# Changelog for rocDecode

Full documentation for rocDecode is available at [https://rocm.docs.amd.com/projects/rocDecode/en/latest/](https://rocm.docs.amd.com/projects/rocDecode/en/latest/)

## (Unreleased) rocDecode 0.10.0

### Added

* The new bitstream reader feature. The bitstream reader contains a few built-in stream file parsers, including elementary stream file parser and IVF container file parser. Currently the reader can parse AVC, HEVC and AV1 elementary stream files and AV1 IVF container files. More format support will be added in the future.
* A new sample app, called videodecoderaw which uses the bitstream reader instead of FFMPEG demuxer to get picture data.

### Changed

* Moved MD5 code out of roc video decode utility.

### Removed

*

### Resolved issues

*

### Tested configurations

* Linux
  * Ubuntu - `22.04` / `24.04`
  * RHEL - `8` / `9`
  * SLES - `15 SP5`
* ROCm: `6.3.0`
* libva-amdgpu-dev - `2.16.0`
* mesa-amdgpu-va-drivers - `1:24.3.0`
* FFmpeg - `4.4.2` / `6.1.1`
* rocDecode Setup Script - `V2.4.0`

## (Unreleased) rocDecode 0.9.0

### Changed

* AMD Clang++ is now the default CXX compiler.
* `rocDecode-setup.py` setup script updates to common package install: Setup no longer installs public clang package.

### Removed

* 

### Resolved issues

* 

### Tested configurations

* Linux
  * Ubuntu - `22.04` / `24.04`
  * RHEL - `8` / `9`
  * SLES - `15 SP5`
* ROCm: `6.3.0`
* libva-amdgpu-dev - `2.16.0`
* mesa-amdgpu-va-drivers - `1:24.3.0`
* FFmpeg - `4.4.2` / `6.1.1`
* rocDecode Setup Script - `V2.4.0`

## rocDecode 0.8.0 for ROCm 6.3

### Changed

* Clang is now the default CXX compiler.
* The new minimum supported version of va-api is 1.16.
* New build and runtime options have been added to the `rocDecode-setup.py` setup script.
* Added FFMpeg based software decoding into utils.
* Modified videodecode sample to allow FFMpeg based decoding

### Removed

* Make tests have been removed. CTEST is now used for both Make tests and package tests.
* `mesa-amdgpu-dri-drivers` has been removed as a dependency on RHEL and SLES.

### Resolved issues

* Fixed a bug in the size of output streams in the `videoDecodeBatch` sample.

## rocDecode 0.7.0

### Added

* Clang - Default CXX compiler
* Parser - Add new API rocDecParserMarkFrameForReuse()

### Optimized

* Setup Script - Build and runtime install options

### Changed

* CTest - Core tests for make test and package test

### Resolved issues

* Sample - Bugfix for videoDecodeBatch

### Tested configurations

* Linux
  * Ubuntu - `20.04` / `22.04`
  * RHEL - `8` / `9`
  * SLES - `15 SP5`
* ROCm:
  * rocm-core - `6.2.0.60200-66`
  * amdgpu-core - `1:6.2.60200-2009582`
* libva-dev - `2.7.0-2` / `2.14.0-1`
* mesa-amdgpu-va-drivers - `1:24.2.0.60200-2009582`
* FFmpeg - `4.2.7` / `4.4.2-0`
* rocDecode Setup Script - `V2.2.0`


## rocDecode 0.6.0

### Additions

* FFMPEG V5.X Support
* Mariner - Build Support

### Optimizations

* Setup Script - Error Check install

### Changes

* Dependencies - Updates to core dependencies
* LibVA Headers - Use public headers
* mesa-amdgpu-va-drivers - RPM Package available on RPM from ROCm 6.2

### Fixes

* Package deps
* RHEL/SLES - Additional required packages `mesa-amdgpu-dri-drivers libdrm-amdgpu`

### Tested configurations

* Linux
  * Ubuntu - `20.04` / `22.04`
  * RHEL - `8` / `9`
* ROCm:
  * rocm-core - `6.1.0.60100-64`
  * amdgpu-core - `1:6.1.60100-1741643`
* libva-dev - `2.7.0-2` / `2.14.0-1`
* mesa-amdgpu-va-drivers - `1:24.1.0`
* mesa-amdgpu-dri-drivers - `24.1.0.60200`
* FFmpeg - `4.2.7` / `4.4.2-0`
* rocDecode Setup Script - `V2.1.0`

## rocDecode 0.5.0

### Changes

* Changed setup updates
* Added AMDGPU package support
* Optimized package dependencies
* Updated README

### Fixes

* Minor bug fix and updates

### Tested configurations

* Linux distribution
  * Ubuntu - `20.04` / `22.04`
* ROCm:
  * rocm-core - `6.1.0.60100-28`
  * amdgpu-core - `1:6.1.60100-1731559`
* FFMPEG - `4.2.7` / `4.4.2-0`
* rocDecode Setup Script - `V1.4`

## rocDecode 0.4.0

### Changes

* Added CTest - Tests for install verification
* Added Doxygen - Support for API documentation
* Changed setup updates
* Optimized CMakeList Cleanup
* Added README

### Fixes

* Minor bug fix and updates

### Tested configurations

* Linux distribution
  * Ubuntu - `20.04` / `22.04`
* ROCm:
  * rocm-core - `5.6.1.50601-93`
  * amdgpu-core - `1:5.6.50601-1649308`
* FFMPEG - `4.2.7` / `4.4.2-0`
* libva-dev - `2.7.0-2` / `2.14.0-1`
* rocDecode Setup Script - `V1.1`