Michael Niedermayer
c0d847e457
This avoids confusing syntax errors with awk later Likely fixes awk errors at: http://buildd.debian-ports.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=ffmpeg&arch=sparc64&ver=7%3A2.6.2-1&stamp=1428928967 Reviewed-by: Timothy Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com> Thanks-to: Andreas Cadhalpun <andreas.cadhalpun@googlemail.com> for the link Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
FFmpeg README
FFmpeg is a collection of libraries and tools to process multimedia content such as audio, video, subtitles and related metadata.
Libraries
libavcodecprovides implementation of a wider range of codecs.libavformatimplements streaming protocols, container formats and basic I/O access.libavutilincludes hashers, decompressors and miscellaneous utility functions.libavfilterprovides a mean to alter decoded Audio and Video through chain of filters.libavdeviceprovides an abstraction to access capture and playback devices.libswresampleimplements audio mixing and resampling routines.libswscaleimplements color conversion and scaling routines.
Tools
- ffmpeg is a command line toolbox to manipulate, convert and stream multimedia content.
- ffplay is a minimalistic multimedia player.
- ffprobe is a simple analysis tool to inspect multimedia content.
- ffserver is a multimedia streaming server for live broadcasts.
- Additional small tools such as
aviocat,ismindexandqt-faststart.
Documentation
The offline documentation is available in the doc/ directory.
The online documentation is available in the main website and in the wiki.
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.