Oct 01, 2024 16:00:00

FFmpeg 7.1 released, 'Improved VVC decoder,' 'Support for hardware encoding with Vulkan,' 'Added MV-HEVC codec,' etc.

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FFmpeg has released version 7.1, codenamed 'Péter.' The native VVC decoder added in version 7.0 was experimental, but many enhancements and optimizations have been implemented, making it possible to decode DVB streams.

🚨 FFmpeg 7.1 is out! 🚨

It has a VVC native decoder, an MV-HEVC decoder, an LC-EVC decoder, an xHE-AAC decoder, an IAMF decoder production ready, Vulkan hardware encoding, and many other features! https://t.co/iYElKHEgFk

— FFmpeg (@FFmpeg) September 30, 2024

FFmpeg 7.1: a tons of codecs - Jean-Baptiste Kempf's Website
https://jbkempf.com/blog/2024/ffmpeg-7.1.0/

September 30th, 2024, FFmpeg 7.1 'Péter'

https://ffmpeg.org//index.html#pr7.1

FFmpeg 7.1 Released With VVC Decoder Promoted To Stable, Vulkan H.264/H.265 Encode - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-7.1-Released

FFmpeg has been working on its own native VVC decoder for several years, and the native VVC decoder was officially implemented in FFmpeg 7.0, released in April 2024. However, at the time of FFmpeg 7.0, the implementation was not complete and it was treated as an 'experimental' stage.

FFmpeg 7.0 released, adding native VVC decoder, multi-threading CLI tool, removing deprecated APIs, etc. - GIGAZINE

As a result of continued work, FFmpeg 7.1 has implemented many enhancements and optimizations, and has reached 'production stage' by being able to decode DVB streams.

In addition, two codecs have been added to the MPEG codebase: 'MV-HEVC,' which is used in recent iPhones and Apple Vision Pro, and 'LC-EVC,' also known as MPEG-5 Part 2.

MV-HEVC is a 3D version of HEVC and is not technically new, but adding it to the code base required a major refactoring of the HEVC decoder. The refactoring to add MV-HEVC has also fixed some long-standing HEVC bugs.

Another major feature is support for H.264 and HEVC encoding over Vulkan, and the AAC decoder has been extensively refactored to support features like USAC, add a native xHE-AAC decoder, and fix the AOM IAMF decoder/demuxer that was added in FFmpeg 7.0.

Jean-Baptiste Kemp, leader and developer of VideoLAN, known for the multimedia player 'VLC media player,' said, 'FFmpeg 7.1 is a strong release with many codecs and important features added, and it belongs to the LTS release category, just like FFmpeg 5.1, which was released in July 2022.'