Download Avidemux 2.8.1

Version 2.8.1 of Avidemux has been released. With this open source and cross-platform program, video files can be easily edited and converted. It is available for Windows, Linux and macOS, and there are also unofficial versions for BSD. Avidemux is developed in C++, interfaced with Qt and uses FFMpeg for its multimedia functions. The changelog for this release can be found below:

New Features

• New HiDPI compatible button set
• Fast method to add partial filters via CTRL+F shortcut
• Audio department improvements
• custom frame rate change (audio stretch with pitch control)
• configurable compressor (DRC)
• 3-band equalizer
• independent channel gain options
• independent channel delay options
• channel remap options
• new downmix options: stereo headphone and headphone virtual surround
• audio track configuration up to 32 tracks
• volume setting is saved upon exit
• Light and dark theme options in View menu
• Option to remember selected resize method in “Resize”, “Fit to size” and “Zoom” filters
• New filter: 3D LUT
• New filter: Decimate
• New filter: Arbitrary Rotate
• New video encoder: VideoToolbox HEVC (“ffVTEncHEVC”, macOS only)

Other Enhancements

• HDR tone mapping performance and quality improvements
• Extended file information
• Rotating mouse wheel over buttons to seek by 60 seconds cycles through 1/2/4/60 seconds seek modes
• Support for decoding 8-bit VP9 in hardware via DXVA2 on Windows and via VDPAU on Linux with graphics cards featuring a VP9 decoder
• Buttons to seek to selection start (A) and end (B) in on-the-fly video filter preview
• Logo image in “Add logo” video filter configuration dialog is now scalable, can be repositioned by dragging
• By default, on-the-fly preview in video filter configuration dialogs is now rendered using OpenGL to improve performance in HiDPI conditions

Bug fixes

• Crash on copy to clipboard if selection extends to the end of video, a regression introduced in v2.8.0
• Crashes in “Resample FPS” video filter with motion interpolation enabled
• Crash on finishing encoding with the vp9 encoder
• Avidemux falling victim to a crash in VA-API driver triggered by probing on application startup on Linux with some recent hardware
• Crash loading MPEG-TS or MPEG-PS file with MPEG-1 video track and HW decoder via VDPAU enabled
• Wrong number of channels or wrong channel layout with some E-AC3 streams
• Reduced contrast and desaturated colors in loaded BMP images
• Selection starting at zero and ending at the last picture of video cannot be deleted
• Disabling B-frames breaks VideoToolbox HW encoder (macOS only)

Miscellaneous

• Bundled FFmpeg libraries have been updated to 4.4.2 release