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| author | Andreas Cadhalpun <Andreas.Cadhalpun@googlemail.com> | 2014-09-14 02:08:08 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at> | 2014-09-14 03:09:35 +0200 |
| commit | 365b9cf6245e14e5d9380b0084dfc79a3fdb6871 (patch) | |
| tree | 8408a4da320ef30eb3e418635b402a7320a6f781 /RELEASE_NOTES | |
| parent | 2638af2fc5ec4b85d42ac381ed3f2fe7237e94e1 (diff) | |
| download | ffmpeg-365b9cf6245e14e5d9380b0084dfc79a3fdb6871.tar.gz | |
doc: mention important API changes in the RELEASE_NOTES
Signed-off-by: Andreas Cadhalpun <Andreas.Cadhalpun@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
Diffstat (limited to 'RELEASE_NOTES')
| -rw-r--r-- | RELEASE_NOTES | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES index d30b863ce5..a8b19c5c6c 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ The FFmpeg Project proudly presents FFmpeg 2.4 "Fresnel", ... - FFmpeg 2.4 is API-, but not ABI-compatible with the previous major release. - This means that the code using our libraries needs to be rebuilt, but no - source changes should be required. + FFmpeg 2.4 is mostly API-, but not ABI-compatible with the previous major release. + This means that the code using our libraries needs to be rebuilt, but only minimal + source changes should be required, as described in the section 'API Information'. ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ * API Information │ @@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ • libswresample 1.1.100 • libpostproc 53.0.100 + Important API changes since 2.3: + + • The new field mime_type was added to AVProbeData, which can + cause crashes, if it is not initialized. + • Some deprecated functions were removed. + • The avfilter_graph_parse function was made compatible with Libav. + Please refer to the doc/APIChanges file for more information. ┌────────────────────────────┐ @@ -54,9 +61,6 @@ │ ⚠ Behaviour changes │ └────────────────────────────┘ - • IMPORTANT: The new field mime_type was added to AVProbeData. - To avoid crashes, make sure to always initialize AVProbeData, e.g. use - 'AVProbeData pd = { 0 };' instead of 'AVProbeData pd;'. • dctdnoiz filter now uses a block size of 8x8 instead of 16x16 by default • -vismv option is deprecated in favor of the codecview filter • libmodplug is now detected through pkg-config |