
FFmpeg 9.0.2, the second maintenance release for the 9.0 series of this popular multimedia library, is out!
The new version of this free open-source software introduced a large number of bug-fixes, stability and performance improvements.
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FFmpeg 9.0.2, the second maintenance release for the 9.0 series of this popular multimedia library, is out!
The new version of this free open-source software introduced a large number of bug-fixes, stability and performance improvements.
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Frame, the free open-source graphical front end for FFmpeg media library, released new 0.32.0 version for Linux, Windows, and macOS.
For those who never heard of Frame, it’s a Rust written application that use GPUI-CE (the community edition of GPU-accelerated user interface framework) for a modern graphical interface to manage FFmpeg operations.
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Found the image viewers and editors, such as Loupe and GIMP, cannot load HEIF/HEIC images by default in Ubuntu 26.04? Here’s a quick guide show you why and how to fix.
Today I found that the default Loupe image viewer in Ubuntu 26.04 could not load my photo images imported from iPhone.
It said “Either the image file is corrupted or it contains unsupported elements“, and the more information page showed the error below:

FFmpeg, the popular multimedia library, released new 8.1.1 version few days ago.
This is a maintenance release that includes mostly bug-fixes, stability improvements, as well as few minor new features.

FFmpeg, the popular multimedia library, release new major 8.1 version yesterday on March 16th.
The new version, code-name “Hoare”, features some new encoders and decoders for more codecs support, new filters, and other improvements.

FFmpeg, the popular multimedia library released new version 8.0.1 in last week. Here’s the PPA contains the .deb packages for all current Ubuntu users.
As a maintenance update, the release includes only minor new features, some improvements, and bug-fixes. And, the FFmpeg website does not even provide an official release note for it.

FFmpeg, the popular free open-source multimedia library, released new major 8.0 version almost a year since the last 7.1.
The new FFmpeg 8.0, codename “Huffman”, added native decoding support for Samsung’s Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec, Apple’s ProRes RAW, Sanyo LD-ADPCM, RealVideo 6.0, G.728, and ADPCM IMA Xbox.
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Just few weeks after the last release, HandBrake video transcoding released new 1.9.2 version with few more fixes.
In new HandBrake 1.9.2, it now allows muxing NVENC AV1 and VCN AV1 in WebM container. It also fixed a crash that could happen when a source contains chapters with no titles.
HandBrake video transcoder released new 1.9.1 version a few days ago. Here are the changes and native .deb packages for Ubuntu users.
The new HandBrake 1.9.1 contains primarily bug-fixes. It fixed FFV1 pixel format selection when an hardware decoder is used, causing incorrect bit depth output.
Upscayl, the popular free open-source AI image upscaler, announced new 2.15 released at Christmas!
The release improved user experience for enlarging and enhancing low-resolution images by new AI module and improved module selection dialog.
Instead of choosing from drop-down box, it now shows a pop-up screen. From where you may choose between modules with image previews.