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FFmpeg README
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=============
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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.
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* `libavformat` implements streaming protocols, container formats and basic I/O access.
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* `libavutil` includes hashers, decompressors and miscellaneous utility functions.
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* `libavfilter` provides means to alter decoded audio and video through a directed graph of connected filters.
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* `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.
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* [ffprobe](https://ffmpeg.org/ffprobe.html) is a simple analysis tool to inspect
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multimedia content.
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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)
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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
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Patches should be submitted to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list using
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`git format-patch` or `git send-email`. Github pull requests should be
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avoided because they are not part of our review process and will be ignored.
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