Breakthrough · Oct 12, 2026 · Oct 12, 2026 · Oct 12, 2026 · Oct 12, 2026
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 
-### Latest Release: v0.7.1 (July 21, 2026)
+### Latest Release: v0.7.2 (October 11, 2026)
 
 **Website**:  [scenedetect.com](https://www.scenedetect.com)
 

diff --git a/docs/LATEST_VERSION b/docs/LATEST_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.1
+0.7.2
diff --git a/packaging/windows/installer/PySceneDetect.aip b/packaging/windows/installer/PySceneDetect.aip
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
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     <ROW Property="ProductLanguage" Value="1033"/>
     <ROW Property="ProductName" Value="PySceneDetect"/>
-    <ROW Property="ProductVersion" Value="0.7.1" Options="32"/>
+    <ROW Property="ProductVersion" Value="0.7.2" Options="32"/>
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@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
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@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@
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+    <ROW BuildKey="DefaultBuild" BuildName="DefaultBuild" BuildOrder="1" BuildType="0" PackageFolder="." PackageFileName="PySceneDetect-0.7.2-win64" Languages="en" InstallationType="4" ExtUI="true" UseLargeSchema="true" MsiPackageType="x64"/>
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diff --git a/scenedetect/__init__.py b/scenedetect/__init__.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 
 # Used for module identification and when printing version & about info
 # (e.g. calling `scenedetect version` or `scenedetect about`).
-__version__ = "0.7.1"
+__version__ = "0.7.2"
 
 init_logger()
 logger = getLogger("pyscenedetect")

diff --git a/tests/release/synthetic.py b/tests/release/synthetic.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def generate_vfr_swing(output_path: str):
         "color=white:size=320x240:duration=5:rate=1",
         "-filter_complex",
         "[0:v][1:v][2:v]concat=n=3:v=1:a=0",
-        "-vsync",
+        "-fps_mode",
         "vfr",
         output_path,
     ]
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def generate_vfr_pts_gap(output_path: str):
         "testsrc2=duration=5:rate=30",
         "-vf",
         "select='not(between(n,30,32))'",
-        "-vsync",
+        "-fps_mode",
         "vfr",
         output_path,
     ]

diff --git a/website/pages/changelog.md b/website/pages/changelog.md
@@ -3,6 +3,40 @@
 
 ## PySceneDetect 0.7
 
+### PySceneDetect 0.7.2 (October 11, 2026)
+
+PySceneDetect 0.7.2 ships improved defaults for the histogram and perceptual hash detectors, adds PyAV 19 support, and fixes several timing and output bugs. **Default output of `detect-hist` and `detect-hash` will change in this release due to improved default values**.
+
+#### CLI Changes
+
+ - [improvement] `HistogramDetector` (`detect-hist`) default `threshold` changed from 0.05 to 0.20 and default `bins` from 256 to 128, calibrated from the [benchmarks](https://www.scenedetect.com/benchmarks/). Output for this detector will change if you are not setting both parameters explicitly. [#559](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/559)
+   - Use `detect-hist -t 0.05 -b 256` or `HistogramDetector(threshold=0.05, bins=256)` to restore the previous behavior.
+ - [improvement] `HashDetector` (`detect-hash`) default `threshold` changed from 0.395 to 0.35 and default `size` from 16 to 8, calibrated from the [benchmarks](https://www.scenedetect.com/benchmarks/). Output for this detector will change if you are not setting both parameters explicitly. [#559](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/559)
+   - Use `detect-hash -t 0.395 -s 16` or `HashDetector(threshold=0.395, size=16)` to restore the previous behavior.
+ - [improvement] `detect-threshold` now ignores fade-outs shorter than `0.1s` by default. Use `--min-out-length 0` to restore the previous behavior. The API default remains `0` [#278](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/278)
+ - [feature] Added `save-keyframes` command to export detected cuts using `# keyframe format v1` for Aegisub-compatible tools [#534](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/534). Frame numbers are currently approximate for VFR input [#569](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/569)
+ - [feature] Add `--min-out-length`/`min_out_length` to `detect-threshold`/`ThresholdDetector`, which requires that fades stay below the threshold for the given duration [#278](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/278)
+ - [general] `-f`, `--frame-rate`, and `--framerate` are now aliases of the same CLI option, and all forms appear in help and documentation. If multiple forms are given, the last value is used [#548](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/548)
+ - [bugfix] Progress bar now reaches 100% when processing variable framerate (VFR) videos, with both the OpenCV and PyAV backends [#561](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/561)
+ - [bugfix] Fix `AdaptiveDetector` / `detect-adaptive` emitting scenes shorter than `min_scene_len` when `window_width` is large, by applying the minimum-length check to the emitted (target) frame instead of the current frame [#408](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/408)
+
+#### API Changes
+
+ - [api] Legacy `framerate` argument aliases in `FrameTimecode`, `open_video()`, and the video backends now emit a `DeprecationWarning`; use `frame_rate` instead. When both forms are provided, `frame_rate` takes precedence [#548](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/548)
+ - [api] `write_scene_list()` now also accepts a path (`str` or `pathlib.Path`) as the first argument in addition to an open file handle; paths are opened and closed automatically [#523](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/523)
+ - [api] Scene-list output functions for EDL, FCPXML, FCP7 XML, and OTIO now accept an open text file handle, a string path, or a `pathlib.Path`; paths are opened and closed automatically [#567](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/567)
+ - [bugfix] `ThresholdDetector`/`detect-threshold` with method `CEILING` now classifies the first frame with the `CEILING` rule instead of the `FLOOR` rule, which anchored a leading fade one frame late and could emit a spurious cut at the first frame (thanks @MuhammadBilalKhan267)
+ - [bugfix] Fix `min_scene_len` given in frames dropping cuts that are exactly `min_scene_len` frames apart at NTSC framerates (e.g. 29.97 fps), by comparing frame counts instead of converting to seconds [#577](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/577)
+ - [bugfix] Fix `TypeError` when opening videos with the `pyav` backend on PyAV 19.0 or newer (PyAV 19 is now supported)
+ - [bugfix] Fix `pyav` backend duration calculation fallback
+ - [bugfix] Fix `pyav` backend not releasing the file handle it opened when the stream is garbage collected, which emitted a `ResourceWarning` under `python -X dev` [#568](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/568)
+ - [bugfix] Work around an intermittent segfault on exit with the OpenCV backend on Windows when opening PNG image sequences with `opencv-python` 4.14 or 5.0 (upstream: [opencv/opencv#30017](https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/30017)) [#575](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/575)
+
+#### Packaging
+
+ - [general] The Windows distribution now bundles PyAV 19 and FFmpeg 9.0
+ - [general] The `scenedetect-core` package introduced in 0.7.1 has been discontinued, and its only release (0.7.1) yanked from PyPI. Existing `scenedetect-core` installs keep working but will not receive updates. Install either `scenedetect` or `scenedetect-headless`. [#558](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/558)
+
 ### PySceneDetect 0.7.1 (July 21, 2026)
 
 PySceneDetect 0.7.1 adds support for concatenating multiple videos, along with several stability and robustness fixes for the PyAV and OpenCV backends.
@@ -781,36 +815,4 @@ Both the Windows installer and portable distributions now include signed executa
 Development
 ==========================================================
 
-## PySceneDetect 0.7.2 (TBD)
-
-PySceneDetect 0.7.2 ships improved defaults for the histogram and perceptual hash detectors, adds PyAV 19 support, and fixes several timing and output bugs. **Default output of `detect-hist` and `detect-hash` will change in this release due to improved default values*.
-
-#### CLI Changes
-
- - [improvement] `HistogramDetector` (`detect-hist`) default `threshold` changed from 0.05 to 0.20 and default `bins` from 256 to 128, calibrated from the [benchmarks](https://www.scenedetect.com/benchmarks/). Output for this detector will change if you are not setting both parameters explicitly. [#559](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/559)
-   - Use `detect-hist -t 0.05 -b 256` or `HistogramDetector(threshold=0.05, bins=256)` to restore the previous behavior.
- - [improvement] `HashDetector` (`detect-hash`) default `threshold` changed from 0.395 to 0.35 and default `size` from 16 to 8, calibrated from the [benchmarks](https://www.scenedetect.com/benchmarks/). Output for this detector will change if you are not setting both parameters explicitly. [#559](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/559)
-   - Use `detect-hash -t 0.395 -s 16` or `HashDetector(threshold=0.395, size=16)` to restore the previous behavior.
- - [improvement] `detect-threshold` now ignores fade-outs shorter than `0.1s` by default. Use `--min-out-length 0` to restore the previous behavior. The API default remains `0` [#278](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/278)
- - [feature] Added `save-keyframes` command to export detected cuts using `# keyframe format v1` for Aegisub-compatible tools [#534](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/534). Frame numbers are currently approximate for VFR input [#569](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/569)
- - [feature] Add `--min-out-length`/`min_out_length` to `detect-threshold`/`ThresholdDetector`, which requires that fades stay below the threshold for the given duration [#278](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/278)
- - [general] `-f`, `--frame-rate`, and `--framerate` are now aliases of the same CLI option, and all forms appear in help and documentation. If multiple forms are given, the last value is used [#548](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/548)
- - [bugfix] Progress bar now reaches 100% when processing variable framerate (VFR) videos, with both the OpenCV and PyAV backends [#561](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/561)
- - [bugfix] Fix `AdaptiveDetector` / `detect-adaptive` emitting scenes shorter than `min_scene_len` when `window_width` is large, by applying the minimum-length check to the emitted (target) frame instead of the current frame [#408](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/408)
-
-#### API Changes
-
- - [api] Legacy `framerate` argument aliases in `FrameTimecode`, `open_video()`, and the video backends now emit a `DeprecationWarning`; use `frame_rate` instead. When both forms are provided, `frame_rate` takes precedence [#548](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/548)
- - [api] `write_scene_list()` now also accepts a path (`str` or `pathlib.Path`) as the first argument in addition to an open file handle; paths are opened and closed automatically [#523](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/523)
- - [api] Scene-list output functions for EDL, FCPXML, FCP7 XML, and OTIO now accept an open text file handle, a string path, or a `pathlib.Path`; paths are opened and closed automatically [#567](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/567)
- - [bugfix] `ThresholdDetector`/`detect-threshold` with method `CEILING` now classifies the first frame with the `CEILING` rule instead of the `FLOOR` rule, which anchored a leading fade one frame late and could emit a spurious cut at the first frame (thanks @MuhammadBilalKhan267)
- - [bugfix] Fix `min_scene_len` given in frames dropping cuts that are exactly `min_scene_len` frames apart at NTSC framerates (e.g. 29.97 fps), by comparing frame counts instead of converting to seconds [#577](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/577)
- - [bugfix] Fix `TypeError` when opening videos with the `pyav` backend on PyAV 19.0 or newer (PyAV 19 is now supported)
- - [bugfix] Fix `pyav` backend duration calculation fallback
- - [bugfix] Fix `pyav` backend not releasing the file handle it opened when the stream is garbage collected, which emitted a `ResourceWarning` under `python -X dev` [#568](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/568)
- - [bugfix] Work around an intermittent segfault on exit with the OpenCV backend on Windows when opening PNG image sequences with `opencv-python` 4.14 or 5.0 (upstream: [opencv/opencv#30017](https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/30017)) [#575](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/575)
-
-#### Packaging
-
- - [general] The Windows distribution now bundles PyAV 19 and FFmpeg 9.0
- - [general] The `scenedetect-core` package introduced in 0.7.1 has been discontinued, and its only release (0.7.1) yanked from PyPI. Existing `scenedetect-core` installs keep working but will not receive updates. Install either `scenedetect` or `scenedetect-headless`. [#558](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/558)
+## PySceneDetect 0.7.3 (TBD)
diff --git a/website/pages/download.md b/website/pages/download.md
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ Both provide the same `scenedetect` Python module -- install only one of them.
 ## Windows Build (64-bit Only) &nbsp; <span class="wy-text-neutral"><span class="fa fa-windows"></span></span>
 
 <div class="important">
-<h3 class="wy-text-neutral"><span class="fa fa-forward wy-text-info"></span> Latest Release: <b class="wy-text-neutral">v0.7.1</b></h3>
-<h4 class="wy-text-neutral"><span class="fa fa-calendar wy-text-info"></span>&nbsp; Release Date:&nbsp; <b>July 21, 2026</b></h4>
-<a href="https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/releases/download/v0.7.1/PySceneDetect-0.7.1-win64.msi" class="btn btn-info" style="margin-bottom:8px;" role="button"><span class="fa fa-download"></span>&nbsp; <b>Installer</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;(recommended)</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/releases/download/v0.7.1/PySceneDetect-0.7.1-win64.zip" class="btn btn-info" style="margin-bottom:8px;" role="button"><span class="fa fa-download"></span>&nbsp; <b>Portable .zip</b></a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+<h3 class="wy-text-neutral"><span class="fa fa-forward wy-text-info"></span> Latest Release: <b class="wy-text-neutral">v0.7.2</b></h3>
+<h4 class="wy-text-neutral"><span class="fa fa-calendar wy-text-info"></span>&nbsp; Release Date:&nbsp; <b>October 11, 2026</b></h4>
+<a href="https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/releases/download/v0.7.2/PySceneDetect-0.7.2-win64.msi" class="btn btn-info" style="margin-bottom:8px;" role="button"><span class="fa fa-download"></span>&nbsp; <b>Installer</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;(recommended)</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+<a href="https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/releases/download/v0.7.2/PySceneDetect-0.7.2-win64.zip" class="btn btn-info" style="margin-bottom:8px;" role="button"><span class="fa fa-download"></span>&nbsp; <b>Portable .zip</b></a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 <a href="../cli/" class="btn btn-success" style="margin-bottom:8px;" role="button"><span class="fa fa-book"></span>&nbsp; <b>Getting Started</b></a>
 </div>
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ docker run --rm -v "$(pwd):/files" ghcr.io/breakthrough/pyscenedetect \
     -i /files/video.mp4 detect-adaptive split-video -o /files
 ```
 
-The `latest` tag (the default when no tag is given) points to the most recent recommended build, the `main` tag tracks the development branch, and version tags (e.g. `0.7.1`) point to specific releases. `podman` can be used in place of `docker` in the commands above.
+The `latest` tag (the default when no tag is given) points to the most recent recommended build, the `main` tag tracks the development branch, and version tags (e.g. `0.7.2`) point to specific releases. `podman` can be used in place of `docker` in the commands above.
 
 ## Post Installation
 

diff --git a/website/pages/index.md b/website/pages/index.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <img alt="PySceneDetect" src="img/pyscenedetect_logo_small.png" />
 
 <div class="important">
-<h3 class="wy-text-neutral"><span class="fa fa-info-circle wy-text-info"></span>&nbsp; Latest Release: <b>v0.7.1</b> (July 21, 2026)</h3>
+<h3 class="wy-text-neutral"><span class="fa fa-info-circle wy-text-info"></span>&nbsp; Latest Release: <b>v0.7.2</b> (October 11, 2026)</h3>
 <a href="download/" class="btn btn-success" style="margin-bottom:8px;" role="button"><span class="fa fa-download"></span>&nbsp; <b>Download</b></a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="changelog/" class="btn btn-info" style="margin-bottom:8px;" role="button"><span class="fa fa-reorder"></span>&nbsp; <b>Changelog</b></a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="docs/latest/" class="btn btn-warning" style="margin-bottom:8px;" role="button"><span class="fa fa-gear"></span>&nbsp; <b>Documentation</b></a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="cli/" class="btn btn-danger" style="margin-bottom:8px;" role="button"><span class="fa fa-book"></span>&nbsp; <b>Getting Started</b></a>
 </div>
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@@ Expand Up / @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ @@
     ----------------------------------------------------------
-    ### Latest Release: v0.7.1 (July 21, 2026)
+    ### Latest Release: v0.7.2 (October 11, 2026)
     **Website**:  [scenedetect.com](https://www.scenedetect.com)
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