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Never assume the API of libav* to be stable unless at least 1 month has passed
since the last major version increase or the API was added.
libavcodec:    2014-08-09
libavdevice:   2014-08-09
libavfilter:   2014-08-09
libavformat:   2014-08-09
libavresample: 2014-08-09
libpostproc:   2014-08-09
libswresample: 2014-08-09
libswscale:    2014-08-09
libavutil:     2014-08-09
2015-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavc 56.33.0 - avcodec.h
  Add AV_PKT_DATA_QUALITY_FACTOR to export the quality value of an AVPacket.

2015-07-16 - xxxxxxxx - lavc 56.49.100
  Add av_codec_get_codec_properties(), FF_CODEC_PROPERTY_LOSSLESS
  and FF_CODEC_PROPERTY_CLOSED_CAPTIONS

2015-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 56.15.0
-------- 8< --------- FFmpeg 2.7 was cut here -------- 8< ---------

2015-06-04 - cc17b43 - lswr  1.2.100
  Add swr_get_out_samples()

2015-05-27 - c312bfa - lavu 54.26.100 - cpu.h
  Add AV_CPU_FLAG_AVXSLOW.

2015-05-26 - 1fb9b2a - lavu 54.25.100 - rational.h
  Add av_q2intfloat().

2015-05-13 - cc48409 / e7c5e17 - lavc 56.39.100 / 56.23.0
  Add av_vda_default_init2.

2015-05-11 - 541d75f - lavf 56.33.100 - avformat.h
  Add AVOpenCallback AVFormatContext.open_cb

2015-05-07 - a7dd933 - 56.38.100 - avcodec.h
  Add av_packet_side_data_name().

2015-05-07 - 01e59d4 - 56.37.102 - avcodec.h
  Add FF_PROFILE_VP9_2 and FF_PROFILE_VP9_3.

2015-05-04 - 079b7f6 - 56.37.100 - avcodec.h
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  Add FF_PROFILE_VP9_0 and FF_PROFILE_VP9_1.

2015-04-22 - 748d481 - lavf 56.31.100 - avformat.h
  Add AVFMT_FLAG_FAST_SEEK flag. Some formats (initially mp3) use it to enable
  fast, but inaccurate seeking.

2015-04-20 - 8e8219e / c253340 - lavu 54.23.100 / 54.12.0 - log.h
  Add AV_LOG_TRACE for extremely verbose debugging.

2015-04-02 - 26e0e393 - lavf 56.29.100 - avio.h
  Add AVIODirEntryType.AVIO_ENTRY_SERVER.
  Add AVIODirEntryType.AVIO_ENTRY_SHARE.
  Add AVIODirEntryType.AVIO_ENTRY_WORKGROUP.

2015-03-31 - 3188696 - lavu 54.22.100 - avstring.h
  Add av_append_path_component()

2015-03-27 - 184084c - lavf 56.27.100 - avio.h url.h
  New directory listing API.

  Add AVIODirEntryType enum.
  Add AVIODirEntry, AVIODirContext structures.
  Add avio_open_dir(), avio_read_dir(), avio_close_dir(), avio_free_directory_entry().
  Add ff_alloc_dir_entry().
  Extend URLProtocol with url_open_dir(), url_read_dir(), url_close_dir().

2015-03-29 - 268ff17 / c484561 - lavu 54.21.100 / 54.10.0 - pixfmt.h
  Add AV_PIX_FMT_MMAL for MMAL hardware acceleration.

2015-03-19 - 11fe56c - 56.29.100 / lavc 56.22.0
  Add FF_PROFILE_DTS_EXPRESS.

-------- 8< --------- FFmpeg 2.6 was cut here -------- 8< ---------

2015-03-04 - cca4476 - lavf 56.25.100
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  Add avformat_flush()

2015-03-03 - 81a9126 - lavf 56.24.100
  Add avio_put_str16be()

2015-02-19 - 560eb71 / 31d2039 - lavc 56.23.100 / 56.13.0
  Add width, height, coded_width, coded_height and format to
  AVCodecParserContext.

2015-02-19 - e375511 / 5b1d9ce - lavu 54.19.100 / 54.9.0
  Add AV_PIX_FMT_QSV for QSV hardware acceleration.

2015-02-14 - ba22295 - lavc 56.21.102
  Deprecate VIMA decoder.

2015-01-27 - 62a82c6 / 728685f - lavc 56.21.100 / 56.12.0, lavu 54.18.100 / 54.8.0 - avcodec.h, frame.h
  Add AV_PKT_DATA_AUDIO_SERVICE_TYPE and AV_FRAME_DATA_AUDIO_SERVICE_TYPE for
  storing the audio service type as side data.

2015-01-16 - a47c933 - lavf 56.19.100 - avformat.h
  Add data_codec and data_codec_id for storing codec of data stream

2015-01-11 - 007c33d - lavd 56.4.100 - avdevice.h
  Add avdevice_list_input_sources().
  Add avdevice_list_output_sinks().

2014-12-25 - d7aaeea / c220a60 - lavc 56.19.100 / 56.10.0 - vdpau.h
  Add av_vdpau_get_surface_parameters().

2014-12-25 - ddb9a24 / 6c99c92 - lavc 56.18.100 / 56.9.0 - avcodec.h
  Add AV_HWACCEL_FLAG_ALLOW_HIGH_DEPTH flag to av_vdpau_bind_context().

2014-12-25 - d16079a / 57b6704 - lavc 56.17.100 / 56.8.0 - avcodec.h
  Add AVCodecContext.sw_pix_fmt.

2014-12-04 - 6e9ac02 - lavc 56.14.100 - dv_profile.h
-------- 8< --------- FFmpeg 2.5 was cut here -------- 8< ---------

2014-11-21 - ab922f9 - lavu 54.15.100 - dict.h
   Add av_dict_get_string().

2014-11-18 - a54a51c - lavu 54.14.100 - float_dsp.h
  Add avpriv_float_dsp_alloc().

2014-11-16 - 6690d4c3 - lavf 56.13.100 - avformat.h
  Add AVStream.recommended_encoder_configuration with accessors.

2014-11-16 - bee5844d - lavu 54.13.100 - opt.h
  Add av_opt_serialize().

2014-11-16 - eec69332 - lavu 54.12.100 - opt.h
  Add av_opt_is_set_to_default().

2014-11-06 - 44fa267 / 5e80fb7 - lavc 56.11.100 / 56.6.0 - vorbis_parser.h
  Add a public API for parsing vorbis packets.

2014-10-15 - 17085a0 / 7ea1b34 - lavc 56.7.100 / 56.5.0 - avcodec.h
  Replace AVCodecContext.time_base used for decoding
  with AVCodecContext.framerate.

2014-10-15 - 51c810e / d565fef1 - lavc 56.6.100 / 56.4.0 - avcodec.h
  Add AV_HWACCEL_FLAG_IGNORE_LEVEL flag to av_vdpau_bind_context().

2014-10-13 - da21895 / 2df0c32e - lavc 56.5.100 / 56.3.0 - avcodec.h
  Add AVCodecContext.initial_padding. Deprecate the use of AVCodecContext.delay
  for audio encoding.

2014-10-08 - bb44f7d / 5a419b2 - lavu 54.10.100 / 54.4.0 - pixdesc.h
  Add API to return the name of frame and context color properties.

2014-10-06 - a61899a / e3e158e - lavc 56.3.100 / 56.2.0 - vdpau.h
  Add av_vdpau_bind_context(). This function should now be used for creating
  (or resetting) a AVVDPAUContext instead of av_vdpau_alloc_context().

2014-10-02 - cdd6f05 - lavc 56.2.100 - avcodec.h
2014-10-02 - cdd6f05 - lavu 54.9.100 - frame.h
  Add AV_FRAME_DATA_SKIP_SAMPLES. Add lavc CODEC_FLAG2_SKIP_MANUAL and
  AVOption "skip_manual", which makes lavc export skip information via
  AV_FRAME_DATA_SKIP_SAMPLES AVFrame side data, instead of skipping and
  discarding samples automatically.

2014-10-02 - 0d92b0d - lavu 54.8.100 - avstring.h
2014-09-24 - ac68295 - libpostproc 53.1.100
  Add visualization support
2014-09-19 - 6edd6a4 - lavc 56.1.101 - dv_profile.h
  deprecate avpriv_dv_frame_profile2(), which was made public by accident.


-------- 8< --------- FFmpeg 2.4 was cut here -------- 8< ---------

2014-08-25 - 215db29 / b263f8f - lavf 56.3.100 / 56.3.0 - avformat.h
  Add AVFormatContext.max_ts_probe.

2014-08-28 - f30a815 / 9301486 - lavc 56.1.100 / 56.1.0 - avcodec.h
  Add AV_PKT_DATA_STEREO3D to export container-level stereo3d information.

2014-08-23 - 8fc9bd0 - lavu 54.7.100 - dict.h
  AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_KEY and AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_VAL arguments are now
  freed even on error. This is consistent with the behaviour all users
  of it we could find expect.

2014-08-21 - 980a5b0 - lavu 54.6.100 - frame.h motion_vector.h
  Add AV_FRAME_DATA_MOTION_VECTORS side data and AVMotionVector structure

2014-08-16 - b7d5e01 - lswr 1.1.100 - swresample.h
  Add AVFrame based API

2014-08-16 - c2829dc - lavu 54.4.100 - dict.h
  Add av_dict_set_int helper function.
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