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1 | Libav |
| 2 | ===== | |
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| 4 | Libav 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 | * `libavresample` implements audio mixing and resampling routines. | |
| 15 | * `libswscale` implements color conversion and scaling routines. | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | ## Tools | |
| 18 | ||
| 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`. | |
| 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://libav.org) | |
| 31 | and in the [wiki](http://wiki.libav.org). | |
| 32 | ||
| 33 | ### Examples | |
| 34 | ||
| 35 | Conding examples are available in the **doc/example** directory. | |
| 36 | ||
| 37 | ## License | |
| 38 | ||
| 39 | Libav codebase is mainly LGPL-licensed with optional components licensed under | |
| 40 | GPL. Please refer to the LICENSE file for detailed information. |