📰 MythTV 36 Released With Web App Improvements & FFmpeg 8 Support

MythTV 36 is now available for this long-time open-source digital video recorder "DVR" software that has been around now for more than two decades as the leading choice for those wishing to watch and/or record live TV under Linux especially as an HTPC...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/MythTV-36

📰 FFmpeg 8.1 Released With Experimental xHE-AAC MPS212, More Vulkan Acceleration

FFmpeg 8.1 is out today as the newest stable release of this widely-used, open-source multimedia library...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-8.1-Released

📰 FFmpeg Introduces Vulkan-Accelerated 360 Degree Video Conversion

Beyond the capabilities of just the Vulkan Video API, the FFmpeg multimedia library has made interesting Vulkan-accelerated adaptations using compute shaders. With Vulkan compute they've implemented Apple ProRes video acceleration, FFV1 decode, and other features. The newest Vulkan feature now in place for FFmpeg is 360 degree video conversion...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-360-Degree-Vulkan

📰 Gentoo-Based Redcore Linux Hardened 2601 Released with Kernel 6.19

Redcore Linux Hardened 2601 Vulpecula has been released, featuring Linux kernel 6.19, FFmpeg 8, and updates to the Sisyphus package manager.

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https://linuxiac.com/gentoo-based-redcore-linux-hardened-2601-released-with-kernel-6-19/

📰 FFmpeg Introduces Apple ProRes RAW Vulkan-Powered Video Acceleration

Last year the widely-used, open-source FFmpeg multimedia library introduced Apple ProRes video acceleration using shaders with the Vulkan API. Now FFmpeg has taken it a step further and can support Apple ProRes RAW Vulkan-based video decoding...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-ProRes-RAW-Vulkan

📰 FFmpeg Introduces Vulkan Accelerated Decoding For APV Video

FFmpeg already supports CPU-based decoding for Samsung's APV as the Advanced Professional Video Codec. FFmpeg also has APV encode support too while now an interesting addition was merged this week: Vulkan-based acceleration for APV...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-Vulkan-APV

📰 AI Agent Uncovers 21 Zero-Days in FFmpeg; Chrome Patches Record 429 Bugs

Two things landed within days of each other this week. A security startup reported 21 previously unknown vulnerabilities in FFmpeg, the media library inside almost everything that touches video, all of them found by an autonomous AI agent.The same week, Google shipped Chrome 149 with patches for 429 security bugs, the most ever in a single release.Only the FFmpeg bugs were found by AI.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/ai-agent-uncovers-21-zero-days-in.html

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📰 FFmpeg fixes PixelSmash flaw in widely used video decoder

A newly disclosed FFmpeg flaw dubbed 'PixelSmash' could be exploited for remote code execution on Jellyfin servers under certain conditions, and can also trigger a denial-of-service condition in applications like Kodi, Emby, Nextcloud, PhotoPrism, and OBS Studio.

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ffmpeg-fixes-pixelsmash-flaw-in-widely-used-video-decoder/

📰 AMD Contributes ONNX Runtime Backend To FFmpeg DNN Filter

An AMD engineer has contributed to the upstream FFmpeg library an ONNX Runtime back-end for its DNN filter. The FFmpeg Deep Neural Network (DNN) filters allow for running AI models natively inside the video processing pipeline for upscaling, object detection, background segmentation, and more. This ONNX Runntime back-end support is notable in that it expands the GPU and NPU capabilities with FFmpeg...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-DNN-ONNX-Runtime

📰 FFmpeg Introduces Vulkan APV Encoder

Back in May the FFmpeg project introduced Vulkan-accelerated decoding for the APV video format. The Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec was being handled using Vulkan shaders in a similar way to how FFmpeg implemented Vulkan acceleration for Apple ProRes. Now there is Vulkan-accelerated APV encoding too...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-Vulkan-Encoder-APV

📰 Frame Gives FFmpeg a Modern GUI for Everyday Media Conversion

Frame is an open-source media conversion utility that wraps FFmpeg in a native Rust GUI for video, audio, image, subtitle, and metadata workflows.

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https://linuxiac.com/frame-gives-ffmpeg-a-modern-gui-for-everyday-media-conversion/

📰 FFmpeg 9.0 Released with Animated WebP Decoding and New Hardware Acceleration

FFmpeg 9.0 arrives with animated WebP support, Vulkan acceleration for APV, ProRes RAW VideoToolbox decoding, and new GPU-powered filters.

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https://linuxiac.com/ffmpeg-9-0-released-with-animated-webp-decoding-and-new-hardware-acceleration/

📰 FFmpeg Lands H.265 Vulkan Encode Performance Optimizations

The FFmpeg multimedia library can now enjoy faster H.265/HEVC video encoding with the Vulkan-powered encode path. With the optimizations merged today, the H.265 encode performance should be roughly at parity to the H.264 encode speed...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-Faster-HEVC-Encode