[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] web/index: add release notes for version 7.1

[Lynne]

On 30/09/2024 11:08, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> Quoting Lynne via ffmpeg-devel (2024-09-30 09:42:58)
>> ---
>>   src/index | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/index b/src/index
>> index fdf7ebb..76c8b32 100644
>> --- a/src/index
>> +++ b/src/index
>> @@ -35,6 +35,43 @@
>>       News
>>     </h1>
>>   
>> +  <h3 id="pr7.1">October 1st, 2024, FFmpeg 7.1 <span title="Rózsa Péter">"Péter"</span></h3>
>> +  <p>
>> +    <a href="download.html#release_7.1">FFmpeg 7.1 "Péter"</a>, a new
>> +    major release, is now available!
> 
> This release is API and ABI backward compatible with 7.0

Changed it to a minor release.

>>       A full list of changes can be found in the release
>> +    <a href="https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/blob/refs/heads/release/7.1:/Changelog">changelog</a>.
>> +  </p>
>> +  <p>
>> +    The more important highlights of the release are that the VVC decoder, merged as experimental in version 7.0,
>> +    has had enough time to mature and be optimized enough to be declared as stable. The coded is starting to gain
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> 
>> +    traction with broadcast standardization bodies.<br>
>> +    Support has been added for a native AAC USAC (part of the xHE-AAC coding system) decoder, with the format starting
> 
> "Support has been added for a ... decoder" sounds strange, should be either
> "Support has been added for ...  decoding"
> or
> "Our decoder now supports ..."
> 
>> +    to be adopted by streaming websites, due to its extensive volume normalization metadata.<br>
>> +    MV-HEVC is now able to be natively decoded. This is a stereoscopic coding tool that begun to be shipped and generated
> 
> "able to be decoded" sounds weird to me as well, I'd say "MV-HEVC
> decoding is now supported".

Sure, went with your suggestion.

> 
>> +    by recent phones and VR headsets.<br>
>> +    LC-EVC decoding, an enhancement metadata layer to attempt to improve the quality of codecs, is now supported via an
>> +    external library.<br>
>> +  </p>
>> +  <p>
>> +    Support for Vulkan encoding, with H264 and HEVC was merged.
>                                                        ^
>                                                  implementations?
> 
>> This finally completes the loop with a consumer for Vulkan frames
>> being output by filters, decoders and users.
> 
> This finally allows fully Vulkan-based decode-filter-encode pipelines.
> (it's not really a loop)

Went with:
"This finally allows fully Vulkan-based decode-filter-encode pipelines, 
by having a sink for Vulkan frames, other than downloading or displaying 
them."

>> The encoders have feature-parity with their VAAPI
>> +    implementation counterparts. Khronos has announced that support for AV1 encoding is also coming soon to Vulkan,
>> +    and FFmpeg is aiming to have day-one support.
>> +  </p>
>> +  <p>
>> +    As well as important features, this release has had a lot of work done internally. By far the standout highlight here
>         ^^^^^^^^^^
> In addition to the above?
> 

Went with "In addition to the above, this release has had a lot of 
important internal work done."

Attached v2.

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