Multimedia Powerhouse FFmpeg Hits 3.0

An anonymous reader writes: The milestone release FFmpeg 3.0 "Einstein" has been unleashed. For those who need a reminder, FFmpeg comprises several libraries and command-line tools (the main command-line tool being "ffmpeg") that encode, decode, transcode, and stream audio/visual data, etc. FFmpeg supports a multitude of codecs, filters, and container formats too numerous to mention here. FFmpeg is used by MPlayer, VLC, HandBrake, Chrome, and many other projects. Changes from 2.x to 3.0 include: a much better native AAC encoder, better hardware acceleration, and some API/ABI breakage. See this, this, this, this, and the changelog for much better descriptions of the improvements.

Comments

Re:Not on Mint

[invictusvoyd]

Define risk : Unpatched FFmpeg on a compromised mint ISO

Re: Not on Mint

[Anonymous Coward]

This is the kind of stupid behaviour that keeps non-technical people from using Linux. Whoever was responsible should have been publicly run out of town, and should be identified personally every time the issue comes up to make sure he is never in a decision making capacity anywhere, ever.

Hell, he should not even be allowed to order his own beer!

Re:fast encoding?

[squiggleslash]

Under Gentoo it's more like 7.35-7.7.