Release candidate #1 for research-v3.0.0 anchor. Includes the following since the previous anchor: Candidate Tools --------------- - CWG-B023 REF_MV_BANK - CWG-B041 Optical Flow MV Refinement - CWG-B079 Interpolation Filter Consistency Fix in Optical Flow MV Refinement - CWG-B056 Intra Bi-Prediction - CWG-B068 Adaptive Intra Mode Coding (AIMC) - CWG-B053 Complexity-scalable MVP - CWG-B076 Scan order alignment and bugfix for IST - CWG-B065 Modified context derivation - CWG-B098 Improvements to IST - CWG-B081 Search range extension for IntraBC - CWG-B099 Improved CCSO with luma extension and band feature - CWG-B092 Advanced MVD coding - CWG-C002 Forward Skip Coding for Prediction Residuals (FSC) - CWG-C011 Improved AMVD - CWG-C005 Improved Palette Coding - CWG-B091 New Reference Signaling - CWG-C019 SKIP_MODE_ENHANCEMENT - CWG-C014 New Deblocking Filter - CWG-C025 BVP_IMPROVEMENT - CWG-C007 Temporal Interpolated Prediction Mode - CWG-C031: Rate cost update for block vector Code Cleanups ------------- - CWG-B086 Removal of DIST_WTD_COMP code - CWG-B086 Removal of DUAL_FILTER code - CWG-B086 Removal of SVC Features - CWG-B086 Removal of some compile-time flags Gitlab CI Updates ----------------- - Upgraded GCC to version 11 - Upgraded LLVM to version 12 - Developer Wiki for Reproducing CI Failures Bugfixes -------- https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/avm/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=closed&milestone_title=research-v3.0.0%20anchor%20release Open issues ----------- https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/avm/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&milestone_title=research-v3.0.0%20anchor%20release