FFMPEG Plugins 2.0 Release Notes

[mainconcept]

New Features in AVC Encoder Plugin 2.0:

• Plugin now uses the MainConcept AVC/H.264 Encoder from Codec SDK 13.1 resulting in up to 20% overall speed improvement through optimized CPU utilization as well as higher performance gains for lower resolutions.
  
• New NVIDIA NVENC AVC hardware encoding option.
  
• The plugin’s “-omx_name” changed from “OMX.MainConcept.encavc.video” to “OMX.MainConcept.enc_avc.video”.
  

Resolved issues in AVC Encoder Plugin 2.0:

• [MCFFMPEG-33/MCC-11099] Fixed SSIM metrics in the AVC Encoder that caused a crash with some specific source streams.
  

New Features in AVC Broadcast Encoder Plugin 2.0:

• Plugin now uses the MainConcept AVC/H.264 Broadcast Encoder from Codec SDK 13.1 resulting in up to 20% overall speed improvement through optimized CPU utilization as well as higher performance gains for lower resolutions.
  
• New NVIDIA NVENC AVC hardware encoding option.
  
• The plugin’s “-omx_name” changed from “OMX.MainConcept.encavc.video” to “OMX.MainConcept.enc_avc.video”.
  

Resolved issues in AVC Broadcast Encoder Plugin 2.0:

• [MCFFMPEG-30/MCC-11077] Fixed DTS warning messages when doing AVC/H.264 transcoding in interlace mode.
  
• [MCFFMPEG-33/MCC-11099] Fixed SSIM metrics in the AVC Encoder that caused a crash with some specific source streams.
  

New Features in Hybrid HEVC Encoder Plugin 2.0:

• Plugin now uses the MainConcept HEVC/H.265 Encoder from Codec SDK 13.1.
  
• The plugin’s “-omx_name” changed from “OMX.MainConcept.enchevc.video” to “OMX.MainConcept.enc_hevc.video”.
  

New Features in xHE-AAC Encoder Plugin 2.0

• Use Fraunhofer’s industry leading xHE-AAC software encoder natively in FFmpeg by using a MainConcept plugin.
  
• Support for xHE-AAC as well as legacy Low Complexity AAC, High-Efficiency AAC v1 and HighEfficiency AAC v2 audio formats.
  
• Support for on-demand (file-to-file) xHE-AAC encoding workflows.
  
• Support for on-demand (file-to-file) and live legacy AAC encoding workflows.
  
• Encoding for MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS compliant streaming use-cases.
  
• Best-in-class audio featuring bitrates of 12-500 kb/s for stereo.
  
• Seamless audio bitrate switching for MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS.
  
• Mandatory loudness and dynamic range control.
  
• Seamlessly integrates with other MainConcept Video Encoder Plugins for FFmpeg but also with FFmpeg’s built-in video encoders.
  
• Fully compliant with FFmpeg’s built-in MP4 multiplexer, incl. fragmented MP4.
  
• The plugin’s “-omx_name” changed from “OMX.MainConcept.EncHeaac.Audio” to “OMX.MainConcept.enc_xheaac.audio” (compared to Beta release).