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FFmpeg 8.0 Released With OpenAI Whisper Filter, Many Vulkan Video Improvements


w available! FFmpeg 8.0 is a magnificent update to this widely-used open-source multimedia library and with this new version is the introduction of an OpenAI Whisper filter for automatic speech recognition, many Vulkan Video improvements for greater GPU-accelerated video handling, and a number of CPU performance optimizations. FFmpeg 8.0 also now depends on NASM Rather than YASM, adds VVC VA-API decoding support, RealVideo 6.0 decoder, OpenMAX video encoders have been deprecated, VVC in Matroska container support, animated JPEG-XL encoding support using libjxl, APV video encoding and decoding, G.728 decoder support, HDR improvements, ProRes RAW decoding, AMD AMF decoding and FSR upscaling, and EXIF metadata parsing support.

FFmpeg 8.0 is a magnificent update to this widely-used open-source multimedia library and with this new version is the introduction of an OpenAI Whisper filter for automatic speech recognition, many Vulkan Video improvements for greater GPU-accelerated video handling, and a number of CPU performance optimizations. FFmpeg 8.0 also now depends on NASM Rather than YASM, adds VVC VA-API decoding support, RealVideo 6.0 decoder, OpenMAX video encoders have been deprecated, VVC in Matroska container support, animated JPEG-XL encoding support using libjxl, APV video encoding and decoding, G.728 decoder support, HDR improvements, ProRes RAW decoding, AMD AMF decoding and FSR upscaling, and EXIF metadata parsing support. FFmpeg 8.0 can be downloaded from FFmpeg Git.

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