MLT Multimedia Framework

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v7.36.0 released

Dec 29, 2025

You can download it from GitHub.

This version adds image processing in linear color on the CPU (previously only Movit). Plus, it extends 10-bit video processing on the CPU to many more services.

Framework

• Added mlt_image_default_colorspace()
• Added mlt_image_default_trc()
• Added mlt_image_default_primaries()
• Added mlt_color_convert_trc()
• Added the mlt_consumer property mlt_color_trc to drive a new color_transform normalizer filter. This sets the color transfer function to use for image/video effects. It is beneficial and correct to use linear color for any pixel mixing whether for blending or interpolation.
• Removed atexit(mlt_factory_close) in mlt_factory_init(). Close the factory yourself if you feel the need to (not generally needed when exiting a process).
• Prevent possible crash in mlt_service_connect_producer().
• Added mlt_profile_is_valid() and Mlt::Profile::is_valid().
• Fixed crash on invalid profile (CVE-2025-65834) in:
  • mlt_consumer_start()
  • mlt_factory_producer()
  • xml producer

Modules

• Drop support for Qt 5.
• Fixed bad color in luma transition’s dissolve (regression in v7.34.0).
• Fixed HLG HDR broken in decklink consumer (regression in v7.34.0).
• Fixed warnings when flushing audio in the avformat consumer.
• Added support for hwaccel=vulkan to the avformat producer.
• Added a color_transform normalizer filter to the core module to convert all image/video producers to and from linear color. It is abstract in the core module and drives the following filters:
  • avfilter.zscale
  • sws_colortransform
  • avfilter.scale
• Added filter sws_colortransform that is more efficient than avfilter.swscale but requires FFmpeg 8.
• Changed the default property values of the null consumer:
  • real_time: -1
  • terminate_on_pause: 1
• Changed the luma and movit.luma transitions to progress linearly with linear color_trc.
• Fixed the alpha channel dropped by the xml-clip producer.
• Added mlt_image_rgba64 format to:
  • avcolor_space filter
  • avdeinterlace filter
  • affine filter and transition
  • audiolevelgraph filter
  • audiospectrum filter
  • audiowaveform filter
  • autofade filter
  • avformat producer and consumers
  • box_blur filter
  • brightness filter
  • pillar_echo filter
  • color producer
  • dropshadow filter
  • dynamictext filter (when used with qtext)
  • frei0r.alpha0ps filter
  • frei0r.alphagrad filter
  • frei0r.alphaspot filter
  • frei0r.bluescreen0r filter
  • frei0r.select0r filter
  • frei0r.transparency filter
  • gpsgraphic filter
  • gpstext filter
  • gradientmap filter
  • hslprimaries filter
  • hslrange filter
  • kdenlivetitle producer
  • lift_gamma_gain filter
  • lightshow filter
  • mask_apply (when used with qtblend)
  • movit.convert filter
  • outline filter
  • qtblend filter and transition
  • qtcrop filter
  • qtext producer
  • shape filter
  • spot_remover filter
  • strobe filter
  • subtitle filter (when used with qtext)
  • swscale filter
  • text filter (when used with qtext)
  • timeremap link
  • timer filter (when used with qtext)
  • vqm transition
• Changed the mask_apply filter default transition to qtblend.
• Removed the maximum for the alpha property on the brightness filter so that you can increase the opacity of an existing alpha channel.
• Fixed background image scaling in the gpsgraphic filter.
• Fix audio artifacts with pcm_s24le in mkv in avformat producer.

Other

• Removed bitrate and quality limits in the vp9 and webm avformat presets.
• Fixed melt on Windows not reading file path/name with extended characters (regression in v7.34.0).
• Fixed building the ruby bindings with Ruby 3.0.
• More fixes for MSVC.
• Removed win32/strptime.c and replaced with Qt functions.
• Stop showing melt usage on error exit.

v7.34.0 released

Nov 3, 2025

You can download it from GitHub.

This versions adds 10-bit video processing on the CPU, but you must ensure you are using compatible filters and transitions.

Framework

• Added mlt_image_rgba64 format. This change touched core, avformat, and qt modules as well.
• Added mlt_color_trc, mlt_color_primaries, and more mlt_colorspaces along with functions:
  • mlt_image_color_trc_name
  • mlt_image_color_trc_id
  • mlt_image_colorspace_name
  • mlt_image_colorspace_id
  • mlt_image_color_pri_name
  • mlt_image_color_pri_id
• Fixed some minor memory leaks with cppcheck.

Modules

• Added rgba and rgba64 formats to the luma transition.
• Added rgba64 format to affine filter and transition.
• Added rgba64 format to the qtblend transition.
• Added support for FFmpeg 8 to the avformat module.
• Fixed audio panner filter for 5.1 channel layout.
• Fixed converting 10-bit full to limited range in avformat producer (regression in v7.30.0).
• Fixed shadow not working for multi-line template titles in kdenlivetitle producer.
• Fixed mask_apply filter with custom transition.
• Added input_chmask & output_chmask properties to mono filter.
• Added channel_mask property to LADSPA/LV2/VST2 filters.
• Added channel_mask to the volume filter.
• Added an outline video filter.
• Fixed a deadlock on image with a % in the name in qimage producer.
• Added scrubbing to the decklink consumer.
• Fixed & not decoded to & in the xml producer.
• Fixed converting BT.709 to BT.2020 in the avformat module.
• Fixed building a ladspa module without JACK as dependency.
• Deprecate a JACK Rack XML file in the jackrack and ladspa modules.
• Added filter qtblend_mode.
• Fixed incorrect alpha channel breaking optimization of qtblend.
• Fixed pixel format gbrap (Ut Video with alpha channel) in the avformat producer.
• Fixed opencv_tracker filter on cut playlist clips.
• Fixed warning about missing color range for avfilters that use it (e.g. avfilter.colorspace).
• Added typewriter properties to the qtext filter.
• Fixed color distortion or a crash if using hwaccel with orientation rotation in avformat producer.

Other

• Enable Qt 6 and disable Qt 5 modules in CMake by default.
• Disable the SDL1 module in CMake by default.
• Changed melt now exits with 1 if the producer is invalid.
• Various changes to work with MSVC compiler.
• Changed SVT-AV1 encode presets to VBR for Opus audio.
• Fixed initializing Qt on the main thread in melt.
• Documented the -progress2 option for melt.
• Increased the minimum C++ version to C++20.
• Converted many modules to use CMake find_package().
• Added libgen.c and libgen.h for MSVC.

v7.32.0 released

May 7, 2025

You can download it from GitHub.

Framework

• Added mlt_service_set_consumer() and `Mlt::Service::set_consumer().
• Optimized mlt_multitrack to not request a frame from a producer that is both hidden and muted.

Modules

• Fixed pixel format for VP8/VP9 streams in avformat producer.
• Fixed yuva422p pixel format in avformat producer.
• Added MLT_AVFORMAT_HWACCEL & MLT_AVFORMAT_HWACCEL_DEVICE environment variables to avformat producer.
• Updated decklink module for recent hardware and drivers.
• Added colorspace and color_trc (including HDR) properties to the decklink consumer.
• Fixed silencing extra audio channel (e.g. 6 => 8) in decklink consumer.
• Fixed 5.1 C/LFE channels swapped over HDMI in decklink consumer.
• Fixed text outline had sharp angles in kdenlivetitle producer.
• Fixed default gamma to be Rec. 709 for 10-bit Y’CbCr from movit module.
• Added support for HLG gamma to movit module (requires ddennedy/movit fork).
• Fixed opencv_tracker filter should require multiple keyframes to be ready.
• Fixed OpenCV crash on rect <= 1 pixel in opencv_tracker filter.
• Fixed aspect ratio in qtblend filter and transition.
• Fixed QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen not working in qt and glaxnimate modules.
• Improved preview scaling in qtblend filter.
• Fixed requesting huge images on multiple qtblend filters or transitions.
• Fixed sdl2 consumer on macOS.
• Fixed the strobe filter not working with movit.
• Fixed color and gamma using timeremap link with movit.
• Fixed consumer properties (e.g. channels) missing on qglsl consumer injected by the xml producer.

v7.30.0 released

Jan 19, 2025

You can download it from GitHub.

Framework

• Fixed Mlt::Producer::set_creation_time() not exported on i686.
• Fixed Mlt::Properties::set(int64_t) symbol version.
• Fixed mlt_factory_init() on Linux/BSD may fail to initialize when compiled with -DRELOCATABLE.
• Added generic non-drop-frame timecode in mlt_property.c. Previously, it was only done for 30000/1001 and 60000/1001 frame rates, but 24000/1001 is especially important as well.
• Added support for MLT XML embedded in chains. This, along with xml-clip producer handles mismatching frame rate between parent and child producers and facilites time-affecting links on the child.
• Added mlt_image_full_range(const char *color_range) where any of the following strings return true (1): full, jpeg, pc.

Modules

• Added xml-clip producer.
• Fixed link in and out properties arenot serialized in the xml consumer.
• Added hslprimaries and hslrange filters to the plus module.
• Added a gradientmap filter to the plus module.
• Fixed avfilter audio filters with FFmpeg 7.
• Fixed incorrect frame rate for AVCHD (and possibly others) in avformat.
• Fixed window_id property in consumer sdl2 by using SDL_CreateWindowFrom(), especially important for embedding in GTK+ or Qt.
• Fixed text not rendering in transition vqm since Qt 6.
• Added decimals keyword to gpstext filter and move RAW keyword check.
• Fixed time_offset property handling in gpstext filter.
• Fixed reading and writing SRT files with unicode in the path.
• Fixed subtitle_feed filter on producers with an in point > 0.
• Fixed opaque alpha channels become translucent in luma transition.
• Fixed a crash in the mix transition with consumer producer.
• Fixed freeze filter freezing too much.
• Fixed avfilter.fillborders with preview scaling.
• Fixed non-proportional scaling in qtblend transition and filter.
• Fixed avfilter color distortion with mlt_image_rgb and mlt_image_rgba.
• Extended support for colorspace=2020 consumer property and the BT.2020 colorspace in the avformat producer and consumer. This does not imply HDR, which is signaled through a color_trc property.
• Added support for mlt_image_yuv420p10, mlt_image_yuv444p10, and mlt_image_yuv422p16 in avfilter, swscale, and rescale filters. This facilitates using these pixel formats end-to-end when using only FFmpeg producers, certain avfilters, and avformat consumer. This means it is possible to do 10-bit end-to-end on the CPU when being careful to select compatible components and options to avoid conversions. One can pass-through HDR; however, you must set the color_trc and pix_fmt properties on the avformat consumer (see ffmpeg -h full for these values). The avformat consumer automatically converts MLT colorspace (integer value) to FFmpeg’s colorspace and color_primaries (unless explicit) options.

Other

• Cleaned up the examples in src/swig.
• Changed the x264-medium preset to a higher quality.

v7.28.0 released

Sep 12, 2024

You can download it from GitHub.

This fixes a couple of major regressions in the previous version 7.26.0:

• Fixed seeking and frozen video due by reverting “Improved performance with intra-only video and reducing the frame rate.”
• Fixed using melt to render MLT XML with OpenGL effects from movit.

Other fixes and changes:

• Deprecated the composite transition and the sdl and ndi modules.
• Fixed Android camera video has the wrong frame rate (broken in v7.26.0).
• Fixed audio not playing for audio-only DTS WMA.
• Fixed using “https:” URLs in the xml producer.
• Fixed crash on exit when running melt -query or melt -query links.
• Added a transition property to the watermark filter. Now, it defaults to using affine.
• Changed affine transition argument to set rect property if supplied.

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