7.64

• Update to ffmpeg libs to 7.0 on Windows.
  • ffmpeg 6.1 -> 7.0
  • libpng 1.4.0 -> 1.4.3
  • expat 2.5.0 -> 2.6.2
  • opus 1.4 -> 1.5.2
  • libxml2 2.12.0 -> 2.12.6
  • dav1d 1.3.0 -> 1.4.1
  • libvpl 2.11.0 (new!)
  • nv-codec-headers 12.2.72.0 (new!)
• Now --avsw can specify the decoder name to be used.
• When --audio-bitrate is not specified, let codec decide it's bitrate instead of setting a default bitrate of 192kbps.
• Don't process audio/subtitle/data tracks specified by --audio-bitrate or --audio-copy.
• Fix problem from QSVEnc 7.62 or later that --master-display copy/--max-cll copy was not working correctly.

7.63

• Add new denoise filter. (--vpp-nlmeans, #191 )
• Add ignore_sar options to --output-res.
• Extend --audio-resampler to take extra options.

7.62

• Now FF (Fixed Function, low power) mode will by used by default for HEVC encoding if possible. ( --function-mode )
• Add option to specify audio by quality. ( --audio-quality )
• Fix --vpp-smooth strength did not match that of 8-bit output when 10-bit output.
• Fix a bug in AVX2 version of RGB3 to RGB4 conversion.
• Fix crush when trying to output to a drive which does not exist.
• Improved the message when a device could not be open due to lack of permissions in Linux environment.
• Change default value of --avsync from cfr to auto, which does not fit the actual situation.

7.61

• Add feature to prevent GPU clock dropping to idle and slowing down the encoding speed. (--avoid-idle-clock, enabled on dGPU by default)

7.60

• Fix potential crush in 7.59 with getWorkSurf error.
• Fix --disable-d3d not working from 7.56.
• Code cleanup & rearrangement.

7.59

• Add new noise reduction filter. (--vpp-denoise-dct)
• Improve encoding speed when not using hw decoder.
• Added performance monitoring for each task. (--task-perf-monitor)

7.58

• Fix spline16/36/64 resize might have crushed on some environments.

7.57

• Update windows libav* dlls.

  • ffmpeg 5.1 -> 6.1
  • libpng 1.3.9 -> 1.4.0
  • opus 1.3.1 -> 1.4
  • libsndfile 1.2.0 -> 1.2.2
  • libxml2 2.10.3 -> 2.12.0
  • dav1d 1.0.0 -> 1.3.0
  • libaribcaption 1.1.1 (new!)

• Remove --caption2ass.
  Equivalent processing can be done by --sub-codec ass#sub_type=ass,ass_single_rect=true.

7.56

• Improved progress display when --seek is used.
• Fix --option-file error when target file is empty.
• Speed up initialization when --disable-opencl is used.
• Skip DX9 check when DX11 is used for video memory (Windows).

7.55

• Avoid crush from QSVEnc 7.50 on systems which does not support AVX2.
• Changed --audio-delay to allow passing in decimal points.
• Improve AAC copy handling when muxing into mpegts.