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 2009-04-11 - r18431 - lavc 52.25.0 - deprecate av_destruct_packet_nofree
16 Please use NULL instead. This has been supported since r16506
17 (lavf > 52.23.1, lavc > 52.10.0).
19 2009-04-07 - r18351 - lavc 52.23.0 - avcodec_decode_video/audio/subtitle
20 The old decoding functions are deprecated, all new code should use the
21 new functions avcodec_decode_video2(), avcodec_decode_audio3() and
22 avcodec_decode_subtitle2(). These new functions take an AVPacket *pkt
23 argument instead of a const uint8_t *buf / int buf_size pair.
25 2009-04-03 - r18321 - lavu 50.3.0 - av_fifo_space
26 Introduce the av_fifo_space() function.
28 2009-04-02 - r18317 - lavc 52.23.0 - AVPacket
29 Move AVPacket declaration from libavformat/avformat.h to
32 2009-03-22 - r18163 - lavu 50.2.0 - RGB32 pixel formats
33 Make the pixel formats: PIX_FMT_ARGB, PIX_FMT_RGBA, PIX_FMT_ABGR,
34 PIX_FMT_BGRA, which were defined as macros, defined as enum
35 PixelFormat values, and viceversa make PIX_FMT_RGB32,
36 PIX_FMT_RGB32_1, PIX_FMT_BGR32, PIX_FMT_BGR32_1 defined as macros.
37 Also make avcodec_get_pix_fmt() recognize the "rgb32" and "bgr32"
39 Re-sort the enum PixelFormat list accordingly.
40 This change breaks API/ABI backward compatibility.
42 2009-03-22 - r18133 - lavu 50.1.0 - PIX_FMT_RGB5X5 endian variants
43 Add the enum PixelFormat values:
44 PIX_FMT_RGB565BE, PIX_FMT_RGB565LE, PIX_FMT_RGB555BE, PIX_FMT_RGB555LE,
45 PIX_FMT_BGR565BE, PIX_FMT_BGR565LE, PIX_FMT_BGR555BE, PIX_FMT_BGR555LE.
47 2009-03-21 - r18116 - lavu 50.0.0 - av_random*
48 The Mersenne Twister PRNG implemented through the av_random* functions
49 was removed. Use the lagged Fibonacci PRNG through the av_lfg* functions
52 2009-03-08 - r17869 - lavu 50.0.0 - AVFifoBuffer
53 av_fifo_init, av_fifo_read, av_fifo_write and av_fifo_realloc were dropped
54 and replaced by av_fifo_alloc, av_fifo_generic_read, av_fifo_generic_write
56 In addition, the order of the function arguments of av_fifo_generic_read
57 were changed to match av_fifo_generic_write.
58 The AVFifoBuffer/struct AVFifoBuffer may only be used in an opaque way by
59 applications, they may not use sizeof() or directly access members.
61 2009-03-01 - r17682 - lavf 52.31.0 - Generic metadata API
62 Introduce a new metadata API (see av_metadata_get() and friends).
63 The old API is now deprecated and should not be used anymore. This especially
64 includes the following structure fields:
65 - AVFormatContext.title
66 - AVFormatContext.author
67 - AVFormatContext.copyright
68 - AVFormatContext.comment
69 - AVFormatContext.album
70 - AVFormatContext.year
71 - AVFormatContext.track
72 - AVFormatContext.genre
75 - AVProgram.provider_name