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FFmpeg README |
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FFmpeg is a collection of libraries and tools to process multimedia content |
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such as audio, video, subtitles and related metadata. |
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## Libraries |
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* `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. |
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* `libswresample` implements audio mixing and resampling routines. |
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* `libswscale` implements color conversion and scaling routines. |
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## Tools |
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* [ffmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html) is a command line toolbox to |
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manipulate, convert and stream multimedia content. |
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* [ffplay](https://ffmpeg.org/ffplay.html) is a minimalistic multimedia player.
* [ffprobe](https://ffmpeg.org/ffprobe.html) is a simple analysis tool to inspect |
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multimedia content. |
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* [ffserver](https://ffmpeg.org/ffserver.html) is a multimedia streaming server |
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for live broadcasts. |
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* Additional small tools such as `aviocat`, `ismindex` and `qt-faststart`. |
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## Documentation |
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The offline documentation is available in the **doc/** directory.
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The online documentation is available in the main [website](https://ffmpeg.org)
and in the [wiki](https://trac.ffmpeg.org). |
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### Examples
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Coding examples are available in the **doc/examples** directory. |
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## License
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FFmpeg codebase is mainly LGPL-licensed with optional components licensed under |
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GPL. Please refer to the LICENSE file for detailed information. |
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## Contributing
Patches should be submitted to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list using
`git format-patch` or `git send-email`. Github pull requests should be
avoided because they are not part of our review process. Few developers
follow pull requests so they will likely be ignored. |