the pp filter is very useful, especially for setting video autolevels. It can be found in many postings in this forum.
It appears to have been removed from ffmpeg V8.0 . Any attempt to use it returns an error:
[AVFilterGraph @ 00000185371eac00] No option name near ‘al|f’
[AVFilterGraph @ 00000185371eac00] Error parsing a filter description around:
[AVFilterGraph @ 00000185371eac00] Error parsing filterchain ‘pp=al|f’ around:
This is on Windows 10 with
ffmpeg version 8.0-full_build-www.gyan.dev Copyright (c) 2000-2025 the FFmpeg developers
I can’t find a substitue for this filter searching on “pp” or “autolevels” in the ffmpeg documentation web page.
Can someone please explain why it was removed, and how to get this filter or a resonable replacement back?
