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1 Libav
2 =====
4 Libav is a collection of libraries and tools to process multimedia content
5 such as audio, video, subtitles and related metadata.
7 ## Libraries
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 * `libavresample` implements audio mixing and resampling routines.
15 * `libswscale` implements color conversion and scaling routines.
17 ## Tools
19 * [avconv](http://libav.org/avconv.html) is a command line toolbox to
20 manipulate, convert and stream multimedia content.
21 * [avplay](http://libav.org/avplay.html) is a minimalistic multimedia player.
22 * [avprobe](http://libav.org/avprobe.html) is a simple analisys tool to inspect
23 multimedia content.
24 * Additional small tools such as `aviocat`, `ismindex` and `qt-faststart`.
26 ## Documentation
28 The offline documentation is available in the **doc/** directory.
30 The online documentation is available in the main [website](http://libav.org)
31 and in the [wiki](http://wiki.libav.org).
33 ### Examples
35 Conding examples are available in the **doc/example** directory.
37 ## License
39 Libav codebase is mainly LGPL-licensed with optional components licensed under
40 GPL. Please refer to the LICENSE file for detailed information.