Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

development

• Includes FFmpeg v4.5-dev-3393
• Switches to shared/dynamic libraries on Apple platforms (ios, macos, tvos)
  • Drops support for building static (.a) libraries
  • Drops support for building universal (fat) binaries
• Increases the minimum SDK version of LTS releases for Apple platforms
  • Minimum iOS SDK is set to 10, previously 9.3
  • Minimum macOS SDK is set to 10.12, previously 10.11
  • Minimum tvOS SDK is set to 10.0, previously 9.2
• API Changes
  • Replaces ExecuteCallback with session specific CompleteCallback types (FFmpegSessionCompleteCallback, FFprobeSessionCompleteCallback, MediaInformationSessionCompleteCallback)
  • execute() methods that accept String[] are renamed as executeWithArguments() on Android
  • saf protocol urls created by FFmpegKit.getSafParameter methods are no longer single-use. They can be re-used multiple times
  • New FFmpegKit.getSafParameter method that allows providing a custom open mode
  • Implements chapters in MediaInformation class
• Adds support for zimg library (enables zscale filter)
• Enables 10bit pixel formats in x265
• Uses the new versions of fontconfig, freetype, fribidi, kvazaar, libvpx and x264
• Fixes issues #28, #152, #167, #171, #174, #187, #192, #196, #197, #205 and #241

v4.5 - 18-09-2021

• Includes FFmpeg v4.5-dev-2008
• Adds support for React Native (on 01-10-2021)
• Adds support for Flutter (on 06-10-2021)
• Implements saf and fd protocols on Android to address unhandled Storage Access Framework (SAF) use cases
• Drops VideoToolbox support from LTS releases of iOS since updated VideoToolbox implementation requires iOS SDK 11.0
• Embeds external library licenses in Android archives (.aar files)
• Uses the new versions of dav1d, freetype, libogg, libvpx, libwebp, libxml2, snappy and x264
• Fixes issues #11, #12, #14, #23, #33, #35, #39, #72, #85, #93, #129, #139 and #144

v4.4 - 03-03-2021

• Includes FFmpeg v4.4-dev-3015
• Introduces support for macOS platform
• Adds support for arm64-mac-catalyst and arm64-simulator architectures on iOS
• Adds support for arm64-simulator architecture on tvOS
• Implements the Session concept. Creates a new session for each command execution. A session can be used to access all information about the execution
• Replaces delegates with blocks on Objective-C API
• Supports concurrent execution of FFprobe commands
• Adds helper methods to transform Storage Access Framework (SAF) Uris into paths that can be used within FFmpegKit
• Stops using the deprecated AsyncTask classes on Android
• Adds session specific log and statistics callbacks
• Implements session history
• Supports global and session specific log redirection strategies
• Defines global execute callback for async operations
• Drops support for wavpack external library and adds support for dav1d
• Builds libass with harfbuzz
• Uses the new versions of cpu_features, expat, fontconfig, fribidi, libass, libjpeg-turbo, libsndfile, libvpx, nettle and x264
• Fixes FFmpegKit issues #1, #2 and #5
• Fixes MobileFFmpeg issues #499, #516, #520, #597, #618, #634, #637, #671 and #674