Chromaprint 1.6.0 released

Aug 28, 2025 00:00 · 73 words · 1 minute read

We’ve released a new version of Chromaprint with FFmpeg 8.0 support and several performance improvements:

  • Added support for FFmpeg 8.0
  • Added new function chromaprint_decode_fingerprint_header
  • Added missing chromaprint_get_algorithm function
  • Optimized simhash calculation for better performance
  • Enhanced fingerprint decoding speed
  • Improved fingerprint compression by pre-allocating vector storage
  • Updated CMake minimum version to 3.10 with better build configuration
  • Added Linux ARM64 binary builds
  • Added option to exclude internal avresample

You can download it at GitHub .