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FFmpeg (Shared) 8.1 download

A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.

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This is an older version. The current version is 9.0.2. FFmpeg (Shared) 9.0.2 · Released:

Installer files 8.1

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64-bit ZIP → Portable — — github.com VirusTotal

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Release notes

- ffprobe -codec option
- EXIF Metadata Parsing
- gfxcapture: Windows.Graphics.Capture based window/monitor capture
- hxvs demuxer for HXVS/HXVT IP camera format
- MPEG-H 3D Audio decoding via mpeghdec
- D3D12 H.264 encoder
- drawvg filter via libcairo
- ffmpeg CLI tiled HEIF support
- D3D12 AV1 encoder
- ProRes Vulkan hwaccel
- DPX Vulkan hwaccel
- Rockchip H.264/HEVC hardware encoder
- Add vf_scale_d3d12 filter
- JPEG-XS parser
- JPEG-XS decoder and encoder through libsvtjpegxs
- JPEG-XS raw bitstream muxer and demuxer
- IAMF Projection mode Ambisonic Audio Elements muxing and demuxing
- Add vf_mestimate_d3d12 filter
- xHE-AAC Mps212 decoding support (experimental)
- Remove the old HLS protocol handler
- Vulkan compute codec optimizations
- swscale Vulkan support
- LCEVC metadata bitstream filter
- Add vf_deinterlace_d3d12 filter
- ffprobe: only show refs field in stream section when reading frames
- ProRes Vulkan encoder
- LCEVC parser
- LCEVC enhancement layer exporting in MPEG-TS

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/release/8.1/Changelog

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