doc/README.dev

   1 1) API
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   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).
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  11 2) Coding Rules
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  14 ffmpeg is programmed in ANSI C language. GCC extension are
  15 tolerated. TAB size is 4. The identation is the one specified by
  16 'indent -i4 -kr'.
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  18 Main priority in ffmpeg is simplicity and small code size (=less
  19 bugs).
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