FFmpeg 2.5 Brings Animated PNG, WebP Decoding Support

Written by Michael Larabel in Multimedia on 4 December 2014 at 11:43 PM EST. 3 Comments
MULTIMEDIA
The latest major feature update to FFmpeg is now available for use by multimedia open-source applications.

The FFmpeg 2.5 major additions include AVFoundation screen-grabbing support, animated WebP decoding support, animated PNG support, more videop streaming features, and other changes.

More of the changes for FFmpeg 2.5 can be found via the releae notes and FFmpeg.org for downloads.
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