| Release Notes |
| ============= |
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| * 0.5 "Bike Shed" March 3, 2009 |
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| General notes |
| ------------- |
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| It has been so long since the last release that this should be considered the |
| first FFmpeg release of recent times. Because of the way things have unfolded to |
| date, the notes for this version cannot be entirely conventional. |
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| See the Changelog file for a list of significant changes. |
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| Please note that our policy on bug reports has not changed. We still only accept |
| bug reports against HEAD of the FFmpeg trunk repository. If you are experiencing |
| any issues with any formally released version of FFmpeg, please try a current |
| version of the development code to check if the issue still exists. If it does, |
| make your report against the development code following the usual bug reporting |
| guidelines. |
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| API notes |
| --------- |
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| In the next release, it is intended to remove a number of deprecated APIs. We |
| decided to put out a release that includes said APIs for the benefit of third |
| party software. |
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| As such, this release: |
| - provides a sync point for said APIs |
| - increases awareness of API changes |
| - allows the next release to detail how to transition from the old to the new |
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| The deprecated APIs to be removed are: |
| - imgconvert (to be replaced by libswscale) |
| - vhook (to be replaced by libavfilter) |
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| If at all possible, do not use the deprecated APIs. All notes on API changes |
| should appear in doc/APIchanges. |
