[Cin] ffmpeg 6.1 is out!

Phyllis Smith phylsmith2017 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 19 19:38:56 CET 2023


Andrew, will restore pluginfclient.C next time I boot the desktop.  I have
been trying to puzzle out why I changed this unless it was part of a
patch.  Somehow I made a mistake.

On Sat, Nov 18, 2023 at 3:45 PM Andrew Randrianasulu <
randrianasulu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> ср, 15 нояб. 2023 г., 20:30 Phyllis Smith <phylsmith2017 at gmail.com>:
>
>> FFmpeg 6.1 has been checked into GIT.  I tested a few files by
>> loading/playing and rendered some too.  Also, tested bluray and DVD
>> creation which I know is used very little BUT I USE IT, so it is the most
>> important to me!
>>
>> The only thing I would like to test but do not know how is the
>> nvenc/cuda, but I did look at ffmpeg-6.1 patch10 and tried to compare with
>> that in 5.1.  Not too sure about it.
>>
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>
> Oh, I think you reverted part keeping 4.4 support in place
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> https://git.cinelerra-gg.org/git/?p=goodguy/cinelerra.git;a=blobdiff;f=cinelerra-5.1/cinelerra/pluginfclient.C;h=2aac1af334f42f65718a95e54a8ac5283c6ed723;hp=b335628a2e2226ac4f19d8728da50b498c98d38e;hb=21f715f2d24d38bd7a0eccb22d64cdf18f0e3df9;hpb=def7a2e3e4f053af598be006210a4cd29d984305
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> please restore :)
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>> On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 8:36 AM Andrew Randrianasulu <
>> randrianasulu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> this ffmpeg patch allowed me to build cingg with ffmpeg-6.1 YET I
>>> haven't tested real hw decoding/encoding yet (need reboot for this)
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 3:54 AM Andrew Randrianasulu
>>> <randrianasulu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > вс, 12 нояб. 2023 г., 03:44 Phyllis Smith <phylsmith2017 at gmail.com>:
>>> >>
>>> >> OK, got your last 2 suggestions and will work on that.  But getting
>>> too tired to do much anymore today!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Sleep well! I found my lcms2 patch but it need to be updated slightly.
>>> Will try to make it applicable to current and send it to you next morning
>>> (+14 hours or so from now).
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 5:42 PM Andrew Randrianasulu <
>>> randrianasulu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> вс, 12 нояб. 2023 г., 03:21 Andrew Randrianasulu <
>>> randrianasulu at gmail.com>:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> вс, 12 нояб. 2023 г., 02:59 Phyllis Smith <phylsmith2017 at gmail.com
>>> >:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Downloaded it today and now am re-doing the patches so that there
>>> are no "Hunk #1 succeeded at xxx (offset xxx lines)" warning messages.
>>> Seems like just about all of them are off so it will take me some time.
>>> Did not include patch10 and getting errors that are stopping the compile as
>>> shown below.  This patch10 is more than I know how to fix.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>> In file included from libavutil/hwcontext_cuda.c:27:
>>> >>>>>> libavutil/hwcontext_cuda.c: In function ‘cuda_context_init’:
>>> >>>>>> libavutil/hwcontext_cuda.c:365:28: error: ‘CudaFunctions’ has no
>>> member named ‘cuCtxGetCurrent’; did you mean ‘cuCtxPopCurrent’?
>>> >>>>>>   365 |         ret =
>>> CHECK_CU(cu->cuCtxGetCurrent(&hwctx->cuda_ctx));
>>> >>>>>>       |                            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> >>>>>> libavutil/cuda_check.h:65:114: note: in definition of macro
>>> ‘FF_CUDA_CHECK_DL’
>>> >>>>>>    65 | #define FF_CUDA_CHECK_DL(avclass, cudl, x)
>>> ff_cuda_check(avclass, cudl->cuGetErrorName, cudl->cuGetErrorString, (x),
>>> #x)
>>> >>>>>>       |
>>>                                                         ^
>>> >>>>>> libavutil/hwcontext_cuda.c:365:15: note: in expansion of macro
>>> ‘CHECK_CU’
>>> >>>>>>   365 |         ret =
>>> CHECK_CU(cu->cuCtxGetCurrent(&hwctx->cuda_ctx));
>>> >>>>>>       |               ^~~~~~~~
>>> >>>>>> make[3]: *** [ffbuild/common.mak:81: libavutil/hwcontext_cuda.o]
>>> Error 1
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> may be first revert those two?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/f904e60c32a87f4124c3b94598a3b0141cd8b1b9
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/05f8b2ca0f7e28775837a572c65ce9218f534ee2
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> or update ffnvheaders (not sure if it will work for legacy
>>> proprietary  driver , something to find out)
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> https://github.com/FFmpeg/nv-codec-headers/releases
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> not sure that exactly version? we seems to have 10.x and only
>>> updated ones there (so the potentially include fix for this cudaCurrent
>>> change)  are 11.x and 12.x .....
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Also,ffmpeg 6.1 removed libopenjpeg *decoder* but encoder apparently
>>> still in place:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/60ccb3fe787be3bb10fc4545b3593cd1e0b769ed
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I also  hope to add lcms2 (for icc profile support via ffmpeg) but
>>> not sure if that pach was finished.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 7:14 AM Andrew Randrianasulu <
>>> randrianasulu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> http://ffmpeg.org/download.html#release_6.1
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> ======
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> November 10th, 2023, FFmpeg 6.1 "Heaviside"
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> FFmpeg 6.1 "Heaviside", a new major release, is now available!
>>> Some of the highlights:
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> libaribcaption decoder
>>> >>>>>> Playdate video decoder and demuxer
>>> >>>>>> Extend VAAPI support for libva-win32 on Windows
>>> >>>>>> afireqsrc audio source filter
>>> >>>>>> arls filter
>>> >>>>>> ffmpeg CLI new option: -readrate_initial_burst
>>> >>>>>> zoneplate video source filter
>>> >>>>>> command support in the setpts and asetpts filters
>>> >>>>>> Vulkan decode hwaccel, supporting H264, HEVC and AV1
>>> >>>>>> color_vulkan filter
>>> >>>>>> bwdif_vulkan filter
>>> >>>>>> nlmeans_vulkan filter
>>> >>>>>> RivaTuner video decoder
>>> >>>>>> xfade_vulkan filter
>>> >>>>>> vMix video decoder
>>> >>>>>> Essential Video Coding parser, muxer and demuxer
>>> >>>>>> Essential Video Coding frame merge bsf
>>> >>>>>> bwdif_cuda filter
>>> >>>>>> Microsoft RLE video encoder
>>> >>>>>> Raw AC-4 muxer and demuxer
>>> >>>>>> Raw VVC bitstream parser, muxer and demuxer
>>> >>>>>> Bitstream filter for editing metadata in VVC streams
>>> >>>>>> Bitstream filter for converting VVC from MP4 to Annex B
>>> >>>>>> scale_vt filter for videotoolbox
>>> >>>>>> transpose_vt filter for videotoolbox
>>> >>>>>> support for the P_SKIP hinting to speed up libx264 encoding
>>> >>>>>> Support HEVC,VP9,AV1 codec in enhanced flv format
>>> >>>>>> apsnr and asisdr audio filters
>>> >>>>>> OSQ demuxer and decoder
>>> >>>>>> Support HEVC,VP9,AV1 codec fourcclist in enhanced rtmp protocol
>>> >>>>>> CRI USM demuxer
>>> >>>>>> ffmpeg CLI '-top' option deprecated in favor of the setfield
>>> filter
>>> >>>>>> VAAPI AV1 encoder
>>> >>>>>> ffprobe XML output schema changed to account for multiple
>>> variable-fields elements within the same parent element
>>> >>>>>> ffprobe -output_format option added as an alias of -of
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> This release had been overdue for at least half a year, but due
>>> to constant activity in the repository, had to be delayed, and we were
>>> finally able to branch off the release recently, before some of the large
>>> changes scheduled for 7.0 were merged.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Internally, we have had a number of changes too. The FFT, MDCT,
>>> DCT and DST implementation used for codecs and filters has been fully
>>> replaced with the faster libavutil/tx (full article about it coming soon).
>>> >>>>>> This also led to a reduction in the the size of the compiled
>>> binary, which can be noticeable in small builds.
>>> >>>>>> There was a very large reduction in the total amount of
>>> allocations being done on each frame throughout video decoders, reducing
>>> overhead.
>>> >>>>>> RISC-V optimizations for many parts of our DSP code have been
>>> merged, with mainly the large decoders being left.
>>> >>>>>> There was an effort to improve the correctness of timestamps and
>>> frame durations of each packet, increasing the accurracy of variable frame
>>> rate video.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Next major release will be version 7.0, scheduled to be released
>>> in February. We will attempt to better stick to the new release schedule we
>>> announced at the start of this year.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> We strongly recommend users, distributors, and system integrators
>>> to upgrade unless they use current git master.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> =====
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> on last line here .. yeah, "we break API, deal with it" in small
>>> invisible text ...... Well, actually THIS TIME it was not broken  too
>>> badly, but with upcoming 7.x ...... who knows! Previous history tells me it
>>> more likely than not.
>>>
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