ffmpeg 0.61API change

Never assume the API of libav* to be stable unless at least 1 week has passed since

the last major version increase.

The last version increases were:

libavcodec:  ?

libavdevice: ?

libavfilter: 2009-10-18

libavformat: ?

libpostproc: ?

libswscale:  ?

libavutil:   2009-03-08

 

 

API changes, most recent first:

 

2010-06-01 - r31301 - lsws 0.11.0 - convertPalette API

  Add sws_convertPalette8ToPacked32 and sws_convertPalette8ToPacked24

 

2010-05-26 - r23334 - lavc 52.72.0 - CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL

  Add CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL flag.

 

2010-05-18 - r23161 - lavf 52.63.0 - AVFMT_FLAG_RTP_HINT

  Add AVFMT_FLAG_RTP_HINT as possible value for AVFormatContext.flags

 

2010-05-01 - r23002 - lavf 52.62.0 - probe function

  Add av_probe_input_format2 to API, it allows ignoring probe

  results below given score and returns the actual probe score.

 

2010-04-01 - r22806 - lavf 52.61.0 - metadata API

  Add a flag for av_metadata_set2() to disable overwriting of

  existing tags.

 

2010-04-01 - r22753 - lavc 52.66.0

  Add avcodec_get_edge_width()

 

2010-03-31 - r22750 - lavc 52.65.0

  Add avcodec_copy_context().

 

2010-03-31 - r22748 - lavf 52.60.0 - av_match_ext()

  Make av_match_ext() public.

 

2010-03-31 - r22736 - lavu 50.14.0 - AVMediaType

  Move AVMediaType enum from libavcodec to libavutil.

 

2010-03-31 - r22735 - lavc 52.64.0 - AVMediaType

  Define AVMediaType enum, and use it instead of enum CodecType, which

  is deprecated and will be dropped at the next major bump.

 

2010-03-25 - r22684 - lavu 50.13.0 - av_strerror()

  Implement av_strerror().

 

2010-03-23 - r22649 - lavc 52.60.0 - av_dct_init()

  Support DCT-I and DST-I

 

2010-03-15 - r22540 - lavf 52.56.0 - AVFormatContext.start_time_realtime

  Add AVFormatContext.start_time_realtime field.

 

2010-03-13 - r22506 - lavfi 1.18.0 - AVFilterPicRef.pos

  Add AVFilterPicRef.pos field.

 

2010-03-13 - r22501 - lavu 50.12.0 - error.h

  Move error code definitions from libavcodec/avcodec.h to

  the new public header libavutil/error.h.

 

2010-03-07 - r22291 - lavc 52.56.0 - avfft.h

  Add public FFT interface.

 

2010-03-06 - r22251 - lavu 50.11.0 - av_stristr()

  Add av_stristr().

 

2010-03-03 - r22174 - lavu 50.10.0 - av_tree_enumerate()

  Add av_tree_enumerate().

 

2010-02-07 - r21673 - lavu 50.9.0 - av_compare_ts()

  Add av_compare_ts().

 

2010-02-05 - r30513 - lsws 0.10.0 - sws_getCoefficients()

  Add sws_getCoefficients().

 

2010-02-01 - r21587 - lavf 52.50.0 - metadata API

  Add a list of generic tag names, change 'author' -> 'artist',

  'year' -> 'date'.

 

2010-01-30 - r21545 - lavu 50.8.0 - av_get_pix_fmt()

  Add av_get_pix_fmt().

 

2010-01-21 - r30381 - lsws 0.9.0 - sws_scale

  Change constness attributes of sws_scale() parameters.

 

2010-01-10 - r21121 - lavfi 1.15.0 - avfilter_graph_config_links()

  Add a log_ctx parameter to avfilter_graph_config_links().

 

2010-01-07 - r30236 - lsws 0.8.0 - sws_isSupported{In,Out}put

  Add sws_isSupportedInput() and sws_isSupportedOutput() functions.

 

2010-01-06 - r21035 - lavfi 1.14.0 - avfilter_add_colorspace()

  Change the avfilter_add_colorspace() signature, make it accept an

  (AVFilterFormats **) rather than an (AVFilterFormats *) as before.

 

2010-01-03 - r21007 - lavfi 1.13.0 - avfilter_add_colorspace()

  Add avfilter_add_colorspace().

 

2010-01-02 - r20998 - lavf 52.46.0 - av_match_ext()

  Add av_match_ext(), it should be used in place of match_ext().

 

2010-01-01 - r20991 - lavf 52.45.0 - av_guess_format()

  Add av_guess_format(), it should be used in place of guess_format().

 

2009-12-13 - r20834 - lavf 52.43.0 - metadata API

  Add av_metadata_set2(), AV_METADATA_DONT_STRDUP_KEY and AV_METADATA_DONT_STRDUP_VAL.

 

2009-12-13 - r20829 - lavu 50.7.0 - avstring.h API

  Add av_d2str().

 

2009-12-13 - r20826 - lavc 52.42.0 - AVStream

  Add avg_frame_rate.

 

2009-12-12 - r20808 - lavu 50.6.0 - av_bmg_next()

  Introduce the av_bmg_next() function.

 

2009-12-05 - r20734 - lavfi 1.12.0 - avfilter_draw_slice()

  Add a slice_dir parameter to avfilter_draw_slice().

 

2009-11-26 - r20611 - lavfi 1.11.0 - AVFilter

  Remove the next field from AVFilter, this is not anymore required.

 

2009-11-25 - r20607 - lavfi 1.10.0 - avfilter_next()

  Introduce the avfilter_next() function.

 

2009-11-25 - r20605 - lavfi 1.9.0 - avfilter_register()

  Change the signature of avfilter_register() to make it return an

  int. This is required since now the registration operation may fail.

 

2009-11-25 - r20603 - lavu 50.5.0 - pixdesc.h API

  Make the pixdesc.h API public.

 

2009-10-27 - r20385 - lavfi 1.5.0 - AVFilter.next

  Add a next field to AVFilter, this is used for simplifying the

  registration and management of the registered filters.

 

2009-10-23 - r20356 - lavfi 1.4.1 - AVFilter.description

  Add a description field to AVFilter.

 

2009-10-19 - r20302 - lavfi 1.3.0 - avfilter_make_format_list()

  Change the interface of avfilter_make_format_list() from

  avfilter_make_format_list(int n, ...) to

  avfilter_make_format_list(enum PixelFormat *pix_fmts).

 

2009-10-18 - r20272 - lavfi 1.0.0 - avfilter_get_video_buffer()

  Make avfilter_get_video_buffer() recursive and add the w and h

  parameters to it.

 

2009-10-07 - r20189 - lavfi 0.5.1 - AVFilterPic

  Add w and h fields to AVFilterPic.

 

2009-06-22 - r19250 - lavf 52.34.1 - AVFormatContext.packet_size

  This is now an unsigned int instead of a signed int.

 

2009-06-19 - r19222 - lavc 52.32.0 - AVSubtitle.pts

  Add a pts field to AVSubtitle which gives the subtitle packet pts

  in AV_TIME_BASE. Some subtitle de-/encoders (e.g. XSUB) will

  not work right without this.

 

2009-06-03 - r19078 - lavc 52.30.2 - AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY

  PKT_FLAG_KEY has been deprecated and will be dropped at the next

  major version. Use AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY instead.

 

2009-06-01 - r19025 - lavc 52.30.0 - av_lockmgr_register()

  av_lockmgr_register() can be used to register a callback function

  that lavc (and in the future, libraries that depend on lavc) can use

  to implement mutexes. The application should provide a callback function

  that implements the AV_LOCK_* operations described in avcodec.h.

  When the lock manager is registered, FFmpeg is guaranteed to behave

  correctly in a multi-threaded application.

 

2009-04-30 - r18719 - lavc 52.28.0 - av_free_packet

  av_free_packet() is no longer an inline function. It is now exported.

 

2009-04-11 - r18431 - lavc 52.25.0 - deprecate av_destruct_packet_nofree

  Please use NULL instead. This has been supported since r16506

  (lavf > 52.23.1, lavc > 52.10.0).

 

2009-04-07 - r18351 - lavc 52.23.0 - avcodec_decode_video/audio/subtitle

  The old decoding functions are deprecated, all new code should use the

  new functions avcodec_decode_video2(), avcodec_decode_audio3() and

  avcodec_decode_subtitle2(). These new functions take an AVPacket *pkt

  argument instead of a const uint8_t *buf / int buf_size pair.

 

2009-04-03 - r18321 - lavu 50.3.0 - av_fifo_space

  Introduce the av_fifo_space() function.

 

2009-04-02 - r18317 - lavc 52.23.0 - AVPacket

  Move AVPacket declaration from libavformat/avformat.h to

  libavcodec/avcodec.h.

 

2009-03-22 - r18163 - lavu 50.2.0 - RGB32 pixel formats

  Convert the pixel formats PIX_FMT_ARGB, PIX_FMT_RGBA, PIX_FMT_ABGR,

  PIX_FMT_BGRA, which were defined as macros, into enum PixelFormat values.

  Conversely PIX_FMT_RGB32, PIX_FMT_RGB32_1, PIX_FMT_BGR32 and

  PIX_FMT_BGR32_1 are now macros.

  avcodec_get_pix_fmt() now recognizes the "rgb32" and "bgr32" aliases.

  Re-sort the enum PixelFormat list accordingly.

  This change breaks API/ABI backward compatibility.

 

2009-03-22 - r18133 - lavu 50.1.0 - PIX_FMT_RGB5X5 endian variants

  Add the enum PixelFormat values:

  PIX_FMT_RGB565BE, PIX_FMT_RGB565LE, PIX_FMT_RGB555BE, PIX_FMT_RGB555LE,

  PIX_FMT_BGR565BE, PIX_FMT_BGR565LE, PIX_FMT_BGR555BE, PIX_FMT_BGR555LE.

 

2009-03-21 - r18116 - lavu 50.0.0  - av_random*

  The Mersenne Twister PRNG implemented through the av_random* functions

  was removed. Use the lagged Fibonacci PRNG through the av_lfg* functions

  instead.

 

2009-03-08 - r17869 - lavu 50.0.0  - AVFifoBuffer

  av_fifo_init, av_fifo_read, av_fifo_write and av_fifo_realloc were dropped

  and replaced by av_fifo_alloc, av_fifo_generic_read, av_fifo_generic_write

  and av_fifo_realloc2.

  In addition, the order of the function arguments of av_fifo_generic_read

  was changed to match av_fifo_generic_write.

  The AVFifoBuffer/struct AVFifoBuffer may only be used in an opaque way by

  applications, they may not use sizeof() or directly access members.

 

2009-03-01 - r17682 - lavf 52.31.0 - Generic metadata API

  Introduce a new metadata API (see av_metadata_get() and friends).

  The old API is now deprecated and should not be used anymore. This especially

  includes the following structure fields:

    - AVFormatContext.title

    - AVFormatContext.author

    - AVFormatContext.copyright

    - AVFormatContext.comment

    - AVFormatContext.album

    - AVFormatContext.year

    - AVFormatContext.track

    - AVFormatContext.genre

    - AVStream.language

    - AVStream.filename

    - AVProgram.provider_name

    - AVProgram.name

    - AVChapter.title