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| author | Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at> | 2014-08-17 21:07:05 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at> | 2014-08-17 21:41:55 +0200 |
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@@ -1,19 +1,40 @@ FFmpeg README ============= -1) Documentation ----------------- +FFmpeg is a collection of libraries and tools to process multimedia content +such as audio, video, subtitles and related metadata. -* Read the documentation in the doc/ directory in git. +## Libraries - You can also view it online at http://ffmpeg.org/documentation.html +* `libavcodec` provides implementation of a wider range of codecs. +* `libavformat` implements streaming protocols, container formats and basic I/O access. +* `libavutil` includes hashers, decompressors and miscellaneous utility functions. +* `libavfilter` provides a mean to alter decoded Audio and Video through chain of filters. +* `libavdevice` provides an abstraction to access capture and playback devices. +* `libswresample` implements audio mixing and resampling routines. +* `libswscale` implements color conversion and scaling routines. -2) Licensing ------------- +## Tools -* See the LICENSE file. +* [ffmpeg](http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html) is a command line toolbox to + manipulate, convert and stream multimedia content. +* [ffplay](http://ffmpeg.org/ffplay.html) is a minimalistic multimedia player. +* [ffprobe](http://ffmpeg.org/ffprobe.html) is a simple analisys tool to inspect + multimedia content. +* Additional small tools such as `aviocat`, `ismindex` and `qt-faststart`. -3) Build and Install --------------------- +## Documentation -* See the INSTALL file. +The offline documentation is available in the **doc/** directory. + +The online documentation is available in the main [website](http://ffmpeg.org) +and in the [wiki](http://trac.ffmpeg.org). + +### Examples + +Conding examples are available in the **doc/example** directory. + +## License + +FFmpeg codebase is mainly LGPL-licensed with optional components licensed under +GPL. Please refer to the LICENSE file for detailed information. |