

We live in a digital world and virtually everything from security cameras to social media sites to news stations use ffmpeg on some level”Ĭheck out the FFmpeg page to read about the updates in detail.On January 17, 2022, FFmpeg released FFmpeg 5.0, called Lorentz. Outside of programming languages, operating systems, and essential tools like the GNU suite, I think an argument can be made that ffmpeg is one of the most important pieces of software ever created. It’s still mind blowing that something so powerful is FOSS. My app pivotally depends on FFmpeg extracting screenshots of videos for users to browse through.”Īnother comment on Hacker News reads, “Nice to see improved HEVC 4:4:4 support in Linux”Īdditionally users have appreciated the growth of FFmpeg project in general.Ī Redditor comments, “Man ffmpeg is so awesome. Impressive, can't wait to compile it on my #RK3399 based #SBC… via Bruno Verachten 🍰 August 6, 2019Ī user on Hacker News comments, “Massive “thank you” to FFmpeg for being an amazing tool. Users are happy with the FFmpeg 4.2 release and seem to be excited to get hands on with the new features in their 4.2 Released With #AV1 Decoding Support, #GIF Parser, support for #HEVC 4:4 4 and so on. The latest version also supports clang to compile CUDA kernels. Earlier, a mov mixer could write in only English, by default.

The new version allows the mov muxer to write tracks in any unspecified language. It also introduces numerous demuxers such as dhav, vividas, hcom, KUX, and IFV.

PCM-DVD has been included as an encoder in FFmpeg 4.2.
