14 DAY TRIAL // A new major version of the powerful, free, cross-platform and open source FFmpeg multimedia framework was released on October 27, 2016, for all supported platforms, including GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.
Dubbed "Hypatia" and cut from Git master on the 26th of October 2016, the new FFMpeg 3.2 branch is now considered stable, well-tested, and ready for production. It includes up-to-date library versions like libavutil 55.34.100, libavcodec 57.64.100, libavformat 57.56.100, libavdevice 57.1.100, libavfilter 6.65.100, libavresample 3.1.0, libswscale 4.2.100, libswresample 2.3.100, and libpostproc 54.1.100.
For a complete list of the changes and improvements implemented in the major FFmpeg 3.2 "Hypatia" release, we recommend that you check out the Git changelog. FFmpeg 3.2 arrives approximately four months after the release of FFmpeg 3.1 "Laplace," which reached end of life with the FFmpeg 3.1.5 maintenance update announced earlier this week right here on this space.
FFmpeg is a very popular project used in numerous open source and commercial software, including media players and games. It's an essential component of a GNU/Linux operating system, providing support for the latest audio and video codecs. Therefore, we strongly encourage all users to update to the FFmpeg 3.2 "Hypatia" release as soon as it lands in the stable repositories of their favorite distro. The FFmpeg 3.2 sources are available for download right now.