Avidemux 2.6.14 Open-Source Video Editor Supports Lagarith Lossless Video Codec

The open-source video editor Avidemux, received a new maintenance update (version 2.6.14) the other day, September 17, 2016, and it is now available for all supported platforms, including GNU/Linux, Mac, and Windows.

Avidemux 2.6.14 is both a feature and bugfix release, coming exactly one month after the unveiling of the previous stable build, namely Avidemux 2.6.13. According to the release notes, the new version implements automatic check for new versions of the Qt interface (check are performed once a day), re-implements support for Windows XP (for those still using it) by adding support for the MXE cross-compiler.

Moreover, Avidemux 2.6.14 comes with support for the Lagarith lossless video codec, support for FLAC decoding by using the libavcodec library, better support for corrupted H.264 and TS video streams, improved release of resources for VDPAU (Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix),...