FFmpeg 2.6 Out Now, Devs Hope Google and Mozilla Will Use ffvp9 for 1080p Playback | Linux Today

FFmpeg 2.6 Out Now, Devs Hope Google and Mozilla Will Use ffvp9 for 1080p Playback

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Marius Nestor
Mar 7, 2015

Among other interesting features of FFmpeg 2.6, we can mention several API changes, including device inputs and outputs listing, and lots of optimizations, such as 32-bit (x86) and pre-ssse3 CPUs support for the world’s fastest VP9 decoder, ffvp9, HEVC/H.265 improvements, and ARM NEON optimizations.

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Marius Nestor

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