FFmpeg Version Differences¶

This page summarises what changed between each supported FFmpeg major version — filters, codecs, and formats that were added or removed. Use it to understand which features are available in your target version or to plan migrations.

Tip

All typed-ffmpeg packages annotate version-specific availability in their docstrings. Items available only from a certain version are marked with "New in FFmpeg X.0", and items removed in a later version are marked with "Removed in FFmpeg X.0".

FFmpeg 5 → 6¶

Filters added (22)¶

a3dscope, adrc, afdelaysrc, afireqsrc, apsnr, arls, asisdr, backgroundkey, bwdif_vulkan, ccrepack, color_vulkan, corr, hstack_vaapi, mcdeint, nlmeans_vulkan, showcwt, ssim360, uspp, vstack_vaapi, xfade_vulkan, xstack_vaapi, zoneplate

Codecs added (21)¶

adpcm_xmd, anull, apac, av1_nvenc, av1_vaapi, bonk, cbd2_dpcm, ftr, hdr, media100, misc4, osq, pdv, rka, rtv1, vmix, vnull, vqc, wady_dpcm, wavarc, wbmp

Formats added (16)¶

ac4, apac, bonk, evc, hdr_pipe, jpegxl_anim, laf, osq, pdv, rka, sdns, usm, vvc, wady, wavarc, xmd

Nothing was removed between FFmpeg 5 and 6.

FFmpeg 6 → 7¶

Filters added (7)¶

aap, drawbox_vaapi, fsync, pad_vaapi, perlin, tiltandshift, xpsnr

Filters removed (7)¶

afifo, derain, dnn_classify, dnn_detect, dnn_processing, fifo, sr

Codecs added (5)¶

h264_vulkan, hevc_vulkan, lead, qoa, vvc

Codecs removed (1)¶

ayuv

Formats added (5)¶

d, iamf, lc3, qoa, rcwt

Formats removed (5)¶

fbdev, fifo_test, lavfi, oss, x11grab

FFmpeg 7 → 8¶

Filters added (6)¶

colordetect, coreimage, coreimagesrc, premultiply_dynamic, scale_vt, transpose_vt

Filters removed (67)¶

Many hardware-accelerated filters (OpenCL, Vulkan, VAAPI, CUDA) and third-party-library filters were removed from the default build:

ass, avgblur_opencl, avgblur_vulkan, azmq, blend_vulkan, boxblur_opencl, bs2b, bwdif_vulkan, chromaber_vulkan, color_vulkan, colorkey_opencl, convolution_opencl, deinterlace_vaapi, denoise_vaapi, deshake_opencl, dilation_opencl, drawbox_vaapi, drawtext, erosion_opencl, flip_vulkan, flite, frei0r, frei0r_src, gblur_vulkan, hflip_vulkan, hstack_vaapi, hwupload_cuda, ladspa, lv2, nlmeans_opencl, nlmeans_vulkan, openclsrc, overlay_opencl, overlay_vaapi, overlay_vulkan, pad_opencl, pad_vaapi, pp, prewitt_opencl, procamp_vaapi, program_opencl, remap_opencl, roberts_opencl, rubberband, scale2ref, scale_vaapi, scale_vulkan, sharpness_vaapi, sobel_opencl, sofalizer, ssim360, subtitles, tonemap_opencl, tonemap_vaapi, transpose_opencl, transpose_vaapi, transpose_vulkan, unsharp_opencl, vflip_vulkan, vidstabdetect, vidstabtransform, vstack_vaapi, xfade_opencl, xfade_vulkan, xstack_vaapi, zmq, zscale

Note

Most removals in FFmpeg 8 reflect that hardware-acceleration filters (OpenCL, Vulkan, VAAPI, CUDA, NVENC) and optional third-party library wrappers (drawtext, subtitles, ladspa, rubberband, etc.) are no longer included in the standard Docker-based test build used to generate these bindings. They may still be available if you compile FFmpeg with the relevant flags (--enable-opencl, --enable-vulkan, --enable-vaapi, etc.).

Codecs added (34)¶

aac_at, ac3_at, adpcm_circus, adpcm_ima_escape, adpcm_ima_hvqm2, adpcm_ima_hvqm4, adpcm_ima_magix, adpcm_ima_pda, adpcm_ima_qt_at, adpcm_ima_xbox, adpcm_n64, adpcm_psxc, adpcm_sanyo, ahx, alac_at, amr_nb_at, apv, eac3_at, g728, gsm_ms_at, h264_videotoolbox, hevc_videotoolbox, ilbc_at, libsvtav1, mp1_at, mp2_at, mp3_at, pcm_alaw_at, pcm_mulaw_at, prores_raw, prores_videotoolbox, qdm2_at, qdmc_at, rv60

Codecs removed (40)¶

av1_cuvid, av1_nvenc, av1_vaapi, h263_v4l2m2m, h264_cuvid, h264_nvenc, h264_v4l2m2m, h264_vaapi, h264_vulkan, hevc_cuvid, hevc_nvenc, hevc_v4l2m2m, hevc_vaapi, hevc_vulkan, libopencore_amrnb, libopencore_amrwb, libopenjpeg, libtheora, libvorbis, libwebp, libwebp_anim, libxvid, mjpeg_cuvid, mjpeg_vaapi, mpeg1_cuvid, mpeg1_v4l2m2m, mpeg2_cuvid, mpeg2_v4l2m2m, mpeg2_vaapi, mpeg4_cuvid, mpeg4_v4l2m2m, sonicls, vc1_cuvid, vc1_v4l2m2m, vp8_cuvid, vp8_v4l2m2m, vp8_vaapi, vp9_cuvid, vp9_v4l2m2m, vp9_vaapi

Formats added (5)¶

apv, g728, hxvs, jpegxs_pipe, whip

Choosing a Package Version¶

If your code uses filters or codecs that were removed in a later version, pin to the matching package:

pip install typed-ffmpeg-v7   # keeps access to scale_vaapi, drawtext, etc.
pip install typed-ffmpeg-v8   # latest, macOS VideoToolbox codecs included

See Package Architecture for full installation instructions.