At Transloadit, we are committed to providing our customers with cutting-edge technology, including regular updates to our back-end tools. We are excited to announce Transloadit's official support for the latest FFmpeg v6.0.0, codenamed 'Von Neumann'.

FFmpeg logo with paper cutouts around the edges on top of an orange background.

⚠️ Following the release of FFmpeg v6.0.0, we will be phasing out support for v3.0.0 and v4.3.1. We recommend updating your Templates to v5.0.0 or the latest v6.0.0.

This release introduces new encoders, decoders, filters, and features while also streamlining future FFmpeg releases. Major FFmpeg versions will now be released annually, with deprecated APIs being removed after three releases. You can find the full changelog on the FFmpeg website.

Supported formats, codecs and filters

You can convert from these formats:

  • apac
  • bonk
  • hdr_pipe
  • jpegxl_pipe
  • laf
  • libopenmpt
  • pfm_pipe
  • phm_pipe
  • qoi_pipe
  • rka
  • sdns
  • vbn_pipe
  • wady
  • wavarc
  • xmd

You can convert to these formats:

  • avif

You can convert from and to these formats:

  • dfpwm

You can convert from these codecs:

  • adpcm_xmd
  • apac
  • bonk
  • cbd2_dpcm
  • ftr
  • media100
  • misc4
  • rka
  • vqc
  • wady_dpcm
  • wavarc

You can convert to these codecs:

  • pcm_bluray

You can use these filters:

  • a3dscope
  • acrusher
  • adelay
  • aderivative
  • adrc
  • afftfilt
  • aintegral
  • anlmf
  • anlms
  • aperms
  • arealtime
  • backgroundkey
  • blend_vulkan
  • colormap
  • compensationdelay
  • corr
  • cropdetect
  • dialoguenhance
  • dynaudnorm
  • feedback
  • libplacebo
  • multiply
  • perms
  • pixelize
  • realtime
  • showcwt
  • surround
  • thumbnail
  • tiltshelf
  • tremolo
  • vectorscope
  • vibrato
  • virtualbass
  • waveform
  • yadif_cuda
  • zscale

This release also has no lost formats, codecs or filters from v5.0.0.

Testing out one of the new filters

Let's explore one of the exciting new features in this release.

One new filter that caught my eye is pixelize – which takes any video and pixelates it, creating an interesting mosaic effect.

The example Template below uses the pixelize filter to pixelate a video, then preserves the video's encoding using the empty preset, and finally exports the result straight to an S3 bucket.

{
  ":original": {
    "robot": "/upload/handle"
  },
  "pixelate": {
    "use": ":original",
    "robot": "/video/encode",
    "result": true,
    "ffmpeg_stack": "v6.0.0",
    "preset": "empty",
    "ffmpeg": {
      "vf": "pixelize"
    }
  },
  "exported": {
    "use": ["pixelate", ":original"],
    "robot": "/s3/store",
    "credentials": "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS",
    "url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
  }
}

We can execute an Assembly using the above Template from anywhere in the world without setting up any infrastructure to run FFmpeg. Since our machines use AWS behind the scenes too, the export Step to the S3 bucket is blisteringly fast.

Results

Check out the results from executing the above Template. It's almost magic ✨

:original
pixelated

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