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Libav Linux & Open-Source News

Google Releases libaom 3.7 AV1 Encoder With More Optimizations   Multimedia   2023-09-01
libavif 1.0 Released With Stable ABI, Experimental AV2 Support   Free Software   2023-08-28
OpenCV 4.8 Released With TensorFlow Lite Model Support, AVIF Image Handling   Programming   2023-06-29
Experimental AV2 Support Added To AVIF Image Encoder   Free Software   2023-05-05
Clear Linux Container Performance Continues Showing Sizable Gains   Clear Linux   2022-01-30
FFmpeg 5.0 Aims To Be An LTS Release   Multimedia   2022-01-17
Vulkan Ray-Tracing Along With Other New/Updated Benchmarks For February   Phoronix Test Suite   2021-02-28
KDE Sees New Features, Bug Fixes Ahead Of Christmas   KDE   2020-12-19
Linux's Stateless H.264 Decode Interface Ready To Be Deemed Stable   Multimedia   2020-11-17
NihAV Is An Experimental Multimedia Framework Written In Rust   Multimedia   2020-08-09
HandBrake 1.2 Released: Switches Over To FFmpeg, Early Support For GTK4   Free Software   2018-12-19
Raspberry Pi's Raspbian OS Updated With New Kernel, Startup Wizard Improvements   Raspberry Pi   2018-10-11
FFmpeg Received Support For Performing More Operations In OpenCL   Multimedia   2018-08-29
OpenShot 2.4.2 Released For Many Improvements To This Open-Source Linux Video Editor   Multimedia   2018-06-30
FFmpeg Lands NVDEC-Accelerated H.264 Decoding   Multimedia   2017-11-11
AC3 Codec Coming For Fedora 26   Fedora   2017-03-22
Libav Now Supports VA-API VP8 & MPEG2 Encode, Other Improvements   Multimedia   2017-01-31
GStreamer 1.11.1 Released   Multimedia   2017-01-12
Libav Now Supports VA-API HEVC Accelerated Decoding   Intel   2016-12-19
GStreamer Components See Their First 1.9 Unstable Release   GNOME   2016-07-06
Libav Gets An OpenH264 Decoder Wrapper   Multimedia   2016-06-28
Libav Adds H.264 & MPEG4 Encoders Using OpenMAX IL   Multimedia   2016-04-13
Libav's libavcodec Adds New VA-API Encoders   Multimedia   2016-03-30
Libav Finally Lands VDPAU Support For Accelerated HEVC Decoding   Multimedia   2016-02-13
Firefox Enables FFmpeg Support By Default   Mozilla   2015-11-15
Libav Lands Kvazaar HEVC/H.265 Encoder   Multimedia   2015-10-23
FFmpeg Adds VA-API HEVC/H.265 Hardware Acceleration Support   Intel   2015-08-27
GStreamer 1.6 Is Chugging Along, Nearing Release   GNOME   2015-08-24
FFmpeg's Leader Resigns, Hopes To Make Libav Developers Come Back   Multimedia   2015-07-31
Libav & FFmpeg Add New Libmfx-based Decoders For H.265 + MPEG2   Intel   2015-07-26
FFmpeg Is Returning To Debian   Debian   2015-07-08
Libav Adds H.264 & HEVC Encoders For NVIDIA's NVENC   NVIDIA   2015-05-31
Allwinner Continues Jerking Around The Open-Source Community   Hardware   2015-03-25
FFmpeg Enables H.265 Encoding For New NVIDIA GPUs   Multimedia   2015-03-25
Allwinner Caught Obfuscating Their Improperly Licensed Code   Hardware   2015-03-19
Wine-Staging 1.7.38 Adds Job Object Support, Improved DXVA2   WINE   2015-03-08
Libav Adds OpenH264 Encoder Support: Good Performance, BSD Licensed   Multimedia   2015-01-07
FFmpeg Is Returning To Ubuntu With 15.04 Release   Multimedia   2014-11-20
The FFmpeg vs. Libav War Continues In Debian Land   Multimedia   2014-07-29
LZO & LZ4 Security Vulnerabilities Disclosed   Linux Security   2014-06-28
Libav Merges Its Native Opus Decoder   Multimedia   2014-05-15
Xine-lib 1.2.5 Supports Libav 10, New Plug-Ins   Multimedia   2014-04-08
Libav 10 Adds HEVC Support, WebP / JPEG 2000 / VP9 Decoders   Multimedia   2014-03-24
FFmpeg May Be On Its Way To Returning To Debian   Debian   2014-02-26
FFmpeg & Libav Add H.265 Encoder Via x265   Multimedia   2014-02-12
Libav Picks Up A WebP Decoder   Free Software   2013-09-18
Gnash Flash Player Still Advancing, But No New Release   GNU   2013-07-30
Features Coming For The VLC 2.1 Media Player   Free Software   2013-07-16
FFmpeg 2.0 Released With OpenCL, Many Changes   Multimedia   2013-07-10
New Features Coming For Debian 7.0 "Wheezy"   Debian   2013-02-19
FFmpeg Reaches Version 1.0   Multimedia   2012-09-28
GStreamer 1.0.0 Is Due Next Weekend, Final Pre-Release   GNOME   2012-09-19
MPlayer 1.1 Magically Surfaces With New Features   Multimedia   2012-06-06
FFmpeg 0.11 Has Blu-Ray Protocol, New Encoders   Multimedia   2012-05-26
Google Code-In 2011 Accomplishments   Google   2012-01-30
MPlayer2 Is Still Being Actively Developed   Free Software   2012-01-22
The VP8 State Tracker That Was Born This Summer   Mesa   2011-08-28
LinuxTag 2011: More Wayland, Ubuntu Pickles   Phoronix   2011-05-16
Exciting GSoC Projects For 2011   Google   2011-04-25
Legal Threats Against MPlayer, Server To Disappear   Multimedia   2011-04-08
FFmpeg Becomes Multi-Threaded Happy   Multimedia   2011-03-23
A Group Of FFmpeg Developers Just Forked As Libav   Multimedia   2011-03-14
MPlayer Is Getting Closer To Version 1.0 Too   Multimedia   2011-01-29