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Release Notes

Make sure you are using the latest connector for your application(s). For using NVENC (SDK 12) encoders driver version 520.00 or later is required. Enterprise / Quadro users can use the studio drivers: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/193884/en-us/

Fixes / Changes

• General
  • Sped up opening the config dialog a bit
  • Enabled FFmpeg log during initialization
  • Video side data: Adjusted MDCV luminance limits (Min: 0-5, Max: 5 - 10000)
• FFmpeg
  • Upgraded from FFmpeg 5.0 to FFmpeg 5.1
• Encoders
  • libsvtav1: Adapted SVT-AV1 to new parameter interface
  • libsvtav1: Added all options to svtav1 encoder (Thanks to @Kleinrotti)
  • libx264, libx265: Added asm parameter to x264 and x265 encoders
  • libvpx, libvpx-vp9: Added pixel format yuva420 that supports an alpha channel. Note: with vp8 you have to set "Alternate reference frames" to "Disabled" to use it
  • NVIDIA NVENC
    • Switched to NVENC SDK 12
    • av1_nvenc: Added NVIDIA AV1 encoder for RTX 40 series GPUs
    • h264_nvenc, hevc_nvenc, av1_nvenc: Added "tune" option to nvenc encoders
  • Intel QSV
    • Added back MFX integration (Media SDK 2021 R1)

Credits

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