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39 <a id="opw02"></a><h3>July 29, 2014, Help us out securing our spot in OPW</h3>
41 Following our previous post regarding our participation on this year's
42 OPW (Outreach Program for Women), we are now reaching out to our users
43 (both individuals and companies) to help us gather the needed money to
44 secure our spot in the program.<br>
45 We need to put together 6K USD as a minimum but securing more funds would
46 help us towards getting more than one intern.<br>
47 You can donate by credit card using
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49 Click&Pledge</a> and selecting the "OPW" option. If you would like to
50 donate by money transfer or by check, please get in touch by
51 <a href="mailto:opw@ffmpeg.org">e-mail</a> and we will get back to you
52 with instructions.<br>Thanks!
55 <a id="newweb"></a><h3>July 20, 2014, New website</h3>
57 The FFmpeg project is proud to announce a brand new version of the website
58 made by <a href="http://db0.fr">db0</a>. While this was initially motivated
59 by the need for a larger menu, the whole website ended up being redesigned,
60 and most pages got reworked to ease navigation. We hope you'll enjoy
64 <a id="pr2.3"></a><h3>July 17, 2014, FFmpeg 2.3</h3>
66 We have made a new major release (<b><a href="download.html#release_2.3">2.3</a></b>)
67 It contains all features and bugfixes of the git master branch from the 16th July.
68 Please see the <b><a href="http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=blob;f=RELEASE_NOTES;hb=489d066">Release Notes</a></b> for a
69 list of note-worthy changes.
72 We recommend users, distributors and system integrators to upgrade unless they use
76 <a id="opw01"></a><h3>July 3, 2014, FFmpeg and the Outreach Program For Women</h3>
78 FFmpeg has started the process to become an OPW includer organization for the
79 next round of the program, with internships starting December 9. The
80 <a href="https://gnome.org/opw/">OPW</a> aims to "Help women (cis and trans)
81 and genderqueer to get involved in free and open source software". Part of the
82 process requires securing funds to support at least one internship (6K USD), so
83 if you were holding on your donation to FFmpeg, this is a great chance for you
84 to come forward, get in touch and help both the project and a great initiative!
87 We have set up an <a href="mailto:opw@ffmpeg.org">email address</a> you can use
88 to contact us about donations and general inquires regarding our participation
89 in the program. Hope to hear from you soon!
92 <a id="pr2.2.4"></a><h3>June 29, 2014, FFmpeg 2.2.4, 2.1.5, 2.0.5, 1.2.7, 1.1.12, 0.10.14</h3>
94 We have made several new point releases (<b><a href="download.html#release_2.2">2.2.4</a>,
95 <a href="download.html#release_2.1">2.1.5</a>,
96 <a href="download.html#release_2.0">2.0.5</a>,
97 <a href="download.html#release_1.2">1.2.7</a>,
98 <a href="download.html#release_1.1">1.1.12</a>,
99 <a href="download.html#release_0.10">0.10.14</a></b>).
101 <a href="http://blog.securitymouse.com/2014/06/raising-lazarus-20-year-old-bug-that.html">security issue in the LZO implementation</a>,
102 as well as several other bugs. See the git log for details.
105 We recommend users, distributors and system integrators to upgrade unless they use
110 <a id="lt2014"></a><h3>May 1, 2014, LinuxTag</h3>
112 Once again FFmpeg will be represented at LinuxTag in Berlin, Germany. The event will
113 take place from 8th to 10th of May. Please note that this year's LinuxTag is at a
114 different location closer to the city center.
118 We will have a shared booth with XBMC and VideoLAN.
120 If you have media files that cannot be processed correctly with
121 FFmpeg, be sure to have a sample with you so we can have a look!
126 More information about LinuxTag can be found <a href="http://www.linuxtag.org/2014/">here</a>
130 We are looking forward to see you in Berlin!
133 <a id="heartbleed"></a><h3>April 18, 2014, OpenSSL Heartbeat bug</h3>
135 Our server hosting the Trac issue tracker was vulnerable to the attack
136 against OpenSSL known as "heartbleed". The OpenSSL software library
137 was updated on 7th of April, shortly after the vulnerability was publicly
138 disclosed. We have changed the private keys (and certificates) for all
139 FFmpeg servers. The details were sent to the mailing lists by
140 Alexander Strasser, who is part of the project server team. Here is a
141 link to the user mailing list
142 <a href="https://lists.ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-user/2014-April/020968.html">archive</a>
145 We encourage you to read up on
146 <a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/04/heartbleed.html">"OpenSSL heartbleed"</a>.
147 <b>It is possible that login data for the issue tracker was exposed to
148 people exploiting this security hole. You might want to change your password
149 in the tracker and everywhere else you used that same password.</b>
152 <a id="pr2.2.1"></a><h3>April 11, 2014, FFmpeg 2.2.1</h3>
154 We have made a new point releases (<b><a href="download.html#release_2.2">2.2.1</a></b>).
155 It contains bug fixes for Tickets #2893, #3432, #3469, #3486, #3495 and #3540 as well as
157 See the git log for details.
160 <a id="pr2.2"></a><h3>March 24, 2014, FFmpeg 2.2</h3>
162 We have made a new major release (<b><a href="download.html#release_2.2">2.2</a></b>)
163 It contains all features and bugfixes of the git master branch from 1st March.
164 A partial list of new stuff is below:
167 - HNM version 4 demuxer and video decoder
169 - setsar/setdar filters now support variables in ratio expressions
171 - string validation in ffprobe
172 - support for decoding through VDPAU in ffmpeg (the -hwaccel option)
173 - complete Voxware MetaSound decoder
174 - remove mp3_header_compress bitstream filter
175 - Windows resource files for shared libraries
177 - stereoscopic 3d metadata handling
178 - WebP encoding via libwebp
180 - VP8 in Ogg demuxing
181 - side & metadata support in NUT
183 - XYZ12 rawvideo support in NUT
184 - Exif metadata support in WebP decoder
186 - Use metadata_header_padding to control padding in ID3 tags (currently used in
187 MP3, AIFF, and OMA files), FLAC header, and the AVI "junk" block.
188 - Mirillis FIC video decoder
192 - Autodetect VDA like all other hardware accelerations
195 We recommend users, distributors and system integrators to upgrade unless they use
199 <a id="clt2014"></a><h3>February 3, 2014, Chemnitzer Linux-Tage</h3>
201 We happily announce that FFmpeg will be represented at `Chemnitzer Linux-Tage'
202 in Chemnitz, Germany. The event will take place on 15th and 16th of March.
206 More information can be found <a href="http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2014/en/info/">here</a>
210 We invite you to visit us at our booth located in the Linux-Live area!
211 There we will demonstrate usage of FFmpeg, answer your questions and listen to
212 your problems and wishes.
216 If you have media files that cannot be processed correctly with
217 FFmpeg, be sure to have a sample with you so we can have a look!
221 We are looking forward to meet you (again)!
225 <a id="trac_sec"></a><h3>February 9, 2014, trac.ffmpeg.org / trac.mplayerhq.hu Security Breach</h3>
227 The server on which FFmpeg and MPlayer Trac issue trackers were
228 installed was compromised. The affected server was taken offline
229 and has been replaced and all software reinstalled.
230 FFmpeg Git, releases, FATE, web and mailinglists are on other servers
231 and were not affected. We believe that the original compromise happened
232 to a server, unrelated to FFmpeg and MPlayer, several months ago.
233 That server was used as a source to clone the VM that we recently moved
234 Trac to. It is not known if anyone used the backdoor that was found.
237 We recommend all users to change their passwords.
238 <b>Especially users who use a password on Trac that they also use
239 elsewhere, should change that password at least elsewhere.</b>
243 <a id="ffmpeg_rfp"></a><h3>November 12, 2013, FFmpeg RFP in Debian</h3>
245 Since the splitting of Libav the Debian/Ubuntu maintainers have followed
246 the Libav fork. Many people have requested the packaging of ffmpeg in
247 Debian, as it is more feature-complete and in many cases less buggy.
250 <a href="http://cynic.cc/blog/">Rogério Brito</a>, a Debian developer,
251 has proposed a Request For Package (RFP) in the Debian bug tracking
255 Please let the Debian and Ubuntu developers know that you support packaging
256 of the real FFmpeg! See Debian <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=729203">ticket #729203</a>
260 <a id="pr2.1"></a><h3>October 28, 2013, FFmpeg 2.1</h3>
262 We have made a new major release (<b><a href="download.html#release_2.1">2.1</a></b>)
263 It contains all features and bugfixes of the git master branch from 28th October.
264 A partial list of new stuff is below:
268 - perspective filter ported from libmpcodecs
269 - ffprobe -show_programs option
272 - when transcoding with ffmpeg (i.e. not streamcopying), -ss is now accurate
273 even when used as an input option. Previous behavior can be restored with
274 the -noaccurate_seek option.
275 - ffmpeg -t option can now be used for inputs, to limit the duration of
276 data read from an input file
277 - incomplete Voxware MetaSound decoder
278 - read EXIF metadata from JPEG
279 - DVB teletext decoder
280 - phase filter ported from libmpcodecs
282 - Opus support in Matroska
283 - FFV1 version 1.3 is stable and no longer experimental
284 - FFV1: YUVA(444,422,420) 9, 10 and 16 bit support
285 - changed DTS stream id in lavf mpeg ps muxer from 0x8a to 0x88, to be
286 more consistent with other muxers.
288 - pullup filter ported from libmpcodecs
289 - ffprobe -read_intervals option
290 - Lossless and alpha support for WebP decoder
291 - Error Resilient AAC syntax (ER AAC LC) decoding
292 - Low Delay AAC (ER AAC LD) decoding
293 - mux chapters in ASF files
294 - SFTP protocol (via libssh)
295 - libx264: add ability to encode in YUVJ422P and YUVJ444P
296 - Fraps: use BT.709 colorspace by default for yuv, as reference fraps decoder does
297 - make decoding alpha optional for prores, ffv1 and vp6 by setting
299 - ladspa wrapper filter
302 - max_error_rate parameter in ffmpeg
303 - PulseAudio output device
305 - Enhanced Low Delay AAC (ER AAC ELD) decoding (no LD SBR support)
306 - Linux framebuffer output device
307 - HEVC decoder, raw HEVC demuxer, HEVC demuxing in TS, Matroska and MP4
311 We recommend users, distributors and system integrators to upgrade unless they use
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