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   1 1) API
   2 ------
   3
   4 * libavcodec is the library containing the codecs (both encoding and
   5   decoding). See libavcodec/apiexample.c to see how to use it.
   6
   7 * libav is the library containing the file formats handling (mux and
   8   demux code for several formats). (no example yet, the API is likely
   9   to evolve).
  10
  11 2) Integrating libavXXX in your GPL'ed program
  12 ----------------------------------------------
  13
  14 You can integrate all the source code of the libraries to link them
  15 statically to avoid any version problem. All you need is to provide a
  16 'config.mak' and a 'config.h' in the parent directory. See the defines
  17 generated by ./configure to understand what is needed.
  18
  19 3) Coding Rules
  20 ---------------
  21
  22 ffmpeg is programmed in ANSI C language. GCC extension are
  23 tolerated. TAB size is 4. The identation is the one specified by
  24 'indent -i4 -kr'.
  25
  26 Main priority in ffmpeg is simplicity and small code size (=less
  27 bugs).
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