FFmpeg 9.0

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Post by gyan » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 9:30 AM UTC

FFmpeg 9.0
github.com

Re: FFmpeg 9.0

#2

Post by gyan » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 9:30 AM UTC

Changelog:

- Extend AMF Color Converter (vf_vpp_amf) HDR capabilities

- LCEVC track muxing support in MP4 muxer

- Playdate video encoder and muxer

- Add v360_vulkan filter

- HE-AAC 960 decoding (DAB+)

- transpose_cuda filter

- Add AMF Frame Rate Converter (vf_frc_amf) filter

- SMPTE 2094-50 metadata support and passthrough

- ProRes RAW VideoToolbox hwaccel

- APV Vulkan hwaccel

- Animated WebP decoder

- Animated WebP demuxer

- Remove CELT decoding support (doesn't affect Opus CELT)

- Remove ogg/celt parsing

- Bitstream filter to split Dolby Vision multi-layer HEVC

- Add AMF hardware memory mapping support.

- ONNX Runtime DNN backend with GPU execution provider support

- Remove deprecated NVENC options and support for pre-11.1 SDK versions

Re: FFmpeg 9.0

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Post by harshreality » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 9:59 AM UTC

gyan wrote: post #2

Changelog: - Extend AMF Color Converter (vf_vpp_amf) HDR capabilities - LCEVC track muxing support in MP4 muxer - Playdate video encoder and muxer - Add v360_vulkan filter - HE-AAC 960 decoding (DAB+) - transpose_cuda filter - Add AMF Frame Rate Converter (vf_frc_amf) filter - SMPTE 2094-50 metadata support and passthrough - ProRes RAW VideoToolbox hwaccel - APV Vulkan hwaccel - Animated WebP decoder - Animated WebP…

> - Animated WebP decoder

Nice. browsers have supported this for a long time, and it was annoying ffmpeg did not, because that meant a lot of non-browser desktop apps couldn't view them either.

Re: FFmpeg 9.0

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Post by superkickstart » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 10:04 AM UTC

Sometimes the world carrying ancient god shift position in their on throne. These updates always feel like that.

Re: FFmpeg 9.0

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Post by embedding-shape » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC

gyan wrote: post #2

Changelog: - Extend AMF Color Converter (vf_vpp_amf) HDR capabilities - LCEVC track muxing support in MP4 muxer - Playdate video encoder and muxer - Add v360_vulkan filter - HE-AAC 960 decoding (DAB+) - transpose_cuda filter - Add AMF Frame Rate Converter (vf_frc_amf) filter - SMPTE 2094-50 metadata support and passthrough - ProRes RAW VideoToolbox hwaccel - APV Vulkan hwaccel - Animated WebP decoder - Animated WebP…

> - ONNX Runtime DNN backend with GPU execution provider support

Oh, wonder what fancy new things this will enable. Any examples in the wild already perhaps?

Re: FFmpeg 9.0

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Post by hparadiz » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC

Watching ffmpeg go from a niche tool for web back ends to what it is now has been incredible.

Re: FFmpeg 9.0

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Post by Lucasoato » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC

I feel we’re blessed to have a project like FFmpeg. This open source tool is so important for everyone.

Re: FFmpeg 9.0

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Post by richardstahl » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC

Lucasoato wrote: post #7

I feel we’re blessed to have a project like FFmpeg. This open source tool is so important for everyone.

I recommend watching the Lex Fridman interview with Jean-Baptiste Kempf and Kieran Kunhya. Amazing work on and amazing project.

Re: FFmpeg 9.0

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Post by sparkling » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 10:19 AM UTC

Not a Lex Friedman fan, but I highly recommend the recent podcast he did with two leading engineers (and founder) from the ffmpeg project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nepKKz-MzFM

In a world full of endless AI slop, it is refreshing to see that there are still folks out there hand-rolling assembler code to squeeze out another 5% efficiency.

Re: FFmpeg 9.0

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Post by meerita » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC

richardstahl wrote: post #8

Lucasoato wrote: post #7

I feel we’re blessed to have a project like FFmpeg. This open source tool is so important for everyone.

I recommend watching the Lex Fridman interview with Jean-Baptiste Kempf and Kieran Kunhya. Amazing work on and amazing project.

It's a really good interview. I recommend it too.