v1.5.0

Release Notes

ARM Support

• Added support for ARM 32-bit and 64-bit on Linux.
• The converter now utilizes NEON SIMD instructions for RGB ↔ YUV format conversions (64-bit version only).
• Successfully tested on Raspberry Pi 5.

AVX2 Support for x86

• Added AVX2 intrinsic support for RGB ↔ YUV format conversions.
• Achieves at least 2× speed up over SSE.

Unified DLL Import

• H264Sharp.dll no longer requires separate compilation for different platforms.
• A single DLL now dynamically imports cross-platform native dependencies at runtime.

Miscellaneous

• Debug logs are now disabled by default but can be optionally enabled for the encoder and decoder.
• Converter configuration is now unified under a single parameter.
• Bitmap extensions for Windows have been released!

Breaking Changes

The configuration system has been updated, and the following properties have been removed:

encoder.ConverterNumberOfThreads
decoder.ConverterNumberOfThreads 
decoder.EnableSSEYUVConversion

Now use

var config = ConverterConfig.Default;
config.EnableSSE = 1;
config.EnableNeon = 1;
config.EnableAvx2 = 1;
config.NumThreads = 4;
config.EnableCustomThreadPool = 0;
Converter.SetConfig(config);