[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg release 6.1

[Neal Gompa]

On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 5:58 PM Lynne <dev at lynne.ee> wrote:
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> Sep 19, 2023, 21:16 by michael at niedermayer.cc:
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> > On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 07:18:03PM +0200, Niklas Haas wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 00:14:28 +0200 Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> wrote:
> >> > Hi all
> >> >
> >> > There was the request to make a 6.1 before end of April
> >> > Is that still so ?
> >> >
> >> > Assuming it is, its time to make that branch and release soon
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> It is now september. What happened to this release? FFmpeg 6.1 is
> >> currently the only thing blocking the adoption of vulkan video.
> >>
> >
> > there are several security issues that need to be fixed
> > ossfuzz found more, it also put some random unlreated issues again
> > into the same ticket. (which are basically invissible sub-tickets)
> > the evc code also needs a security review, Maybe Dawid is working on this
> > iam not sure. And iam sure theres more
> > We also have a security issue in fate, i belive nicolas is looking into
> > that, that doesnt hold up the release but all these things compete for time
> > and some people you may have noticed tried to just randomly block patches
> > going back and forth on these and discussing with tech/community committtees
> > also took time.
> > And last but not least if people want me to design a standalone SDR library
> > while thats not holding up 6.1 it takes time from the pot from 6.1 work.
> > I did say this, i was attacked but yes time is unforgiving it doesnt care
> >
> > Also I did fall behind with security fixes in the summer a bit, the weather was
> > nice, some members of the community where not nice. So i tried to spend some
> > time with the nice weather
> >
> > If you want 6.1 to happen quick. be nice to me or help with anything that i
> > have to work on 6.1 or other so theres more time in the pot
> > what about merging libplacebo into FFmpeg for example ?
> > As far as iam concerned you can have absolute final power about anything
> > in that libplacebo inside FFmpeg.
> > Or help with the whole SDR thing. If i dont have to think about it and
> > can concentrate on the release and security then yes it will happen faster
> >
> > I also have some paid work under NDA which i signed a contract for, i need
> > to work on that too. Yes code will be submitted to FFmpeg when/if its done
> > And theres life, i have other shit to do too. For example my taxes and i also
> > want to spend some time working on AI/neural nets. I guess that will not be
> > FFmpeg related as id like my work on AI not to be in a similar position to
> > where avradio is now.
> >
> > So yeah, i think theres no problem with 6.1 its just not happening as quick
> > as I and others wanted
> >
> > thx
> >
> > [...]
> > --
> > Michael     GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB
> >
> > If you think the mosad wants you dead since a long time then you are either
> > wrong or dead since a long time.
> >
>
> I'm not sure it's a good idea to wait to merge the EVC decoder.
> Perhaps we should move that to the next release.
>
> I'd like to get my AAC padding/duration fixes in, and drop lavc's
> old FFT code entirely.

>From my wishlist, the only thing left unmerged is AV1 VA-API encode
support. The patchset is on v5 now and seems to be fine? I can't test
it due to lack of compatible hardware, so if someone here does have
something and can do it, it'd be great to see it get reviewed and
landed.



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