Download FFmpeg 7.0

FFmpeg is a collection of programs that convert audio and video files as well as streams. It is widely used for transcoding and serves as the basis for various programs, such as Blender, HandBrake, Kodi, MPC-HC, Plex and Shotcut. Version 7.0 has been released, codenamed Dijkstra. The release notes for that release can be found below.

FFmpeg 7.0 “Dijkstra”

A new major release FFmpeg 7.0 “Dijkstra”, is now available for download. The most noteworthy changes for most users are a native VVC decoder (currently experimental, until more fuzzing is done), IAMF supportor a multi-threaded ffmpeg CLI tool.

This release is not backwards compatible, removing APIs deprecated before 6.0. The biggest change for most library callers will be the removal of the old bitmask-based channel layout API, replaced by the AVChannelLayout API allowing such features as custom channel ordering, or Ambisonics. Certain deprecated ffmpeg CLI options were also removed, and a C11-compliant compiler is now required to build the code.

As usual, there is also a number of new supported formats and codecs, new filters, APIs, and countless smaller features and bug fixes. Compared to 6.1, the git repository contains almost ∼2000 new commits by ∼100 authors, touching >100000 lines in ∼2000 files — thanks to everyone who contributed.

• DXV DXT1 encoder
• LEAD MCMP decoder
• EVC decoding using external library libxevd
• EVC encoding using external library libxeve
• QOA decoder and demuxer
• monkey filter
• demuxing, decoding, filtering, encoding, and muxing in the ffmpeg CLI now all run in parallel
• enable gdigrab device to grab a window using the hwnd=HANDLER syntax
• IAMF raw demuxer and muxer
• D3D12VA hardware accelerated H264, HEVC, VP9, ​​AV1, MPEG-2 and VC1 decoding
• tiltandshift filter
• qrencode filter and qrencodesrc source
• quirc filter
• lavu/eval: introduce randomi() function in expressions
• VVC decoder (experimental)
• fsync filter
• Raw Captions with Time (RCWT) closed caption muxer
• ffmpeg CLI -bsf option may now be used for input as well as output
• ffmpeg CLI options may now be used as -/opt , which is equivalent to -opt >
• showinfo bitstream filter
• a C11-compliant compiler is now required; note that this requirement will be bumped to C17 in the near future, so consider updating your build environment if it lacks C17 support
• Change the default bitrate control method from VBR to CQP for QSV encoders.
• removed deprecated ffmpeg CLI options -psnr and -map_channel
• DVD-Video demuxer, powered by libdvdnav and libdvdread
• ffprobe -show_stream_groups option
• ffprobe (with -export_side_data film_grain) now prints film grain metadata
• AEA muxer
• ffmpeg CLI loopback decoders
• Support PacketTypeMetadata of PacketType in enhanced flv format
• ffplay with hwaccel decoding support (depends on vulkan renderer via libplacebo)
• dnn filter libtorch backend
• Android content URIs protocol
• AOMedia Film Grain Synthesis 1 (AFGS1)
• RISC-V optimizations for AAC, FLAC, JPEG-2000, LPC, RV4.0, SVQ, VC1, VP8, and more
• Loongarch optimizations for HEVC decoding
• Important AArch64 optimizations for HEVC
• IAMF support within MP4/ISOBMFF
• Support for HEIF/AVIF still images and tiled still images
• Dolby Vision profile 10 support in AV1
• Support for Ambient Viewing Environment metadata in MP4/ISOBMFF
• HDR10 metadata passthrough when encoding with libx264, libx265, and libsvtav1