version 7.0:
- DXV DXT1 encoder
- LEAD MCMP decoder - EVC decoding using external library libxevd - EVC encoding using external library libxeve
- QOA decoder and demuxer
- aap filter - demuxing, decoding, filtering, encoding, and muxing in the ffmpeg CLI now all run in parallel - enable gdigrab device to grab a window using the hwnd=HANDLER syntax
- IAMF raw demuxer and muxer - D3D12VA hardware accelerated H264, HEVC, VP9, AV1, MPEG-2 and VC1 decoding
- tiltandshift filter - qrencode filter and qrencodesrc source
- quirc filter - lavu/eval: introduce randomi() function in expressions
- VVC decoder
- fsync filter
- Raw Captions with Time (RCWT) closed caption muxer
- ffmpeg CLI -bsf option may now be used for input as well as output
- ffmpeg CLI options may now be used as -/opt <path>, which is equivalent
to -opt <contents of file <path>>
- showinfo bitstream filter
- a C11-compliant compiler is now required; note that this requirement
will be bumped to C17 in the near future, so consider updating your
build environment if it lacks C17 support
- Change the default bitrate control method from VBR to CQP for QSV encoders.
- removed deprecated ffmpeg CLI options -psnr and -map_channel
- DVD-Video demuxer, powered by libdvdnav and libdvdread
- ffprobe -show_stream_groups option
- ffprobe (with -export_side_data film_grain) now prints film grain metadata
- AEA muxer
- ffmpeg CLI loopback decoders
- Support PacketTypeMetadata of PacketType in enhanced flv format
- ffplay with hwaccel decoding support (depends on vulkan renderer via libplacebo)
- dnn filter libtorch backend
- Android content URIs protocol
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I also smell more breakage :)
not sure if I want/will able to catch up with them, may be we should stick to some branch instead of chasing latest.