14 DAY TRIAL // FFmpeg is a complete solution to record, convert, and stream audio and video, and its developers have just released a new major update for it, version 2.7, which is now ready for download.
We were used to seeing a proper announcement for new major FFMpeg updates, but it looks like this is not a big one. From the looks of it, it's just a maintenance upgrade that doesn't bring anything of great importance. Nonetheless, it's a good idea to upgrade FFmpeg if you're using it, although it would be a great idea to wait until the repositories get this particular version.
"2.7 was released on 2015-06-10. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 2.7 release branch, which was cut from master on 2015-06-09. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2015-06-10, libav 11 as of 2015-06-11," is noted on the official website.
The following packages have been upgraded: libavutil, libavcodec, libavformat, libavdevice, libavfilter, libavresample, libswscale, libswresample, and libpostproc.
As it always happens with new releases, the 2.7 version also got a codename: Nash. FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter, and play pretty much any media that humans and machines have created.
A complete list of updates, features, and other fixes can be found in the official announcement. The source package for FFmpeg can be downloaded from Softpedia, but this is just the source.