LAV Filters 0.68.0 out

[Eyerex]

LAV Filters 0.66.0 out

 

LAV Splitter

- NEW: Added options to increase the queue size for increased buffering

- Changed: Switched ASF/WMV demuxing to a new demuxer from Libav

- Fixed: Improved seeking with MPEG-TS files which contain teletext streams

LAV Video

- NEW: Support for DXVA2-Native decoding of HEVC 10-bit with EVR on supported GPUs

- Changed: 4K Video Decoding on AMD graphics card is now enabled (needs recent drivers to work properly)

- Changed: DXVA2-CB decoding uses less memory on NVIDIA graphics cards

- Fixed: H264 DXVA2 decoding failed when no SPS/PPS was available in the media type

- Fixed: Conversion of RGB48 to RGB32/24 did not properly use dithering

- Fixed: Improved handling of a few DVD menu quirks

- Fixed: Decoding 10-bit video with EVR could result in a black screen

LAV Audio

- Changed: 5.1 audio favors the "Side" 5.1 layout, which conforms to modern surround standards

Link

[LigH]

Es gab auch schon v0.67.0:

 

 

LAV Filters 0.67

LAV Splitter
- NEW: Support for HTTPS URLs
- NEW: Automatic selection of the highest quality variant in HLS streams
- Changed: Reverted back to the old ASF demuxer
- Changed: Backported ASF seeking improvements to the old ASF demuxer
- Fixed: ASS in AVI did not work in recent versions
- Fixed: RTP/RTSP did not work properly in 0.66

LAV Video
- NEW: Improved DVD subtitle and menu drawing with madVR (support for madVRs subtitle repositioning and lower latency)
- Changed: HEVC and 4K HWAccel is enabled by default
- Changed: Enabled DXVA2-CB Direct Mode with YV12 output on 8-bit sources
- Fixed: DVD menus could show a black screen instead of the menu in some situations

LAV Audio
- Fixed: Improved clipping behavior in badly mastered DTS-HD tracks

Download: Installer (both x86/x64) -- Zips: 32-bit & 64-bit

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Und in den Nightlies ab 0.67.0-67 gibt es sogar einen neuen Deinterlacer, der von der BBC verwendet wird und (insbesondere im 64-bit-Modus) sogar schneller als Yadif sein kann:

 

 

As of 0.67.0-67, LAV Video supports a new software deinterlacer, Weston Three Field Deinterlacing Filter (w3fdif)

w3fdif was developed by the BBC, and as I understand it, is also used by them in real-world usage.

w3fdif comes in two variants: Simple and Complex.
The difference is of course the potential quality, but also the speed.

I will let you guys judge its quality in comparison to YADIF (or even hardware deinterlacing), but there is one thing to be said about it: Its fast.

On 32-bit, Simple is significantly faster than YADIF, but due to lack of 32-bit optimizations, Complex is slower.
On 64-bit, both Simple and Complex are faster than YADIF.

Hopefully the SSE2 optimizations for Complex can be made compatible with 32-bit in the future.

A new build is available here now:
https://files.1f0.de/lavf/nightly/

Note that w3fdif does not have an option to control the number of output frames, it will always produce one frame per input field, ie. its always a double rate deinterlacer (the only proper way to deinterlace, anyway!)

PS:
The Software Deinterlacing options section looks a bit crammed, but never mind that, I have some plans to re-do some areas of that entire config screen.

 

 

[rodjd]

Install K-Lite Codec Pack

[LigH]

There is never any reason to install a whole codec pack and fill your system with unnecessary and partially outdated junk and risks of malfunction. There are some codec packs known to mess with your system until other applications fail.

 

LAV Filters is a clean multi decoder as DirectShow filter, based on the libav OpenSource libraries, configurable to your needs. If you need to encode to specific formats, install only the encoders or codecs you really need, and always from the original creators. But just to watch video and audio in currently popular formats, a multi decoder like LAV FIlters is all you need.

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P.S.:

 

Sorry for posting in German above; I didn't realize this is the English section. Now it's too late to edit.

Edited January 31, 2016 by LigH

[LigH]

And another "stable" release by nevcairiel:

 

 

LAV Filters 0.68

LAV Splitter
- NEW: H.264 MVC 3D demuxing from MKV 3D, Blu-ray discs and Blu-ray SSIF files
- Fixed: The bitdepth of DTS-HD MA streams is reported properly in the stream information

LAV Video
- NEW: H.264 MVC 3D decoding (requires madVR 0.90 or newer)
- NEW: HEVC HDR streams export the HDR metadata to the video renderer (requires madVR 0.89.18 or newer)
- NEW: VP9 DXVA2 Hardware Acceleration
- NEW: Weston Three Field Deinterlacing filter (w3fdif)
- NEW: Ability to choose which GPU is used for DXVA2-CopyBack decoding
- Changed: Removed the CUVID HQ processing option, it is now automatically used when appropriate
- Fixed: CUVID would crash when playing certain HEVC files
- Fixed: Some pixel format conversions were much slower than expected
- Fixed: Pixel Format changes mid-stream were not re-negotiated with the renderer in all cases
- Fixed: Changes in the framerate due to software deinterlacing are properly reflected in the media type

LAV Audio
- Fixed: Increased PCM buffering to avoid stuttering with TrueHD on some audio devices

Download: Installer (both x86/x64) -- Zips: 32-bit & 64-bit
Download 3D Plugin: 32-bit & 64-bit

H.264 MVC 3D Support

This version introduces support for decoding H.264 MVC 3D streams, as found on 3D Blu-rays (or in MKVs created from those Blu-rays with MakeMKV).
LAV Splitter supports reading H.264 MVC from Blu-rays directly, when opening a Blu-ray SSIF file, or from MKVs. Note that MVC in MPEG-TS which is not created Blu-ray compliant is not supported at this time.

To enable decoding of the H.264 MVC extensions, an external decoder plugin is required, which the Installer will automatically download if the appropriate option is set, or which you can download manually from the links above (place in the same folder as LAVVideo.ax)
LAV Video currently does not allow "processing" the 3D video in any way, it can only output it to a 3D aware video renderer - madVR 0.90 or later. In the future it might be possible to have LAV Video render the video as Side-by-Side, but not in this release.

The interface to receive 3D video and accompanying metadata is documented in the developer info package, if other renderer developers want to support this.

HEVC HDR support

Also new in this release is the ability to export the HDR metadata from HEVC HDR streams. This metadata is automatically send to the video renderer, so it can render the video properly. This is available with madVR 0.89.18 or newer. LAV Video does not process the HDR information in any way, and any video renderer unaware of HDR will still render the typical "washed out" image.

The interface for the HDR metadata is also documented in the developer information.

DXVA2 VP9 Hardware Acceleration

Late last year Microsoft published a specification on VP9 DXVA2 hardware acceleration. Shortly after both Intel and NVIDIA started to support this in their hardware.
This version of LAV Video enables using the hardware acceleration in the latest NVIDIA GPUs (GTX950/960), and recent Intel GPUs (Braswell and Skylake)

Please note that only VP9 Profile 0 is supported, 4:2:0 8-bit.

There is more!

On top of all these features, LAV Video also added a new deinterlacer, Weston Three Field Deinterlacing Filter (w3fdif), which can achieve quality similar to YADIF at much higher speeds (simple on 32-bit, complex on 64-bit)
For multi-GPU systems, you can now choose which GPU DXVA2-CopyBack should use for decoding. Please note that only GPUs with a connected display are available (Direct3D9 limitation)
And of course there is also a list of stability and bug fixes that may not even have made the changelog.

Enjoy one of the bigger LAV releases of the recent past, and have fun!

PS:
The download links have switched to HTTPS, if you're having trouble with access due to an old browser and/or OS (I'm looking at you, XP users), you can manually switch the URL back to HTTP if you must.

Edited March 8, 2016 by LigH