1 Never assume the API of libav* to be stable unless at least 1 week has passed since
2 the last major version increase.
3 The last version increases were:
13 API changes, most recent first:
15 2009-06-03 - r19078 - lavc 52.30.2 - AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY
16 PKT_FLAG_KEY has been deprecated and will be dropped for the next
17 major version. Use AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY instead.
19 2009-06-01 - r19025 - lavc 52.30.0 - av_lockmgr_register()
20 av_lockmgr_register() can be used to register a callback function
21 that lavc (and in the future, libraries that depend on lavc) can use
22 to implement mutexes. The application should provide a callback function
23 the implements the AV_LOCK_* operations described in avcodec.h.
24 When the lock manager is registered FFmpeg is guaranteed to behave
25 correct also in a multi-threaded application.
27 2009-04-30 - r18719 - lavc 52.28.0 - av_free_packet
28 av_free_packet() is no longer an inline function. It is now exported.
30 2009-04-11 - r18431 - lavc 52.25.0 - deprecate av_destruct_packet_nofree
31 Please use NULL instead. This has been supported since r16506
32 (lavf > 52.23.1, lavc > 52.10.0).
34 2009-04-07 - r18351 - lavc 52.23.0 - avcodec_decode_video/audio/subtitle
35 The old decoding functions are deprecated, all new code should use the
36 new functions avcodec_decode_video2(), avcodec_decode_audio3() and
37 avcodec_decode_subtitle2(). These new functions take an AVPacket *pkt
38 argument instead of a const uint8_t *buf / int buf_size pair.
40 2009-04-03 - r18321 - lavu 50.3.0 - av_fifo_space
41 Introduce the av_fifo_space() function.
43 2009-04-02 - r18317 - lavc 52.23.0 - AVPacket
44 Move AVPacket declaration from libavformat/avformat.h to
47 2009-03-22 - r18163 - lavu 50.2.0 - RGB32 pixel formats
48 Make the pixel formats: PIX_FMT_ARGB, PIX_FMT_RGBA, PIX_FMT_ABGR,
49 PIX_FMT_BGRA, which were defined as macros, defined as enum
50 PixelFormat values, and viceversa make PIX_FMT_RGB32,
51 PIX_FMT_RGB32_1, PIX_FMT_BGR32, PIX_FMT_BGR32_1 defined as macros.
52 Also make avcodec_get_pix_fmt() recognize the "rgb32" and "bgr32"
54 Re-sort the enum PixelFormat list accordingly.
55 This change breaks API/ABI backward compatibility.
57 2009-03-22 - r18133 - lavu 50.1.0 - PIX_FMT_RGB5X5 endian variants
58 Add the enum PixelFormat values:
59 PIX_FMT_RGB565BE, PIX_FMT_RGB565LE, PIX_FMT_RGB555BE, PIX_FMT_RGB555LE,
60 PIX_FMT_BGR565BE, PIX_FMT_BGR565LE, PIX_FMT_BGR555BE, PIX_FMT_BGR555LE.
62 2009-03-21 - r18116 - lavu 50.0.0 - av_random*
63 The Mersenne Twister PRNG implemented through the av_random* functions
64 was removed. Use the lagged Fibonacci PRNG through the av_lfg* functions
67 2009-03-08 - r17869 - lavu 50.0.0 - AVFifoBuffer
68 av_fifo_init, av_fifo_read, av_fifo_write and av_fifo_realloc were dropped
69 and replaced by av_fifo_alloc, av_fifo_generic_read, av_fifo_generic_write
71 In addition, the order of the function arguments of av_fifo_generic_read
72 were changed to match av_fifo_generic_write.
73 The AVFifoBuffer/struct AVFifoBuffer may only be used in an opaque way by
74 applications, they may not use sizeof() or directly access members.
76 2009-03-01 - r17682 - lavf 52.31.0 - Generic metadata API
77 Introduce a new metadata API (see av_metadata_get() and friends).
78 The old API is now deprecated and should not be used anymore. This especially
79 includes the following structure fields:
80 - AVFormatContext.title
81 - AVFormatContext.author
82 - AVFormatContext.copyright
83 - AVFormatContext.comment
84 - AVFormatContext.album
85 - AVFormatContext.year
86 - AVFormatContext.track
87 - AVFormatContext.genre
90 - AVProgram.provider_name