FFmpeg version 8.0 is now in Cinelerra-GG release with the basic patches as has been in "test" mode for a few weeks so can now proceed to make other recently discovered necessary changes. Since the procedures I used to get the updated files on the new server were just a little different (better!), if you notice problems let me know so I correct my mistakes. Please see the section of the release notes below for updated server access. *********************** Release Notes for this release *************************** GIT for Cinelerra-GG has the following changes from 07/01/2025-11/21/2025 Cinelerra-gg.org *website migrated* to a bigger/faster/better server. *Thanks to Sam!* The following services/url-s should be fully functional now: ** Mailing List is being utilized daily with Mailman version 3; to enroll or search archives: https://lists.cinelerra-gg.org/mailman3/lists/cin.lists.cinelerra-gg.org/ ** GIT program control for the source and the manual: git clone https:/git.cinelerra-gg.org/goodguy/cinelerra.git git clone https:/git.cinelerra-gg.org/goodguy/cin-manual-latex.git to view the commits for all 4 repositories use: https://git.cinelerra-gg.org/goodguy/ ** AppImages, Manual, ReleaseNotes,and other informational type files: https://download.cinelerra-gg.org *FFmpeg *has been updated from version 7.0 to 8.0 and as a result libpostproc has been removed by the ffmpeg team in their release; although it is still maintained separately. At this time, it is unknown what, if any, capabilities will no longer be available in CinGG as a result. *Andrew-R* did significant work to modify the necessary patches for the new version as well as fixed issues in several C files in the cinelerra directory as a result of the upgrade to 8.0. *Calf plugins* UI (the glitzy user interface) may be an issue for the newest operating systems such as Arch and Ubuntu 24.04 which no longer include GTK2 in their distributions. Most likely there will be alternative locations to obtain GTK2 for these newest systems. You can still use the Calf plugins without the UI by unchecking in the Settings pulldown, Preferences, Interface tab, Operations section, Auto start lv2 gui flag. *Andrea discovered this problem and Adam *suggested using the Linux Studio Plugins (LSP) as a great alternative. Note that there are many other lv2 plugins besides Calf that take advantage of the glitzy UI interface and the “Auto start lv2 gui flag” works for those also.