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 2009-04-30 - r18719 - lavc 52.28.0 - av_free_packet
16 av_free_packet() is no longer an inline function. It is now exported.
18 2009-04-11 - r18431 - lavc 52.25.0 - deprecate av_destruct_packet_nofree
19 Please use NULL instead. This has been supported since r16506
20 (lavf > 52.23.1, lavc > 52.10.0).
22 2009-04-07 - r18351 - lavc 52.23.0 - avcodec_decode_video/audio/subtitle
23 The old decoding functions are deprecated, all new code should use the
24 new functions avcodec_decode_video2(), avcodec_decode_audio3() and
25 avcodec_decode_subtitle2(). These new functions take an AVPacket *pkt
26 argument instead of a const uint8_t *buf / int buf_size pair.
28 2009-04-03 - r18321 - lavu 50.3.0 - av_fifo_space
29 Introduce the av_fifo_space() function.
31 2009-04-02 - r18317 - lavc 52.23.0 - AVPacket
32 Move AVPacket declaration from libavformat/avformat.h to
35 2009-03-22 - r18163 - lavu 50.2.0 - RGB32 pixel formats
36 Make the pixel formats: PIX_FMT_ARGB, PIX_FMT_RGBA, PIX_FMT_ABGR,
37 PIX_FMT_BGRA, which were defined as macros, defined as enum
38 PixelFormat values, and viceversa make PIX_FMT_RGB32,
39 PIX_FMT_RGB32_1, PIX_FMT_BGR32, PIX_FMT_BGR32_1 defined as macros.
40 Also make avcodec_get_pix_fmt() recognize the "rgb32" and "bgr32"
42 Re-sort the enum PixelFormat list accordingly.
43 This change breaks API/ABI backward compatibility.
45 2009-03-22 - r18133 - lavu 50.1.0 - PIX_FMT_RGB5X5 endian variants
46 Add the enum PixelFormat values:
47 PIX_FMT_RGB565BE, PIX_FMT_RGB565LE, PIX_FMT_RGB555BE, PIX_FMT_RGB555LE,
48 PIX_FMT_BGR565BE, PIX_FMT_BGR565LE, PIX_FMT_BGR555BE, PIX_FMT_BGR555LE.
50 2009-03-21 - r18116 - lavu 50.0.0 - av_random*
51 The Mersenne Twister PRNG implemented through the av_random* functions
52 was removed. Use the lagged Fibonacci PRNG through the av_lfg* functions
55 2009-03-08 - r17869 - lavu 50.0.0 - AVFifoBuffer
56 av_fifo_init, av_fifo_read, av_fifo_write and av_fifo_realloc were dropped
57 and replaced by av_fifo_alloc, av_fifo_generic_read, av_fifo_generic_write
59 In addition, the order of the function arguments of av_fifo_generic_read
60 were changed to match av_fifo_generic_write.
61 The AVFifoBuffer/struct AVFifoBuffer may only be used in an opaque way by
62 applications, they may not use sizeof() or directly access members.
64 2009-03-01 - r17682 - lavf 52.31.0 - Generic metadata API
65 Introduce a new metadata API (see av_metadata_get() and friends).
66 The old API is now deprecated and should not be used anymore. This especially
67 includes the following structure fields:
68 - AVFormatContext.title
69 - AVFormatContext.author
70 - AVFormatContext.copyright
71 - AVFormatContext.comment
72 - AVFormatContext.album
73 - AVFormatContext.year
74 - AVFormatContext.track
75 - AVFormatContext.genre
78 - AVProgram.provider_name