Do I understand right that the last version (v8) was released 8 years ago? So this breaks a long hiatus?
FFMpeg 8.0 came out August 22nd, 2025
8.1 came out 4 months ago on March 16th, 2026
Maybe you're thinking of VLC which has been stuck with a stable v3 release for almost a decade while work on v4 continue?
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/releases/tag/n8.0.3
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FFMpeg 8.0 came out August 22nd, 2025
8.1 came out 4 months ago on March 16th, 2026
Maybe you're thinking of VLC which has been stuck with a stable v3 release for almost a decade while work on v4 continue?