libva-intel-driver NEWS -- summary of changes. 2015-12-15
Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Intel Corporation
Version 1.6.2 - 15.Dec.2015
* Add support for Broxton
- Decoding: H.264/MPEG-2/VC-1/JPEG/VP8/HEVC/HEVC 10-bit/VP9
- Encoding: H.264/JPEG/VP8/HEVC
- VPP: CSC/scaling/NoiseReduction/Deinterlacing{Bob, MotionAdaptive, MotionCompensated}/ColorBalance/STD
* Add support for HEVC CBR on SKL
* Fix the broken VA_FILTER_SCALING_HQ on SKL
* Fix the incorrect loading of GPU shaders on GEN8/GEN9
* Fix the wrong address relocation in VPP on GEN8/GEN9
* Fix the wrong VAImage foramt
(https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92088)
* Fix YUV to RGB conversion on GEN7/GEN8/GEN9
* Fix the segmentation fault causing by NULL buffer object on SNB
(The issue mentioned in https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92811)
* Fix the wrong coordinate used in VPP
(The issue mentioned in https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92811)
Version 1.6.1 - 09.Sep.2015
* Wrapper other backend driver to support VP9 hybrid decoding on BDW/BSW/SKL (--enable-hybrid-codec)
* Fix HEVC decoding issue on BSW/SKL
* Fix HEVC encoding on SKL GT3
* Fix GPU hang issue when decoding H.264 MBAFF clips
(https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91207)
* Fix issues detected by klockwork scan
* Combine csc/scaling together to optimize the performance
Version 1.6.0 - 01.Jul.2015
* Add support for VP8 encoding (CQP, CBR) on BSW/SKL
* Add support for HEVC decoding on BSW
* Add support for HEVC encoding (CQP) on SKL
* Add support for low-power mode (VA_PROC_PIPELINE_FAST) in VPP to discard
any complex operation that would consume too many HW resources
* Fix memory leak issue for JPEG decoding
* Fix HEVC decoding issue on BSW/SKL
* Fix GPU hang issue caused by VP8 decoding on BDW/BSW
* Fix MADI/MCDI issues on SNB/IVB
* Improve the JPEG encoding quality
* Optimize MPEG-2 start code search on IVB
Version 1.5.1 - DD.03.2015
* Fix forward reference requirement for Bob deinterlacing
* Fix a lot of potential rendering issues on GEN8+
* Fix scaling of NV12 surfaces when no output_region is set
* Fix the broken attribute setting of i965_GetConfigAttrib
* Fix the GetConfigAttributes() for JPEGBaseline profile
* Fix the wrong overlap setting for VC-1 decoding on GEN6+
* Fix VP8 decoding issue on GEN8+, HW needs 1 extra byte for each partition
* Fix JPEG encoding issue.
* Add support for aub dump
* Enhance STD on GEN8+
* Implement max width and height in QuerySurfaceAttributes
* Add new SKL PCI ids
Version 1.5.0 - 28.Dec.2014
* Add support for Skylake
- Decoding: H.264/MPEG-2/VC-1/JPEG/VP8/HEVC
- Encoding: H.264/MPEG-2/JPEG
- VPP: CSC/scaling/NoiseReduction/Deinterlacing{Bob, MotionAdaptive, MotionCompensated}/ColorBalance/STD
* Add support for JPEG encoding on Braswell
* Add enhancement for video post/pre processing
* Fix out of tree builds (Emil Velikov)
Version 1.4.1 - 24.Oct.2014
* Use a new method to detect encoding capabilitiy on Haswell
Version 1.4.0 - 30.Sep.2014
* Add support for exporting VA buffer
* Add support for MVC decoding/encoding
* Add support for encoding quality level on Sandybride and newer
* Add support of inserting packed slice header & raw data for encoding
* Add support for Cherryview
* Fix the GPU hang issue on Ivybridge when using the gstreamer and mplayer to play back one H264 clip
(https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80720)
* Fix the GPU hang issue on Sandybride and newer when playing back one H264 clip
(https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76363)
* Fix the GPU hang issue on Haswell when using XBMC to play back one H264 clip
(https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81447)
Version 1.3.2 - 16.Jun.2014
* Export JPEG format by vaDeriveImage()
* Add support for MADI on SNB
* H.264: fix the support for grayscale format (Y800)
* Fix vaGetConfigAttributes() to validate the profile/entrypoint pair
* Fix vaCreateConfig() to not override user chroma format
* Fix the scaling issue on IVB/HSW/BDW
* Fix https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73424
* Fix https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72522
* Fix https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77041
* Quality improvement for H.264 encoding on BDW
Version 1.3.1 - 09.May.2014
* Add support for STE on Broadwell
* Add support for YV16
* Add support for user specified tiling and stride
* Fix VP8 decoding on Broadwell
* Fix the wrong alpha when convert NV12 into RGBA
* Fix https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77386
Version 1.3.0 - 24.Mar.2014
* Add support for Broadwell
- Decoding: H.264/MPEG-2/VC-1/JPEG/VP8
- Encoding: H.264/MPEG-2
- VPP: CSC/scaling/NoiseReduction/Deinterlacing{Bob, MotionAdaptive, MotionCompensated}/Sharpening/ColorBalance
* Fix the wrong setting in MI_BATCH_BATCH_START
Version 1.2.2 - 16.Dec.2013
* Motion compensation DI on HSW
* Optimization of FPS for H.264 encoding on HSW
* Add brightness/contrast/hue/saturation support for rendering.
* Support BT601/BT709/SMPTE240 in vaPutSurface()
* Expose Constrained Baseline Profile instead of Baseline Profile for H.264
* Bug fixes
Version 1.2.1 - 23.Sep.2013
* Add PCI IDs for Bay Trail
* Performance improvement for MPEG-2 Encoding on IVB/HSW
* Add basic processing support for packed YUV to packed YUV on ILK+
* Check the underlying OS support for VEBOX on HSW
* Quality improvement for BobDI on SNB/IVB
* Add support for Motion Adaptive Deinterlacing on IVB
* vaDeriveImage() works for UYVY formats
* Fix thread safety issue
* Fix GPU hang issue when decoding some videos on SNB
* Fix output filter count from QueryVideoProcFilters()
Version 1.2.0 - 26.Jun.2013
* The new H.264 encoding API on SNB/IVB/HSW
- Profile: BP/MP/HP
- Entropy Coding: CAVLC/CABAC
- Rate Control: CQP, CBR
- Progressive frame
- Multi Slice encoding
- Configurable GOP Structure
* MPEG-2 encoding on IVB/HSW
- Profile: SP/MP
- Progressive frame
- Configurable GOP Structure
* Video process on ILK/SNB/IVB/HSW
- CSC/scaling on ILK
- CSC/scaling/NoiseReduction/Deinterlacing{Bob} on SNB/IVB
- CSC/scaling/NoiseReduction/Deinterlacing{Bob,MotionAdaptive}/Sharpening/ColorBalance on HSW
* Implement vaQuerySurfaceAttributes()
* Implement the new version of vaCreateSurfaces()
- Create VA surface with specified fourcc
- Create VA surface from external buffer
. flinked GEM buffer
. prime/dma buffer
* Optimize H.264 encoding on IVB/HSW
* More reserved PCI IDs for HSW
* A lot of bug fixes
Version 1.0.20 - 19.Mar.2013
* Add support for wayland 1.0 protocol (Rob Bradford)
* Add global alpha support for subpicture
* Add support for IA88/AI88 subpicture
* Support up to 4 subpictures for each VA surface
* Update PCI IDs for Haswell CRW
* Automake 1.13 fixups (Armin K)
* Fix libva-intel-driver-1.0.19 display corruption on IVB GT1
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57323
* Fix decoding with FREXT02_JVC_C.264 on SNB
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57720
* Fix H.264 decoding broken/visual errors on ILK (Tobias Jakobi)
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58875
* Fix GPU hung with h.264 video and a resolution of 1920x816 on IVB
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59050
Version 1.0.19 - 09.Nov.2012
* Add support for Haswell
* Add raw DRM support (Dmitry Ermilov)
* Add Wayland support
* Add support for display rotation attribute
* Support 4K encoding on IVB and HSW
* Drop explicit dependency on X11 and libva-x11
* Fix VC-1 decoding when VSTRANSFORM is 0
* Fix SIGSEGV caused by use-after-free of the bufmgr (Stéphane Marchesin)
* Fix thread safety issue (Gautam)
* Fix vaUnlockSurface() for libva trace
Version 1.0.18 - 02.Aug.2012
* Add JPEG decoding on Ivy Bridge
* Add support for a new Ivy Bridge chip
* Add support for vaSyncSurface() and vaQuerySurfaceStatus() (Dmitry Ermilov)
* Fix decoding of MPEG-2 videos with implicit IQ matrices
* Fix concurrent creation of VA objects (MT safety)
* Fix decoding of large resolution videos (up to 4K on IVB)
Version 1.0.17 - 02.Apr.2012
* Add support for IMC1/IMC3 surface formats
* Fix rendering of interlaced surfaces
* Fix MPEG-2 decoding of interlaced streams (SNB, IVB)
* Fix H.264 weighted prediction indicator (SNB)
* Fix and simplify calculation of H.264 macroblock bit offset (ILK, SNB, IVB)
Version 1.0.16 - 14.Feb.2012
* Fix VC-1 bitplane buffer size (SNB, IVB)
* Fix VC-1 motion vector modes for Ivy Bridge
* Fix MFX_QM_STATE for H.264 flat scaling lists (IVB)
* Fix and simplify AVC_REF_IDX_STATE setup (ILK, SNB, IVB)
* Fix memory leak of encoder buffers
* Fix check for internal VA surface format prior to rendering
* Add support for B43 chipset (Alexander Inyukhin)
Version 1.0.15 - 28.Oct.2011
* Add auto-generated Debian packaging
* Fix VC-1 decoding (TTFRM packing)
* Fix MPEG-2 decoding on Ivy Bridge
* Fix MPEG-2 decoding with sparse QM matrices updates
* Fix slice-param & slice-data buffer memory leaks
Version 1.0.14 - 28.Jul.2011
* Add H.264 encoding support to Ivy Bridge
* Add support for VA_SUBPICTURE_DESTINATION_IS_SCREEN_COORD
* Fix next slice vertical position for MPEG-2 (#38628)
* Fix subpicture scale factor for Y axis
* Fix GPU hang when decoding field coded MPEG-2 picture
* Fix memory leaks (Edgar Hucek)
Version 1.0.13 - 25.May.2011
* Add H.264 encoding support to Sandy Bridge
* Add MPEG-2, VC-1 and H.264 decoding support to Ivy Bridge
* Fix thread safety issues
Version 1.0.11 - 14.Mar.2011
* Add deinterlacing & scaling support to Sandy Bridge
* Add vaDeriveImage() implementation
* Fix VC-1 decoding for Main/Simple profiles
Version 1.0.9 - 27.Jan.2011
* Add VC-1 decoding support to Sandy Bridge
Version 1.0.8 - 21.Jan.2011
* Add support for IA44/AI44 subpicture formats (#32868)
Version 1.0.7 - 17.Dec.2011
* Add MPEG-2 and H.264 decoding support to Sandy Bridge
Version 1.0.5 - 02.Sep.2010
* Add deinterlacing & scaling support to Ironlake
Version 1.0.4 - 13.Jul.2010
* Add vaGetImage() implementation
* Add support for RGBA subpictures
* Fix H.264 decoding on Ironlake
Version 1.0.3 - 10.Jun.2010
* Add H.264 decoding support to Ironlake