From 96ce6d6f119a16e489941c629a2805204322b717 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Barbato Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:34:47 +0200 Subject: doc: Add more information in the README And convert it to Markdown. --- README.md | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2dc668a24d --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +Libav +===== + +Libav is a collection of libraries and tools to process multimedia content +such as audio, video, subtitles and related metadata. + +## Libraries + +* `libavcodec` provides implementation of a wider range of codecs. +* `libavformat` implements streaming protocols, container formats and basic I/O access. +* `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. +* `libswscale` implements color conversion and scaling routines. + +## Tools + +* [avconv](http://libav.org/avconv.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 + multimedia content. +* 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). + +### Examples + +Conding examples are available in the **doc/example** directory. + +## License + +Libav codebase is mainly LGPL-licensed with optional components licensed under +GPL. Please refer to the LICENSE file for detailed information. -- cgit v1.2.3