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 ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ RELEASE NOTES for FFmpeg 2.5 "Bohr"    │
 └────────────────────────────────────────┘

   The FFmpeg Project proudly presents FFmpeg 2.5 "Bohr", 2.5 months after the
   release of 2.4.

   The most important new features are AVFoundation screen-grabbing support,
   animated WebP decoding support, and Animated PNG support. In addition, many
   exciting features for video streaming are also implemented, including MPEG-
   DASH fragmenting muxer, HEVC RTP payload muxer, and UDP Lite support.

   As usual, if you have any question on this release or any FFmpeg related
   topic, feel free to join us on the #ffmpeg IRC channel (on
   irc.freenode.net).

   ┌────────────────────────────┐
   │ 🔨  API Information         │
   └────────────────────────────┘

     FFmpeg 2.5 includes the following library versions:

       • libavutil      54.15.100
       • libavcodec     56.13.100
       • libavformat    56.15.102
       • libavdevice    56. 3.100
       • libavfilter     5. 2.103
       • libswscale      3. 1.101
       • libswresample   1. 1.100
       • libpostproc    53. 3.100

     Important API changes since 2.4:

       • avpriv_dv_frame_profile2() has been deprecated


     Please refer to the doc/APIchanges file for more information.

 ┌────────────────────────────┐
 │ ★  List of New Features    │
 └────────────────────────────┘

   ┌────────────────────────────┐
   │ ffprobe                    │
   └────────────────────────────┘

    • -show_pixel_formats option

   ┌────────────────────────────┐
   │ ffserver                   │
   └────────────────────────────┘

    • codec private options support

   ┌────────────────────────────┐
   │ libavcodec                 │
   └────────────────────────────┘

    • STL subtitle decoder
    • libutvideo YUV 4:2:2 10bit support
    • animated WebP decoding support
    • zygoaudio decoding support
    • APNG decoder

   ┌────────────────────────────┐
   │ libavdevice                │
   └────────────────────────────┘

    • XCB-based screen-grabber
    • AVFoundation screen capturing support

   ┌────────────────────────────┐
   │ libavformat                │
   └────────────────────────────┘

    • HEVC/H.265 RTP payload format (draft v6) packetizer
    • SUP/PGS subtitle demuxer
    • STL subtitle demuxer
    • UDP-Lite support (RFC 3828)
    • MPEG-DASH segmenting muxer, which allows creating DASH compatible
      fragmented MP4
    • WebP muxer
    • APNG demuxer

   ┌────────────────────────────┐
   │ libavfilter                │
   └────────────────────────────┘

    • xBR scaling filter

   ┌────────────────────────────┐
   │ libavutil                  │
   └────────────────────────────┘

    • CAST128 symmetric block cipher, ECB mode

   ┌────────────────────────────┐
   │ libpostproc                │
   └────────────────────────────┘

    • visualization support
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	1	┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
	2	│ RELEASE NOTES for FFmpeg 2.5 "Bohr" │
	3	└────────────────────────────────────────┘
	4
	5	The FFmpeg Project proudly presents FFmpeg 2.5 "Bohr", 2.5 months after the
	6	release of 2.4.
	7
	8	The most important new features are AVFoundation screen-grabbing support,
	9	animated WebP decoding support, and Animated PNG support. In addition, many
	10	exciting features for video streaming are also implemented, including MPEG-
	11	DASH fragmenting muxer, HEVC RTP payload muxer, and UDP Lite support.
	12
	13	As usual, if you have any question on this release or any FFmpeg related
	14	topic, feel free to join us on the #ffmpeg IRC channel (on
	15	irc.freenode.net).
	16
	17	┌────────────────────────────┐
	18	│ 🔨 API Information │
	19	└────────────────────────────┘
	20
	21	FFmpeg 2.5 includes the following library versions:
	22
	23	• libavutil 54.15.100
	24	• libavcodec 56.13.100
	25	• libavformat 56.15.102
	26	• libavdevice 56. 3.100
	27	• libavfilter 5. 2.103
	28	• libswscale 3. 1.101
	29	• libswresample 1. 1.100
	30	• libpostproc 53. 3.100
	31
	32	Important API changes since 2.4:
	33
	34	• avpriv_dv_frame_profile2() has been deprecated
	35
	36
	37	Please refer to the doc/APIchanges file for more information.
	38
	39	┌────────────────────────────┐
	40	│ ★ List of New Features │
	41	└────────────────────────────┘
	42
	43	┌────────────────────────────┐
	44	│ ffprobe │
	45	└────────────────────────────┘
	46
	47	• -show_pixel_formats option
	48
	49	┌────────────────────────────┐
	50	│ ffserver │
	51	└────────────────────────────┘
	52
	53	• codec private options support
	54
	55	┌────────────────────────────┐
	56	│ libavcodec │
	57	└────────────────────────────┘
	58
	59	• STL subtitle decoder
	60	• libutvideo YUV 4:2:2 10bit support
	61	• animated WebP decoding support
	62	• zygoaudio decoding support
	63	• APNG decoder
	64
	65	┌────────────────────────────┐
	66	│ libavdevice │
	67	└────────────────────────────┘
	68
	69	• XCB-based screen-grabber
	70	• AVFoundation screen capturing support
	71
	72	┌────────────────────────────┐
	73	│ libavformat │
	74	└────────────────────────────┘
	75
	76	• HEVC/H.265 RTP payload format (draft v6) packetizer
	77	• SUP/PGS subtitle demuxer
	78	• STL subtitle demuxer
	79	• UDP-Lite support (RFC 3828)
	80	• MPEG-DASH segmenting muxer, which allows creating DASH compatible
	81	fragmented MP4
	82	• WebP muxer
	83	• APNG demuxer
	84
	85	┌────────────────────────────┐
	86	│ libavfilter │
	87	└────────────────────────────┘
	88
	89	• xBR scaling filter
	90
	91	┌────────────────────────────┐
	92	│ libavutil │
	93	└────────────────────────────┘
	94
	95	• CAST128 symmetric block cipher, ECB mode
	96
	97	┌────────────────────────────┐
	98	│ libpostproc │
	99	└────────────────────────────┘
	100
	101	• visualization support