glfs/multimedia/videoutils/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-desc.xml

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<title>Contents</title>
<para>The ffmpeg package contains <command>ffmpeg</command>,
<command>ffserver</command>, <command>ffplay</command>, <filename
class="libraryfile">libavcodec</filename> and
<filename class="libraryfile">libavformat</filename>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Description</title>
<sect3><title>ffmpeg</title>
<para><command>ffmpeg</command> is a command line tool to convert video files, network streams,
input from a TV card to several video formats.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>ffserver</title>
<para><command>ffserver</command> is a streaming server for everything
that <command>ffmpeg</command> could use
as input (files, streams, TV card input, webcam, etc.).</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>ffplay</title>
<para><command>ffplay</command> is a very simple and portable media
player using the ffmpeg libraries and the <acronym>SDL</acronym> library.
</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>libavcodec/libavformat</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libavcodec</filename> and <filename
class="libraryfile">libavformats</filename> are libraries for encoding/decoding
video streams and putting them into files or network packets. Since
they're well documented, you can easily include them in your software,
like some other packages already do.</para></sect3>
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