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authorAnton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>2023-03-31 10:22:28 +0200
committerAnton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>2023-04-04 11:45:51 +0200
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doc/ffmpeg: rewrite the introductory paragraph
This is not the place to boast about high-quality polyphase filters - the most important feature of the program is its universality.
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@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ ffmpeg [@var{global_options}] @{[@var{input_file_options}] -i @file{input_url}@}
@chapter Description
@c man begin DESCRIPTION
-@command{ffmpeg} is a very fast video and audio converter that can also grab from
-a live audio/video source. It can also convert between arbitrary sample
-rates and resize video on the fly with a high quality polyphase filter.
+@command{ffmpeg} is a universal media converter. It can read a wide variety of
+inputs - including live grabbing/recording devices - filter, and transcode them
+into a plethora of output formats.
@command{ffmpeg} reads from an arbitrary number of input "files" (which can be regular
files, pipes, network streams, grabbing devices, etc.), specified by the