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FFmpeg README
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FFmpeg is a collection of libraries and tools to process multimedia content
such as audio, video, subtitles and related metadata.

## Libraries

* `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.

## Tools

* [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`.

## Documentation

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

Coding examples are available in the **doc/examples** directory.

## License

FFmpeg codebase is mainly LGPL-licensed with optional components licensed under
GPL. Please refer to the LICENSE file for detailed information.
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	4	FFmpeg is a collection of libraries and tools to process multimedia content
	5	such as audio, video, subtitles and related metadata.
	6
	7	## Libraries
	8
	9	* `libavcodec` provides implementation of a wider range of codecs.
	10	* `libavformat` implements streaming protocols, container formats and basic I/O access.
	11	* `libavutil` includes hashers, decompressors and miscellaneous utility functions.
	12	* `libavfilter` provides a mean to alter decoded Audio and Video through chain of filters.
	13	* `libavdevice` provides an abstraction to access capture and playback devices.
	14	* `libswresample` implements audio mixing and resampling routines.
	15	* `libswscale` implements color conversion and scaling routines.
	16
	17	## Tools
	18
	19	* [ffmpeg](http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html) is a command line toolbox to
	20	manipulate, convert and stream multimedia content.
	21	* [ffplay](http://ffmpeg.org/ffplay.html) is a minimalistic multimedia player.
	22	* [ffprobe](http://ffmpeg.org/ffprobe.html) is a simple analisys tool to inspect
	23	multimedia content.
	24	* Additional small tools such as `aviocat`, `ismindex` and `qt-faststart`.
	25
	26	## Documentation
	27
	28	The offline documentation is available in the doc/ directory.
	29
	30	The online documentation is available in the main [website](http://ffmpeg.org)
	31	and in the [wiki](http://trac.ffmpeg.org).
	32
	33	### Examples
	34
f6fa7814	35	Coding examples are available in the doc/examples directory.
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	37	## License
	38
	39	FFmpeg codebase is mainly LGPL-licensed with optional components licensed under
	40	GPL. Please refer to the LICENSE file for detailed information.