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FFmpeg 8.0 Merges Vulkan AV1 Encoding & VP9 Decoding

Written by Michael Larabel in Multimedia on 8 August 2025 at 06:20 AM EDT. 26 Comments
Ahead of the upcoming FFmpeg 8.0 release for this widely-used, open-source multimedia library some more last minute features continue to land. Hitting FFmpeg Git today are some Vulkan Video additions.

First and foremost, FFmpeg has merged Vulkan Video support for AV1 video encoding. This commit landed the Vulkan Video AV1 encoder "av1_vulkan" using that cross-GPU, cross-OS video acceleration API.

This commit meanwhile added Vulkan Video VP9 video decoding support to FFmpeg.

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These latest encode and decode additions complement all of the other Vulkan Video material that has landed in FFmpeg over prior months for encode/decode of different codecs plus there has been work on Vulkan-accelerated filters and more.

FFmpeg developer Lynne carried out the VP9 AV1 encode and VP9 decode capabilities. Look for these features and more in the FFmpeg 8.0 release due out in the coming weeks.

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