August 5th, 2019, FFmpeg 4.2 "Ada"

FFmpeg 4.2 "Ada", a new major release, is now available! Some of the highlights:

tpad filter

AV1 decoding support through libdav1d

dedot filter

chromashift and rgbashift filters

freezedetect filter

truehd_core bitstream filter

dhav demuxer

PCM-DVD encoder

GIF parser

vividas demuxer

hymt decoder

anlmdn filter

maskfun filter

hcom demuxer and decoder

ARBC decoder

libaribb24 based ARIB STD-B24 caption support (profiles A and C)

Support decoding of HEVC 4:4:4 content in nvdec and cuviddec

removed libndi-newtek

agm decoder

KUX demuxer

AV1 frame split bitstream filter

lscr decoder

lagfun filter

asoftclip filter

Support decoding of HEVC 4:4:4 content in vdpau

colorhold filter

xmedian filter

asr filter

showspatial multimedia filter

VP4 video decoder

IFV demuxer

derain filter

deesser filter

mov muxer writes tracks with unspecified language instead of English by default

added support for using clang to compile CUDA kernels

We strongly recommend users, distributors, and system integrators to upgrade unless they use current git master.