Editing FFmpeg (section)

=== Codec history ===
Two [[video coding format]]s with corresponding codecs and one [[digital container format|container format]] have been created within the FFmpeg project so far. The two video codecs are the lossless [[FFV1]], and the lossless and lossy Snow codec. Development of Snow has stalled, while its bit-stream format has not been finalized yet, making it experimental since 2011. The multimedia container format called NUT is no longer being actively developed, but still maintained.<ref name="nut">{{cite web
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In summer 2010, FFmpeg developers Fiona Glaser, Ronald Bultje, and David Conrad, announced the ffvp8 decoder. Through testing, they determined that ffvp8 was faster than Google's own [[libvpx]] decoder.<ref>{{citation |url=http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/?p=499 |title=Diary Of An x264 Developer: Announcing the world's fastest VP8 decoder |first=Fiona |last=Glaser |date=2010-07-23 |access-date=2012-01-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930181634/http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/?p=499 |archive-date=2010-09-30 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/07/24/1227241/FFmpeg-Announces-High-Performance-VP8-Decoder |title=FFmpeg Announces High-Performance VP8 Decoder |publisher=Slashdot |date=2010-07-24 |access-date=2012-01-04 |archive-date=2011-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111221092712/http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/07/24/1227241/ffmpeg-announces-high-performance-vp8-decoder |url-status=live }}</ref> Starting with version 0.6, FFmpeg also supported [[WebM]] and [[VP8]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newteevee.com/2010/06/17/ffmpeg-goes-webm-enabling-vp8-for-boxee-co/ |title=FFmpeg Goes WebM, Enabling VP8 for Boxee & Co |publisher=newteevee.com |date=2010-06-17 |access-date=2012-01-04 |quote=...with [[VLC media player|VLC]], [[Boxee]], [[MythTV]], [[HandBrake|Handbrake]] and [[MPlayer]] being some of the more popular projects utilizing FFmpeg... |archive-date=2010-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620003915/http://newteevee.com/2010/06/17/ffmpeg-goes-webm-enabling-vp8-for-boxee-co/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In October 2013, a native [[VP9]]<ref name="LaunchpadVP9Decoder">{{cite news |title=Native VP9 decoder is now in the Git master branch |work=[[Launchpad (website)|Launchpad]] |url=https://launchpad.net/ffmpeg/+announcement/12045 |date=2013-10-03 |access-date=2013-10-21 |archive-date=2013-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022011447/https://launchpad.net/ffmpeg/+announcement/12045 |url-status=live }}</ref> decoder and OpenHEVC, an open source [[High Efficiency Video Coding]] (HEVC) decoder, were added to FFmpeg.<ref name=FFmpegHEVCOctober2013Softpedia>{{cite news |title=FFmpeg Now Features Native HEVC/H.265 Decoder Support |publisher=[[Softpedia]] |url=https://linux.softpedia.com/blog/Ffmpeg-Now-Features-Native-HEVC-H-265-Decoder-Support-391582.shtml |date=2013-10-16 |access-date=2013-10-16 |archive-date=2014-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615002423/http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ffmpeg-Now-Features-Native-HEVC-H-265-Decoder-Support-391582.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016 the native [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]] encoder was considered stable, removing support for the two external AAC encoders from [[VisualOn]] and [[FAAC]]. FFmpeg 3.0 (nicknamed ''"Einstein"'') retained build support for the [[Fraunhofer FDK AAC]] encoder.<ref name="Einstein">{{cite web|url=https://ffmpeg.org/index.html#pr3.0|title=February 15th, 2016, FFmpeg 3.0 "Einstein"|date=2016-02-15|access-date=2016-04-02|author=FFmpeg|author-link=FFmpeg<!-- for copies -->|archive-date=2016-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716124052/http://ffmpeg.org/index.html#pr3.0|url-status=live}}</ref> Since version 3.4 ''"Cantor"'' FFmpeg supported the [[FITS]] image format.<ref name="Cantor">{{cite web|url=https://ffmpeg.org/index.html#pr3.4|title=October 15th, 2017, FFmpeg 3.4 "Cantor"|date=2017-10-15|access-date=2019-05-10|author=FFmpeg|author-link=FFmpeg|archive-date=2016-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716124052/http://ffmpeg.org/index.html#pr3.4|url-status=live}}</ref> Since November 2018 in version 4.1 ''"al-Khwarizmi"'' [[AV1]] can be muxed in [[MP4 file format|MP4]] and [[Matroska]], including [[WebM]].<ref name="al-Khwarizmi">{{cite web|url=https://ffmpeg.org/index.html#pr4.1|title=November 6th, 2018, FFmpeg 4.1 "al-Khwarizmi"|date=2018-11-06|access-date=2019-05-10|author=FFmpeg|author-link=FFmpeg|archive-date=2016-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716124052/http://ffmpeg.org/index.html#pr4.1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=130284 |title=Good News: AV1 Encoding Times Drop to Near-Reasonable Levels |author=Jan Ozer |date=2019-03-04 |website=StreamingMedia.com |access-date=2019-05-10 |archive-date=2021-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514020514/https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=130284 |url-status=live }}</ref>