FFmpeg 8.1 “Hoare” Multimedia Framework Brings D3D12 H.264/AV1 Encoding

Posted by hanuca on Mar 17, 2026 4:40 AM EDT
9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor
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FFmpeg 8.1 has been released today as a major update to this open-source multimedia framework that introduces numerous features, including new decoders, as well as various improvements.

Coming almost seven months after FFmpeg 8.0, the FFmpeg 8.1 release introduces D3D12 H.264/AV1 encoding, along with new scale_d3d12, mestimate_d3d12, and deinterlace_d3d12 filters, support for parsing and forwarding metadata for LCEVC, and an experimental xHE-AAC Mps212 MPEG-H decoder via libmpeghdec.

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