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@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@ -Libav -===== +FFmpeg README +============= -[](https://travis-ci.org/libav/libav) - -Libav is a collection of libraries and tools to process multimedia content +FFmpeg is a collection of libraries and tools to process multimedia content such as audio, video, subtitles and related metadata. ## Libraries @@ -13,30 +11,38 @@ such as audio, video, subtitles and related metadata. * `libavutil` includes hashers, decompressors and miscellaneous utility functions. * `libavfilter` provides a mean to alter decoded Audio and Video through chain of filters. * `libavdevice` provides an abstraction to access capture and playback devices. -* `libavresample` implements audio mixing and resampling routines. +* `libswresample` implements audio mixing and resampling routines. * `libswscale` implements color conversion and scaling routines. ## Tools -* [avconv](http://libav.org/avconv.html) is a command line toolbox to +* [ffmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html) is a command line toolbox to manipulate, convert and stream multimedia content. -* [avplay](http://libav.org/avplay.html) is a minimalistic multimedia player. -* [avprobe](http://libav.org/avprobe.html) is a simple analisys tool to inspect +* [ffplay](https://ffmpeg.org/ffplay.html) is a minimalistic multimedia player. +* [ffprobe](https://ffmpeg.org/ffprobe.html) is a simple analysis tool to inspect multimedia content. +* [ffserver](https://ffmpeg.org/ffserver.html) is a multimedia streaming server + for live broadcasts. * Additional small tools such as `aviocat`, `ismindex` and `qt-faststart`. ## Documentation The offline documentation is available in the **doc/** directory. -The online documentation is available in the main [website](http://libav.org) -and in the [wiki](http://wiki.libav.org). +The online documentation is available in the main [website](https://ffmpeg.org) +and in the [wiki](https://trac.ffmpeg.org). ### Examples -Conding examples are available in the **doc/example** directory. +Coding examples are available in the **doc/examples** directory. ## License -Libav codebase is mainly LGPL-licensed with optional components licensed under +FFmpeg codebase is mainly LGPL-licensed with optional components licensed under GPL. Please refer to the LICENSE file for detailed information. + +## Contributing + +Patches should be submitted to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list using +`git format-patch` or `git send-email`. Github pull requests should be +avoided because they are not part of our review process and will be ignored. |