n7.1-241205

This release contains FFmpeg builds, compiled with MSVC (Microsoft Visual C++) via GitHub Actions, and organized as follows:

• Variants: Includes both shared and static builds.
• Architectures: Each variant is available for amd64, x86, arm, and arm64.
• Licenses:
  • GPL: Includes GPL components such as the x264 and x265 encoders.
  • LGPL: Excludes GPL-licensed components.

Included Dependencies

• nv-codec-headers
• zlib
• libjxl
  • openexr
• freetype
• harfbuzz
• libass
  • fribidi
• SDL2
• libvpx
• libwebp
• x264 (GPL builds only)
• x265 (GPL builds only)

Release Notes

version 7.1:

• Raw Captions with Time (RCWT) closed caption demuxer
• LC3/LC3plus decoding/encoding using external library liblc3
• ffmpeg CLI filtergraph chaining
• LC3/LC3plus demuxer and muxer
• pad_vaapi, drawbox_vaapi filters
• vf_scale supports secondary ref input and framesync options
• vf_scale2ref deprecated
• qsv_params option added for QSV encoders
• VVC decoder compatible with DVB test content
• xHE-AAC decoder
• removed DEC Alpha DSP and support code
• VVC encoding support via libvvenc
• perlin video source
• D3D12VA HEVC encoder
• Cropping metadata parsing and writing in Matroska and MP4/MOV de/muxers
• Intel QSV-accelerated VVC decoding
• MediaCodec AAC/AMR-NB/AMR-WB/MP3 decoding
• YUV colorspace negotiation for codecs and filters, obsoleting the
  YUVJ pixel format
• Vulkan H.264 encoder
• Vulkan H.265 encoder
• stream specifiers in fftools can now match by stream disposition
• LCEVC enhancement data exporting in H.26x and MP4/ISOBMFF
• LCEVC filter
• MV-HEVC decoding