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diff --git a/doc/libavcodec.texi b/doc/libavcodec.texi index 2066106478..37d84a4d82 100644 --- a/doc/libavcodec.texi +++ b/doc/libavcodec.texi @@ -12,10 +12,14 @@ @chapter Description @c man begin DESCRIPTION -libavcodec is a library providing a generic encoding/decoding -framework, and containing decoders and encoders for audio, video and +The libavcodec library provides a generic encoding/decoding framework +and contains multiple decoders and encoders for audio, video and subtitle streams. +The shared architecture provides various services ranging from bit +stream I/O to DSP optimizations, and makes it suitable for +implementing robust and fast codecs as well as for experimentation. + @c man end DESCRIPTION @chapter Codec Options |