Last updated: May 29, 2024
# Now supporting FFmpeg v5.0.0: new features & filters
**Joseph Grabski**
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Upgrading stacks is a big deal, and we make sure to be careful with the versions we choose to offer to maximize compatability, as well as to bring the latest and greatest features offered by the FFmpeg team.
However, with the release of v5.0.0 ("Lorentz"), it was hard to say no. With a number of new filters, muxers, decoders and encoders, there's plenty of new toys to play around with. Say goodbye to many of the old encode/decode APIs as well, as they've been superceded by an N:M based API.
You can find the changelog on the [FFmpeg website](https://ffmpeg.org/), and below you can see which formats, codecs and filters Transloadit has gained and lost support for.
You can convert **from** these formats:
* `aax`
* `ace`
* `argo_brp`
* `binka`
* `bitpacked`
* `cri_pipe`
* `dash`
* `gem_pipe`
* `imf`
* `ipu`
* `jack`
* `kmsgrab`
* `luodat`
* `mca`
* `mcc`
* `mods`
* `moflex`
* `msp`
* `pgx_pipe`
* `photocd_pipe`
* `scd`
* `sga`
* `simbiosis_imx`
* `svs`
* `xbm_pipe`
You can convert **to** these formats:
* `alp`
* `amv`
* `apm`
* `argo_asf`
* `ttml`
* `wsaud`
You can convert **from and to** these formats:
* `argo_cvg`
* `avs3`
* `obu`
You can convert **to** these codecs:
* `adpcm_argo`
* `adpcm_ima_alp`
* `adpcm_ima_amv`
* `adpcm_ima_apm`
* `adpcm_ima_ws`
* `bitpacked`
* `cfhd`
* `exr`
* `pfm`
* `rpza`
* `smc`
* `speedhq`
* `ttml`
You can convert **from** these codecs:
* `adpcm_ima_acorn`
* `adpcm_ima_moflex`
* `argo`
* `cri`
* `fastaudio`
* `gem`
* `ipu`
* `mobiclip`
* `msnsiren`
* `msp2`
* `pcm_sga`
* `pgx`
* `photocd`
* `sga`
* `simbiosis_imx`
You can use these **filters**:
* `acrusher`
* `adecorrelate`
* `adenorm`
* `adynamicequalizer`
* `adynamicsmooth`
* `aemphasis`
* `aeval`
* `aexciter`
* `afade`
* `afftfilt`
* `afreqshift`
* `afwtdn`
* `agate`
* `alatency`
* `alimiter`
* `anequalizer`
* `anlmf`
* `aperms`
* `aphaseshift`
* `apsyclip`
* `arnndn`
* `aspectralstats`
* `asubboost`
* `asubcut`
* `asupercut`
* `asuperpass`
* `asuperstop`
* `atilt`
* `avectorscope`
* `bbox`
* `bilateral`
* `blackdetect`
* `blend`
* `chromanr`
* `colorcontrast`
* `colorcorrect`
* `colorize`
* `colortemperature`
* `convolution`
* `curves`
* `datascope`
* `deband`
* `deblock`
* `despill`
* `doubleweave`
* `epx`
* `estdif`
* `exposure`
* `fade`
* `fftdnoiz`
* `fftfilt`
* `frei0r`
* `grayworld`
* `guided`
* `haldclut`
* `hsvhold`
* `hsvkey`
* `huesaturation`
* `identity`
* `kirsch`
* `lagfun`
* `latency`
* `lenscorrection`
* `limitdiff`
* `limiter`
* `lut`
* `lut1d`
* `lut2`
* `lut3d`
* `lutrgb`
* `lutyuv`
* `maskedclamp`
* `maskedmax`
* `maskedmerge`
* `maskedmin`
* `maskedthreshold`
* `maskfun`
* `mix`
* `monochrome`
* `morpho`
* `msad`
* `negate`
* `nnedi`
* `perms`
* `phase`
* `pixscope`
* `prewitt`
* `pseudocolor`
* `psnr`
* `readeia608`
* `roberts`
* `scharr`
* `shear`
* `shufflepixels`
* `sidechaingate`
* `sobel`
* `sofalizer`
* `speechnorm`
* `ssim`
* `stereotools`
* `super2xsai`
* `swaprect`
* `tblend`
* `threshold`
* `tlut2`
* `tmedian`
* `tmidequalizer`
* `tmix`
* `varblur`
* `vif`
* `w3fdif`
* `weave`
* `xcorrelate`
* `xmedian`
* `zscale`
You **can’t** convert to these formats:
* `caca`
* `singlejpeg`
You **can’t** use these filters:
* `avgblur`
* `remap`
* `uspp`
## Trying a new filter
Lets take a look at an FFmpeg filter, which you can use as a starting point for your explorations.
Here's a small Template that uses the `colorkey` filter to remove a green screen from a video stream. We use the `similarity` and `blend` parameters to also tweak how sensitive our chroma key is, to try and remove as much of the green background as possible. We also have to convert our file to `webm`, since this supports transparent video streams.
```json
{
":original": {
"robot": "/upload/handle"
},
"remove_green_screen": {
"use": ":original",
"robot": "/video/encode",
"result": true,
"ffmpeg_stack": "v5.0.0",
"preset": "empty",
"ffmpeg": {
"vf": "colorkey=0x00FF00:similarity=0.2:blend=0.3",
"c": "copy",
"c:v": "vp9",
"f": "webm"
}
},
"exported": {
"use": ["remove_green_screen", ":original"],
"robot": "/s3/store",
"credentials": "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS",
"url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
}
}
```
As you can see, it's simple to directly use FFmpeg commands from within a transcoding step. Following the same steps, you can extend the capabilties of any of our FFmpeg poweredRobots to suit your needs.
## Results
Below are the results from the Template that we made.
##### `:original`
##### `remove_green_screen`
## Wrapping up
Of course, this is only a small piece of the larger FFmpeg pie 🥧 I hope that you can use thisTemplate as a baseline for your own deep-dive into the FFmpeg gold-mine, as there's plenty to discover.
As always, if you run into any issues when upgrading to the new stack, please report it to us on Intercom. We'll be quick to squash any bugs that you may come across.
[#ffmpeg](/blog/tags/ffmpeg.md)[#integrations](/blog/tags/integrations.md)[#walkthrough](/blog/tags/walkthrough.md)
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