 53.2.0 - avformat.h Add avformat_open_input and avformat_write_header(). Deprecate av_open_input_stream, av_open_input_file, AVFormatParameters and av_write_header. 2011-06-16 - 7e83e1c, dc59ec5 - lavu 51.7.0 - opt.h Add av_opt_set_dict() and av_opt_find(). Deprecate av_find_opt(). Add AV_DICT_APPEND flag. 2011-06-10 - cb7c11c - lavu 51.6.0 - opt.h Add av_opt_flag_is_set(). 2011-06-10 - c381960 - lavfi 2.15.0 - avfilter_get_audio_buffer_ref_from_arrays Add avfilter_get_audio_buffer_ref_from_arrays() to avfilter.h. 2011-06-09 - d9f80ea - lavu 51.8.0 - AVMetadata Move AVMetadata from lavf to lavu and rename it to AVDictionary -- new installed header dict.h. All av_metadata_* functions renamed to av_dict_*. 2011-06-07 - a6703fa - lavu 51.8.0 - av_get_bytes_per_sample() Add av_get_bytes_per_sample() in libavutil/samplefmt.h. Deprecate av_get_bits_per_sample_fmt(). 2011-06-xx - b39b062 - lavu 51.8.0 - opt.h Add av_opt_free convenience function. 2011-06-06 - 95a0242 - lavfi 2.14.0 - AVFilterBufferRefAudioProps Remove AVFilterBufferRefAudioProps.size, and use nb_samples in avfilter_get_audio_buffer() and avfilter_default_get_audio_buffer() in place of size. 2011-06-06 - 0bc2cca - lavu 51.6.0 - av_samples_alloc() Switch nb_channels and nb_samples parameters order in av_samples_alloc(). 2011-06-06 - e1c7414 - lavu 51.5.0 - av_samples_* Change the data layout created by av_samples_fill_arrays() and av_samples_alloc(). 2011-06-06 - 27bcf55 - lavfi 2.13.0 - vsrc_buffer.h Make av_vsrc_buffer_add_video_buffer_ref() accepts an additional flags parameter in input. 2011-06-03 - e977ca2 - lavfi 2.12.0 - avfilter_link_free() Add avfilter_link_free() function. 2011-06-02 - 5ad38d9 - lavu 51.4.0 - av_force_cpu_flags() Add av_cpu_flags() in libavutil/cpu.h. 2011-05-28 - e71f260 - lavu 51.3.0 - pixdesc.h Add av_get_pix_fmt_name() in libavutil/pixdesc.h, and deprecate avcodec_get_pix_fmt_name() in libavcodec/avcodec.h in its favor. 2011-05-25 - 30315a8 - lavf 53.3.0 - avformat.h Add fps_probe_size to AVFormatContext. 2011-05-22 - 5ecdfd0 - lavf 53.2.0 - avformat.h Introduce avformat_alloc_output_context2() and deprecate avformat_alloc_output_context(). 2011-05-22 - 83db719 - lavfi 2.10.0 - vsrc_buffer.h Make libavfilter/vsrc_buffer.h public. 2011-05-19 - c000a9f - lavfi 2.8.0 - avcodec.h Add av_vsrc_buffer_add_frame() to libavfilter/avcodec.h. 2011-05-14 - 9fdf772 - lavfi 2.6.0 - avcodec.h Add avfilter_get_video_buffer_ref_from_frame() to libavfilter/avcodec.h. 2011-05-18 - 64150ff - lavc 53.7.0 - AVCodecContext.request_sample_fmt Add request_sample_fmt field to AVCodecContext. 2011-05-10 - 188dea1 - lavc 53.6.0 - avcodec.h Deprecate AVLPCType and the following fields in AVCodecContext: lpc_coeff_precision, prediction_order_method, min_partition_order, max_partition_order, lpc_type, lpc_passes. Corresponding FLAC encoder options should be used instead. 2011-05-07 - 9fdf772 - lavfi 2.5.0 - avcodec.h Add libavfilter/avcodec.h header and avfilter_copy_frame_props() function. 2011-05-07 - 18ded93 - lavc 53.5.0 - AVFrame Add format field to AVFrame. 2011-05-07 - 22333a6 - lavc 53.4.0 - AVFrame Add width and height fields to AVFrame. 2011-05-01 - 35fe66a - lavfi 2.4.0 - avfilter.h Rename AVFilterBufferRefVideoProps.pixel_aspect to sample_aspect_ratio. 2011-05-01 - 77e9dee - lavc 53.3.0 - AVFrame Add a sample_aspect_ratio field to AVFrame. 2011-05-01 - 1ba5727 - lavc 53.2.0 - AVFrame Add a pkt_pos field to AVFrame. 2011-04-29 - 35ceaa7 - lavu 51.2.0 - mem.h Add av_dynarray_add function for adding an element to a dynamic array. 2011-04-26 - bebe72f - lavu 51.1.0 - avutil.h Add AVPictureType enum and av_get_picture_type_char(), deprecate FF_*_TYPE defines and av_get_pict_type_char() defined in libavcodec/avcodec.h. 2011-04-26 - 10d3940 - lavfi 2.3.0 - avfilter.h Add pict_type and key_frame fields to AVFilterBufferRefVideo. 2011-04-26 - 7a11c82 - lavfi 2.2.0 - vsrc_buffer Add sample_aspect_ratio fields to vsrc_buffer arguments 2011-04-21 - 94f7451 - lavc 53.1.0 - avcodec.h Add CODEC_CAP_SLICE_THREADS for codecs supporting sliced threading. 2011-04-15 - lavc 52.120.0 - avcodec.h AVPacket structure got additional members for passing side information: 4de339e introduce side information for AVPacket 2d8591c make containers pass palette change in AVPacket 2011-04-12 - lavf 52.107.0 - avio.h Avio cleanup, part II - deprecate the entire URLContext API: 175389c add avio_check as a replacement for url_exist ff1ec0c add avio_pause and avio_seek_time as replacements for _av_url_read_fseek/fpause cdc6a87 deprecate av_protocol_next(), avio_enum_protocols should be used instead. 80c6e23 rename url_set_interrupt_cb->avio_set_interrupt_cb. f87b1b3 rename open flags: URL_* -> AVIO_* f8270bb add avio_enum_protocols. 5593f03 deprecate URLProtocol. c486dad deprecate URLContext. 026e175 deprecate the typedef for URLInterruptCB 8e76a19 deprecate av_register_protocol2. b840484 deprecate URL_PROTOCOL_FLAG_NESTED_SCHEME 1305d93 deprecate av_url_read_seek fa104e1 deprecate av_url_read_pause 727c7aa deprecate url_get_filename(). 5958df3 deprecate url_max_packet_size(). 1869ea0 deprecate url_get_file_handle(). 32a97d4 deprecate url_filesize(). e52a914 deprecate url_close(). 58a48c6 deprecate url_seek(). 925e908 deprecate url_write(). dce3756 deprecate url_read_complete(). bc371ac deprecate url_read(). 0589da0 deprecate url_open(). 62eaaea deprecate url_connect. 5652bb9 deprecate url_alloc. 333e894 deprecate url_open_protocol e230705 deprecate url_poll and URLPollEntry 2011-04-08 - lavf 52.106.0 - avformat.h Minor avformat.h cleanup: a9bf9d8 deprecate av_guess_image2_codec c3675df rename avf_sdp_create->av_sdp_create 2011-04-03 - lavf 52.105.0 - avio.h Large-scale renaming/deprecating of AVIOContext-related functions: 724f6a0 deprecate url_fdopen 403ee83 deprecate url_open_dyn_packet_buf 6dc7d80 rename url_close_dyn_buf -> avio_close_dyn_buf b92c545 rename url_open_dyn_buf -> avio_open_dyn_buf 8978fed introduce an AVIOContext.seekable field as a replacement for AVIOContext.is_streamed and url_is_streamed() b64030f deprecate get_checksum() 4c4427a deprecate init_checksum() 4ec153b deprecate udp_set_remote_url/get_local_port 933e90a deprecate av_url_read_fseek/fpause 8d9769a deprecate url_fileno b7f2fdd rename put_flush_packet -> avio_flush 35f1023 deprecate url_close_buf 83fddae deprecate url_open_buf d9d86e0 rename url_fprintf -> avio_printf 59f65d9 deprecate url_setbufsize 3e68b3b deprecate url_ferror 66e5b1d deprecate url_feof e8bb2e2 deprecate url_fget_max_packet_size 76aa876 rename url_fsize -> avio_size e519753 deprecate url_fgetc 655e45e deprecate url_fgets a2704c9 rename url_ftell -> avio_tell e16ead0 deprecate get_strz() in favor of avio_get_str 0300db8,2af07d3 rename url_fskip -> avio_skip 6b4aa5d rename url_fseek -> avio_seek 61840b4 deprecate put_tag 22a3212 rename url_fopen/fclose -> avio_open/close. 0ac8e2b deprecate put_nbyte 77eb550 rename put_byte -> avio_w8 put_[b/l]e<type> -> avio_w[b/l]<type> put_buffer -> avio_write b7effd4 rename get_byte -> avio_r8, get_[b/l]e<type> -> avio_r[b/l]<type> get_buffer -> avio_read b3db9ce deprecate get_partial_buffer 8d9ac96 rename av_alloc_put_byte -> avio_alloc_context 2011-03-25 - 34b47d7 - lavc 52.115.0 - AVCodecContext.audio_service_type Add audio_service_type field to AVCodecContext. 2011-03-17 - e309fdc - lavu 50.40.0 - pixfmt.h Add PIX_FMT_BGR48LE and PIX_FMT_BGR48BE pixel formats 2011-03-02 - 863c471 - lavf 52.103.0 - av_pkt_dump2, av_pkt_dump_log2 Add new functions av_pkt_dump2, av_pkt_dump_log2 that uses the source stream timebase for outputting timestamps. Deprecate av_pkt_dump and av_pkt_dump_log. 2011-02-20 - e731b8d - lavf 52.102.0 - avio.h * e731b8d - rename init_put_byte() to ffio_init_context(), deprecating the original, and move it to a private header so it is no longer part of our public API. Instead, use av_alloc_put_byte(). * ae628ec - rename ByteIOContext to AVIOContext. 2011-02-16 - 09d171b - lavf 52.101.0 - avformat.h lavu 52.39.0 - parseutils.h * 610219a - Add av_ prefix to dump_format(). * f6c7375 - Replace parse_date() in lavf with av_parse_time() in lavu. * ab0287f - Move find_info_tag from lavf to lavu and add av_prefix to it. 2011-02-15 - lavu 52.38.0 - merge libavcore libavcore is merged back completely into libavutil 2011-02-10 - 55bad0c - lavc 52.113.0 - vbv_delay Add vbv_delay field to AVCodecContext 2011-02-14 - 24a83bd - lavf 52.100.0 - AV_DISPOSITION_CLEAN_EFFECTS Add AV_DISPOSITION_CLEAN_EFFECTS disposition flag. 2011-02-14 - 910b5b8 - lavfi 1.76.0 - AVFilterLink sample_aspect_ratio Add sample_aspect_ratio field to AVFilterLink. 2011-02-10 - 12c14cd - lavf 52.99.0 - AVStream.disposition Add AV_DISPOSITION_HEARING_IMPAIRED and AV_DISPOSITION_VISUAL_IMPAIRED. 2011-02-09 - 5592734 - lavc 52.112.0 - avcodec_thread_init() Deprecate avcodec_thread_init()/avcodec_thread_free() use; instead set thread_count before calling avcodec_open. 2011-02-09 - 778b08a - lavc 52.111.0 - threading API Add CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS with new restrictions on get_buffer()/ release_buffer()/draw_horiz_band() callbacks for appropriate codecs. Add thread_type and active_thread_type fields to AVCodecContext. 2011-02-08 - 3940caa - lavf 52.98.0 - av_probe_input_buffer Add av_probe_input_buffer() to avformat.h for probing format from a ByteIOContext. 2011-02-06 - fe174fc - lavf 52.97.0 - avio.h Add flag for non-blocking protocols: URL_FLAG_NONBLOCK 2011-02-04 - f124b08 - lavf 52.96.0 - avformat_free_context() Add avformat_free_context() in avformat.h. 2011-02-03 - f5b82f4 - lavc 52.109.0 - add CODEC_ID_PRORES Add CODEC_ID_PRORES to avcodec.h. 2011-02-03 - fe9a3fb - lavc 52.109.0 - H.264 profile defines Add defines for H.264 * Constrained Baseline and Intra profiles 2011-02-02 - lavf 52.95.0 * 50196a9 - add a new installed header version.h. * 4efd5cf, dccbd97, 93b78d1 - add several variants of public avio_{put,get}_str* functions. Deprecate corresponding semi-public {put,get}_str*. 2011-02-02 - dfd2a00 - lavu 50.37.0 - log.h Make av_dlog public. 2011-01-31 - 7b3ea55 - lavfi 1.76.0 - vsrc_buffer Add sample_aspect_ratio fields to vsrc_buffer arguments 2011-01-31 - 910b5b8 - lavfi 1.75.0 - AVFilterLink sample_aspect_ratio Add sample_aspect_ratio field to AVFilterLink. 2011-01-15 - r26374 - lavfi 1.74.0 - AVFilterBufferRefAudioProps Rename AVFilterBufferRefAudioProps.samples_nb to nb_samples. 2011-01-14 - r26330 - lavf 52.93.0 - av_metadata_copy() Add av_metadata_copy() in avformat.h. 2011-01-07 - r26262 - lavc 52.107.0 - deprecate reordered_opaque Deprecate reordered_opaque in favor of pkt_pts/dts. 2011-01-07 - r26261 - lavc 52.106.0 - pkt_dts Add pkt_dts to AVFrame, this will in the future allow multithreading decoders to not mess up dts. 2011-01-07 - r26260 - lavc 52.105.0 - pkt_pts Add pkt_pts to AVFrame. 2011-01-07 - r26259 - lavc 52.104.0 - av_get_profile_name() Add av_get_profile_name to libavcodec/avcodec.h. 2010-12-27 - r26108 - lavfi 1.71.0 - AV_PERM_NEG_LINESIZES Add AV_PERM_NEG_LINESIZES in avfilter.h. 2010-12-27 - r26104 - lavf 52.91.0 - av_find_best_stream() Add av_find_best_stream to libavformat/avformat.h. 2010-12-27 - r26103 - lavf 52.90.0 Add AVFMT_NOSTREAMS flag for formats with no streams, like e.g. text metadata. 2010-12-22 - r26073 - lavu 50.36.0 - file.h Add functions av_file_map() and av_file_unmap() in file.h. 2010-12-19 - r26056 - lavu 50.35.0 - error.h Add "not found" error codes: AVERROR_DEMUXER_NOT_FOUND AVERROR_MUXER_NOT_FOUND AVERROR_DECODER_NOT_FOUND AVERROR_ENCODER_NOT_FOUND AVERROR_PROTOCOL_NOT_FOUND AVERROR_FILTER_NOT_FOUND AVERROR_BSF_NOT_FOUND AVERROR_STREAM_NOT_FOUND 2010-12-09 - r25923 - lavcore 0.16.0 - avcore.h Move AV_NOPTS_VALUE, AV_TIME_BASE, AV_TIME_BASE_Q symbols from avcodec.h to avcore.h. 2010-12-04 - r25886 - lavc 52.98.0 - CODEC_CAP_NEG_LINESIZES Add CODEC_CAP_NEG_LINESIZES codec capability flag in avcodec.h. 2010-12-04 - r25879 - lavu 50.34.0 - av_get_pix_fmt_string() Deprecate avcodec_pix_fmt_string() in favor of pixdesc.h/av_get_pix_fmt_string(). 2010-12-04 - r25878 - lavcore 0.15.0 - av_image_alloc() Add av_image_alloc() to libavcore/imgutils.h. 2010-12-02 - r25862 - lavfi 1.67.0 - avfilter_graph_create_filter() Add function avfilter_graph_create_filter() in avfiltergraph.h. 2010-11-25 - r25826 - lavfi 1.65.0 - avfilter_get_video_buffer_ref_from_arrays() Add function avfilter_get_video_buffer_ref_from_arrays() in avfilter.h. 2010-11-21 - r25787 - lavcore 0.14.0 - audioconvert.h Add a public audio channel API in audioconvert.h, and deprecate the corresponding functions in libavcodec: avcodec_get_channel_name() avcodec_get_channel_layout() avcodec_get_channel_layout_string() avcodec_channel_layout_num_channels() and the CH_* macros defined in libavcodec/avcodec.h. 2010-11-21 - r25777 - lavf 52.85.0 - avformat.h Add av_append_packet(). 2010-11-21 - r25776 - lavc 52.97.0 - avcodec.h Add av_grow_packet(). 2010-11-17 - r25761 - lavcore 0.13.0 - parseutils.h Add av_parse_color() declared in libavcore/parseutils.h. 2010-11-13 - r25745 - lavc 52.95.0 - AVCodecContext Add AVCodecContext.subtitle_header and AVCodecContext.subtitle_header_size fields. 2010-11-13 - r25740 - lavfi 1.62.0 - avfiltergraph.h Make avfiltergraph.h public. 2010-11-13 - r25737 - lavfi 1.61.0 - avfiltergraph.h Remove declarations from avfiltergraph.h for the functions: avfilter_graph_check_validity() avfilter_graph_config_links() avfilter_graph_config_formats() which are now internal. Use avfilter_graph_config() instead. 2010-11-08 - r25708 - lavu 50.33.0 - eval.h Deprecate functions: av_parse_and_eval_expr(), av_parse_expr(), av_eval_expr(), av_free_expr(), in favor of the functions: av_expr_parse_and_eval(), av_expr_parse(), av_expr_eval(), av_expr_free(). 2010-11-08 - r25707 - lavfi 1.59.0 - avfilter_free() Rename avfilter_destroy() to avfilter_free(). This change breaks libavfilter API/ABI. 2010-11-07 - r25705 - lavfi 1.58.0 - avfiltergraph.h Remove graphparser.h header, move AVFilterInOut and avfilter_graph_parse() declarations to libavfilter/avfiltergraph.h. 2010-11-07 - r25700 - lavfi 1.57.0 - AVFilterInOut Rename field AVFilterInOut.filter to AVFilterInOut.filter_ctx. This change breaks libavfilter API. 2010-11-04 - r25674 - lavfi 1.56.0 - avfilter_graph_free() Rename avfilter_graph_destroy() to avfilter_graph_free(). This change breaks libavfilter API/ABI. 2010-11-04 - r25673 - lavfi 1.55.0 - avfilter_graph_alloc() Add avfilter_graph_alloc() to libavfilter/avfiltergraph.h. 2010-11-02 - r25654 - lavcore 0.12.0 - av_get_bits_per_sample_fmt() Add av_get_bits_per_sample_fmt() to libavcore/samplefmt.h and deprecate av_get_bits_per_sample_format(). 2010-11-02 - r25653 - lavcore 0.11.0 - samplefmt.h Add sample format functions in libavcore/samplefmt.h: av_get_sample_fmt_name(), av_get_sample_fmt(), av_get_sample_fmt_string(), and deprecate the corresponding libavcodec/audioconvert.h functions: avcodec_get_sample_fmt_name(), avcodec_get_sample_fmt(), avcodec_sample_fmt_string(). 2010-11-02 - r25652 - lavcore 0.10.0 - samplefmt.h Define enum AVSampleFormat in libavcore/samplefmt.h, deprecate enum SampleFormat. 2010-10-16 - r25502 - lavfi 1.52.0 - avfilter_graph_config() Add the function avfilter_graph_config() in avfiltergraph.h. 2010-10-15 - r25493 - lavf 52.83.0 - metadata API Change demuxers to export metadata in generic format and muxers to accept generic format. 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Never assume the API of libav* to be stable unless at least 1 month has passed since the last major version increase. The last version increases were: libavcodec: 2011-04-18 libavdevice: 2011-04-18 libavfilter: 2011-04-18 libavformat: 2011-04-18 libpostproc: 2011-04-18 libswscale: 2011-06-20 libavutil: 2011-04-18 API changes, most recent first: 2011-07-16 - xxxxxx - lavfi 2.27.0 Add audio packing negotiation fields and helper functions. In particular, add AVFilterPacking enum, planar, in_packings and out_packings fields to AVFilterLink, and the functions: avfilter_set_common_packing_formats() avfilter_all_packing_formats() 2011-07-10 - a67c061 - lavf 53.3.0 Add avformat_find_stream_info(), deprecate av_find_stream_info(). 2011-07-10 - 0b950fe - lavc 53.6.0 Add avcodec_open2(), deprecate avcodec_open(). 2011-07-01 - b442ca6 - lavf 53.5.0 - avformat.h Add function av_get_output_timestamp(). 2011-06-28 - 5129336 - lavu 51.11.0 - avutil.h Define the AV_PICTURE_TYPE_NONE value in AVPictureType enum. 2011-06-19 - xxxxxxx - lavfi 2.23.0 - avfilter.h Add layout negotiation fields and helper functions. In particular, add in_chlayouts and out_chlayouts to AVFilterLink, and the functions: avfilter_set_common_sample_formats() avfilter_set_common_channel_layouts() avfilter_all_channel_layouts() 2011-06-19 - xxxxxxx - lavfi 2.22.0 - AVFilterFormats Change type of AVFilterFormats.formats from int * to int64_t *, and update formats handling API accordingly. avfilter_make_format_list() still takes a int32_t array and converts it to int64_t. A new function, avfilter_make_format64_list(), that takes int64_t arrays has been added. 2011-06-19 - xxxxxxx - lavfi 2.21.0 - vsink_buffer.h Add video sink buffer and vsink_buffer.h public header. 2011-06-12 - xxxxxxx - lavfi 2.18.0 - avcodec.h Add avfilter_get_video_buffer_ref_from_frame() function in libavfilter/avcodec.h. 2011-06-12 - xxxxxxx - lavfi 2.17.0 - avfiltergraph.h Add avfilter_inout_alloc() and avfilter_inout_free() functions. 2011-06-12 - xxxxxxx - lavfi 2.16.0 - avfilter_graph_parse() Change avfilter_graph_parse() signature. 2011-06-23 - 67e9ae1 - lavu 51.8.0 - attributes.h Add av_printf_format(). 2011-06-16 - 05e84c9, 25de595 - lavf 53.2.0 - avformat.h Add avformat_open_input and avformat_write_header(). Deprecate av_open_input_stream, av_open_input_file, AVFormatParameters and av_write_header. 2011-06-16 - 7e83e1c, dc59ec5 - lavu 51.7.0 - opt.h Add av_opt_set_dict() and av_opt_find(). Deprecate av_find_opt(). Add AV_DICT_APPEND flag. 2011-06-10 - cb7c11c - lavu 51.6.0 - opt.h Add av_opt_flag_is_set(). 2011-06-10 - c381960 - lavfi 2.15.0 - avfilter_get_audio_buffer_ref_from_arrays Add avfilter_get_audio_buffer_ref_from_arrays() to avfilter.h. 2011-06-09 - d9f80ea - lavu 51.8.0 - AVMetadata Move AVMetadata from lavf to lavu and rename it to AVDictionary -- new installed header dict.h. All av_metadata_* functions renamed to av_dict_*. 2011-06-07 - a6703fa - lavu 51.8.0 - av_get_bytes_per_sample() Add av_get_bytes_per_sample() in libavutil/samplefmt.h. Deprecate av_get_bits_per_sample_fmt(). 2011-06-xx - b39b062 - lavu 51.8.0 - opt.h Add av_opt_free convenience function. 2011-06-06 - 95a0242 - lavfi 2.14.0 - AVFilterBufferRefAudioProps Remove AVFilterBufferRefAudioProps.size, and use nb_samples in avfilter_get_audio_buffer() and avfilter_default_get_audio_buffer() in place of size. 2011-06-06 - 0bc2cca - lavu 51.6.0 - av_samples_alloc() Switch nb_channels and nb_samples parameters order in av_samples_alloc(). 2011-06-06 - e1c7414 - lavu 51.5.0 - av_samples_* Change the data layout created by av_samples_fill_arrays() and av_samples_alloc(). 2011-06-06 - 27bcf55 - lavfi 2.13.0 - vsrc_buffer.h Make av_vsrc_buffer_add_video_buffer_ref() accepts an additional flags parameter in input. 2011-06-03 - e977ca2 - lavfi 2.12.0 - avfilter_link_free() Add avfilter_link_free() function. 2011-06-02 - 5ad38d9 - lavu 51.4.0 - av_force_cpu_flags() Add av_cpu_flags() in libavutil/cpu.h. 2011-05-28 - e71f260 - lavu 51.3.0 - pixdesc.h Add av_get_pix_fmt_name() in libavutil/pixdesc.h, and deprecate avcodec_get_pix_fmt_name() in libavcodec/avcodec.h in its favor. 2011-05-25 - 30315a8 - lavf 53.3.0 - avformat.h Add fps_probe_size to AVFormatContext. 2011-05-22 - 5ecdfd0 - lavf 53.2.0 - avformat.h Introduce avformat_alloc_output_context2() and deprecate avformat_alloc_output_context(). 2011-05-22 - 83db719 - lavfi 2.10.0 - vsrc_buffer.h Make libavfilter/vsrc_buffer.h public. 2011-05-19 - c000a9f - lavfi 2.8.0 - avcodec.h Add av_vsrc_buffer_add_frame() to libavfilter/avcodec.h. 2011-05-14 - 9fdf772 - lavfi 2.6.0 - avcodec.h Add avfilter_get_video_buffer_ref_from_frame() to libavfilter/avcodec.h. 2011-05-18 - 64150ff - lavc 53.7.0 - AVCodecContext.request_sample_fmt Add request_sample_fmt field to AVCodecContext. 2011-05-10 - 188dea1 - lavc 53.6.0 - avcodec.h Deprecate AVLPCType and the following fields in AVCodecContext: lpc_coeff_precision, prediction_order_method, min_partition_order, max_partition_order, lpc_type, lpc_passes. Corresponding FLAC encoder options should be used instead. 2011-05-07 - 9fdf772 - lavfi 2.5.0 - avcodec.h Add libavfilter/avcodec.h header and avfilter_copy_frame_props() function. 2011-05-07 - 18ded93 - lavc 53.5.0 - AVFrame Add format field to AVFrame. 2011-05-07 - 22333a6 - lavc 53.4.0 - AVFrame Add width and height fields to AVFrame. 2011-05-01 - 35fe66a - lavfi 2.4.0 - avfilter.h Rename AVFilterBufferRefVideoProps.pixel_aspect to sample_aspect_ratio. 2011-05-01 - 77e9dee - lavc 53.3.0 - AVFrame Add a sample_aspect_ratio field to AVFrame. 2011-05-01 - 1ba5727 - lavc 53.2.0 - AVFrame Add a pkt_pos field to AVFrame. 2011-04-29 - 35ceaa7 - lavu 51.2.0 - mem.h Add av_dynarray_add function for adding an element to a dynamic array. 2011-04-26 - bebe72f - lavu 51.1.0 - avutil.h Add AVPictureType enum and av_get_picture_type_char(), deprecate FF_*_TYPE defines and av_get_pict_type_char() defined in libavcodec/avcodec.h. 2011-04-26 - 10d3940 - lavfi 2.3.0 - avfilter.h Add pict_type and key_frame fields to AVFilterBufferRefVideo. 2011-04-26 - 7a11c82 - lavfi 2.2.0 - vsrc_buffer Add sample_aspect_ratio fields to vsrc_buffer arguments 2011-04-21 - 94f7451 - lavc 53.1.0 - avcodec.h Add CODEC_CAP_SLICE_THREADS for codecs supporting sliced threading. 2011-04-15 - lavc 52.120.0 - avcodec.h AVPacket structure got additional members for passing side information: 4de339e introduce side information for AVPacket 2d8591c make containers pass palette change in AVPacket 2011-04-12 - lavf 52.107.0 - avio.h Avio cleanup, part II - deprecate the entire URLContext API: 175389c add avio_check as a replacement for url_exist ff1ec0c add avio_pause and avio_seek_time as replacements for _av_url_read_fseek/fpause cdc6a87 deprecate av_protocol_next(), avio_enum_protocols should be used instead. 80c6e23 rename url_set_interrupt_cb->avio_set_interrupt_cb. f87b1b3 rename open flags: URL_* -> AVIO_* f8270bb add avio_enum_protocols. 5593f03 deprecate URLProtocol. c486dad deprecate URLContext. 026e175 deprecate the typedef for URLInterruptCB 8e76a19 deprecate av_register_protocol2. b840484 deprecate URL_PROTOCOL_FLAG_NESTED_SCHEME 1305d93 deprecate av_url_read_seek fa104e1 deprecate av_url_read_pause 727c7aa deprecate url_get_filename(). 5958df3 deprecate url_max_packet_size(). 1869ea0 deprecate url_get_file_handle(). 32a97d4 deprecate url_filesize(). e52a914 deprecate url_close(). 58a48c6 deprecate url_seek(). 925e908 deprecate url_write(). dce3756 deprecate url_read_complete(). bc371ac deprecate url_read(). 0589da0 deprecate url_open(). 62eaaea deprecate url_connect. 5652bb9 deprecate url_alloc. 333e894 deprecate url_open_protocol e230705 deprecate url_poll and URLPollEntry 2011-04-08 - lavf 52.106.0 - avformat.h Minor avformat.h cleanup: a9bf9d8 deprecate av_guess_image2_codec c3675df rename avf_sdp_create->av_sdp_create 2011-04-03 - lavf 52.105.0 - avio.h Large-scale renaming/deprecating of AVIOContext-related functions: 724f6a0 deprecate url_fdopen 403ee83 deprecate url_open_dyn_packet_buf 6dc7d80 rename url_close_dyn_buf -> avio_close_dyn_buf b92c545 rename url_open_dyn_buf -> avio_open_dyn_buf 8978fed introduce an AVIOContext.seekable field as a replacement for AVIOContext.is_streamed and url_is_streamed() b64030f deprecate get_checksum() 4c4427a deprecate init_checksum() 4ec153b deprecate udp_set_remote_url/get_local_port 933e90a deprecate av_url_read_fseek/fpause 8d9769a deprecate url_fileno b7f2fdd rename put_flush_packet -> avio_flush 35f1023 deprecate url_close_buf 83fddae deprecate url_open_buf d9d86e0 rename url_fprintf -> avio_printf 59f65d9 deprecate url_setbufsize 3e68b3b deprecate url_ferror 66e5b1d deprecate url_feof e8bb2e2 deprecate url_fget_max_packet_size 76aa876 rename url_fsize -> avio_size e519753 deprecate url_fgetc 655e45e deprecate url_fgets a2704c9 rename url_ftell -> avio_tell e16ead0 deprecate get_strz() in favor of avio_get_str 0300db8,2af07d3 rename url_fskip -> avio_skip 6b4aa5d rename url_fseek -> avio_seek 61840b4 deprecate put_tag 22a3212 rename url_fopen/fclose -> avio_open/close. 0ac8e2b deprecate put_nbyte 77eb550 rename put_byte -> avio_w8 put_[b/l]e<type> -> avio_w[b/l]<type> put_buffer -> avio_write b7effd4 rename get_byte -> avio_r8, get_[b/l]e<type> -> avio_r[b/l]<type> get_buffer -> avio_read b3db9ce deprecate get_partial_buffer 8d9ac96 rename av_alloc_put_byte -> avio_alloc_context 2011-03-25 - 34b47d7 - lavc 52.115.0 - AVCodecContext.audio_service_type Add audio_service_type field to AVCodecContext. 2011-03-17 - e309fdc - lavu 50.40.0 - pixfmt.h Add PIX_FMT_BGR48LE and PIX_FMT_BGR48BE pixel formats 2011-03-02 - 863c471 - lavf 52.103.0 - av_pkt_dump2, av_pkt_dump_log2 Add new functions av_pkt_dump2, av_pkt_dump_log2 that uses the source stream timebase for outputting timestamps. Deprecate av_pkt_dump and av_pkt_dump_log. 2011-02-20 - e731b8d - lavf 52.102.0 - avio.h * e731b8d - rename init_put_byte() to ffio_init_context(), deprecating the original, and move it to a private header so it is no longer part of our public API. Instead, use av_alloc_put_byte(). * ae628ec - rename ByteIOContext to AVIOContext. 2011-02-16 - 09d171b - lavf 52.101.0 - avformat.h lavu 52.39.0 - parseutils.h * 610219a - Add av_ prefix to dump_format(). * f6c7375 - Replace parse_date() in lavf with av_parse_time() in lavu. * ab0287f - Move find_info_tag from lavf to lavu and add av_prefix to it. 2011-02-15 - lavu 52.38.0 - merge libavcore libavcore is merged back completely into libavutil 2011-02-10 - 55bad0c - lavc 52.113.0 - vbv_delay Add vbv_delay field to AVCodecContext 2011-02-14 - 24a83bd - lavf 52.100.0 - AV_DISPOSITION_CLEAN_EFFECTS Add AV_DISPOSITION_CLEAN_EFFECTS disposition flag. 2011-02-14 - 910b5b8 - lavfi 1.76.0 - AVFilterLink sample_aspect_ratio Add sample_aspect_ratio field to AVFilterLink. 2011-02-10 - 12c14cd - lavf 52.99.0 - AVStream.disposition Add AV_DISPOSITION_HEARING_IMPAIRED and AV_DISPOSITION_VISUAL_IMPAIRED. 2011-02-09 - 5592734 - lavc 52.112.0 - avcodec_thread_init() Deprecate avcodec_thread_init()/avcodec_thread_free() use; instead set thread_count before calling avcodec_open. 2011-02-09 - 778b08a - lavc 52.111.0 - threading API Add CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS with new restrictions on get_buffer()/ release_buffer()/draw_horiz_band() callbacks for appropriate codecs. Add thread_type and active_thread_type fields to AVCodecContext. 2011-02-08 - 3940caa - lavf 52.98.0 - av_probe_input_buffer Add av_probe_input_buffer() to avformat.h for probing format from a ByteIOContext. 2011-02-06 - fe174fc - lavf 52.97.0 - avio.h Add flag for non-blocking protocols: URL_FLAG_NONBLOCK 2011-02-04 - f124b08 - lavf 52.96.0 - avformat_free_context() Add avformat_free_context() in avformat.h. 2011-02-03 - f5b82f4 - lavc 52.109.0 - add CODEC_ID_PRORES Add CODEC_ID_PRORES to avcodec.h. 2011-02-03 - fe9a3fb - lavc 52.109.0 - H.264 profile defines Add defines for H.264 * Constrained Baseline and Intra profiles 2011-02-02 - lavf 52.95.0 * 50196a9 - add a new installed header version.h. * 4efd5cf, dccbd97, 93b78d1 - add several variants of public avio_{put,get}_str* functions. Deprecate corresponding semi-public {put,get}_str*. 2011-02-02 - dfd2a00 - lavu 50.37.0 - log.h Make av_dlog public. 2011-01-31 - 7b3ea55 - lavfi 1.76.0 - vsrc_buffer Add sample_aspect_ratio fields to vsrc_buffer arguments 2011-01-31 - 910b5b8 - lavfi 1.75.0 - AVFilterLink sample_aspect_ratio Add sample_aspect_ratio field to AVFilterLink. 2011-01-15 - r26374 - lavfi 1.74.0 - AVFilterBufferRefAudioProps Rename AVFilterBufferRefAudioProps.samples_nb to nb_samples. 2011-01-14 - r26330 - lavf 52.93.0 - av_metadata_copy() Add av_metadata_copy() in avformat.h. 2011-01-07 - r26262 - lavc 52.107.0 - deprecate reordered_opaque Deprecate reordered_opaque in favor of pkt_pts/dts. 2011-01-07 - r26261 - lavc 52.106.0 - pkt_dts Add pkt_dts to AVFrame, this will in the future allow multithreading decoders to not mess up dts. 2011-01-07 - r26260 - lavc 52.105.0 - pkt_pts Add pkt_pts to AVFrame. 2011-01-07 - r26259 - lavc 52.104.0 - av_get_profile_name() Add av_get_profile_name to libavcodec/avcodec.h. 2010-12-27 - r26108 - lavfi 1.71.0 - AV_PERM_NEG_LINESIZES Add AV_PERM_NEG_LINESIZES in avfilter.h. 2010-12-27 - r26104 - lavf 52.91.0 - av_find_best_stream() Add av_find_best_stream to libavformat/avformat.h. 2010-12-27 - r26103 - lavf 52.90.0 Add AVFMT_NOSTREAMS flag for formats with no streams, like e.g. text metadata. 2010-12-22 - r26073 - lavu 50.36.0 - file.h Add functions av_file_map() and av_file_unmap() in file.h. 2010-12-19 - r26056 - lavu 50.35.0 - error.h Add "not found" error codes: AVERROR_DEMUXER_NOT_FOUND AVERROR_MUXER_NOT_FOUND AVERROR_DECODER_NOT_FOUND AVERROR_ENCODER_NOT_FOUND AVERROR_PROTOCOL_NOT_FOUND AVERROR_FILTER_NOT_FOUND AVERROR_BSF_NOT_FOUND AVERROR_STREAM_NOT_FOUND 2010-12-09 - r25923 - lavcore 0.16.0 - avcore.h Move AV_NOPTS_VALUE, AV_TIME_BASE, AV_TIME_BASE_Q symbols from avcodec.h to avcore.h. 2010-12-04 - r25886 - lavc 52.98.0 - CODEC_CAP_NEG_LINESIZES Add CODEC_CAP_NEG_LINESIZES codec capability flag in avcodec.h. 2010-12-04 - r25879 - lavu 50.34.0 - av_get_pix_fmt_string() Deprecate avcodec_pix_fmt_string() in favor of pixdesc.h/av_get_pix_fmt_string(). 2010-12-04 - r25878 - lavcore 0.15.0 - av_image_alloc() Add av_image_alloc() to libavcore/imgutils.h. 2010-12-02 - r25862 - lavfi 1.67.0 - avfilter_graph_create_filter() Add function avfilter_graph_create_filter() in avfiltergraph.h. 2010-11-25 - r25826 - lavfi 1.65.0 - avfilter_get_video_buffer_ref_from_arrays() Add function avfilter_get_video_buffer_ref_from_arrays() in avfilter.h. 2010-11-21 - r25787 - lavcore 0.14.0 - audioconvert.h Add a public audio channel API in audioconvert.h, and deprecate the corresponding functions in libavcodec: avcodec_get_channel_name() avcodec_get_channel_layout() avcodec_get_channel_layout_string() avcodec_channel_layout_num_channels() and the CH_* macros defined in libavcodec/avcodec.h. 2010-11-21 - r25777 - lavf 52.85.0 - avformat.h Add av_append_packet(). 2010-11-21 - r25776 - lavc 52.97.0 - avcodec.h Add av_grow_packet(). 2010-11-17 - r25761 - lavcore 0.13.0 - parseutils.h Add av_parse_color() declared in libavcore/parseutils.h. 2010-11-13 - r25745 - lavc 52.95.0 - AVCodecContext Add AVCodecContext.subtitle_header and AVCodecContext.subtitle_header_size fields. 2010-11-13 - r25740 - lavfi 1.62.0 - avfiltergraph.h Make avfiltergraph.h public. 2010-11-13 - r25737 - lavfi 1.61.0 - avfiltergraph.h Remove declarations from avfiltergraph.h for the functions: avfilter_graph_check_validity() avfilter_graph_config_links() avfilter_graph_config_formats() which are now internal. Use avfilter_graph_config() instead. 2010-11-08 - r25708 - lavu 50.33.0 - eval.h Deprecate functions: av_parse_and_eval_expr(), av_parse_expr(), av_eval_expr(), av_free_expr(), in favor of the functions: av_expr_parse_and_eval(), av_expr_parse(), av_expr_eval(), av_expr_free(). 2010-11-08 - r25707 - lavfi 1.59.0 - avfilter_free() Rename avfilter_destroy() to avfilter_free(). This change breaks libavfilter API/ABI. 2010-11-07 - r25705 - lavfi 1.58.0 - avfiltergraph.h Remove graphparser.h header, move AVFilterInOut and avfilter_graph_parse() declarations to libavfilter/avfiltergraph.h. 2010-11-07 - r25700 - lavfi 1.57.0 - AVFilterInOut Rename field AVFilterInOut.filter to AVFilterInOut.filter_ctx. This change breaks libavfilter API. 2010-11-04 - r25674 - lavfi 1.56.0 - avfilter_graph_free() Rename avfilter_graph_destroy() to avfilter_graph_free(). This change breaks libavfilter API/ABI. 2010-11-04 - r25673 - lavfi 1.55.0 - avfilter_graph_alloc() Add avfilter_graph_alloc() to libavfilter/avfiltergraph.h. 2010-11-02 - r25654 - lavcore 0.12.0 - av_get_bits_per_sample_fmt() Add av_get_bits_per_sample_fmt() to libavcore/samplefmt.h and deprecate av_get_bits_per_sample_format(). 2010-11-02 - r25653 - lavcore 0.11.0 - samplefmt.h Add sample format functions in libavcore/samplefmt.h: av_get_sample_fmt_name(), av_get_sample_fmt(), av_get_sample_fmt_string(), and deprecate the corresponding libavcodec/audioconvert.h functions: avcodec_get_sample_fmt_name(), avcodec_get_sample_fmt(), avcodec_sample_fmt_string(). 2010-11-02 - r25652 - lavcore 0.10.0 - samplefmt.h Define enum AVSampleFormat in libavcore/samplefmt.h, deprecate enum SampleFormat. 2010-10-16 - r25502 - lavfi 1.52.0 - avfilter_graph_config() Add the function avfilter_graph_config() in avfiltergraph.h. 2010-10-15 - r25493 - lavf 52.83.0 - metadata API Change demuxers to export metadata in generic format and muxers to accept generic format. Deprecate the public conversion API.