yt_clipper v5.25.0 [2024.09.30]

5.25.0 (2024-09-30)

Features

• clipper: add --video-codec option h264_vulkan for hardware accelerated encodes of h264 (21a060f) (progresses #46)
  • Uses hardware acceleration (typically a discrete GPU) for faster encodes at the cost of some quality.
  • h264_vulkan uses the Vulkan technology which is supported on Linux and Windows across most modern GPUs (AMD/NVIDIA/Intel). MacOS and iOS are not yet supported. Requires ffmpeg >= 7.1.
  • If you have issues with hardware acceleration, ensure you have the latest drivers.
• clipper: log audio/video formats found by youtube_dl alternative (7b93636)

Bug Fixes

• clipper: crash on --fast-trim with local input video file, updates python from 3.8 to 3.12 (ff9675e)

Major Dependency Upgrades

• clipper: update ffmpeg dependency to 7.1 (supports vulkan encodes) (a5959da)
• clipper: update yt-dlp dependency to v2024.09.27 (d06bf12)

Documentation

• readme: add section on supported video codecs
• readme: add documentation for linux installation by @rehandaphedar in #44