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

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<para>The <application>FFmpeg</application> package contains <command>ffmpeg
</command>, <command>ffserver</command>, <command>ffplay</command>, 
<filename class="libraryfile">libavcodec</filename> and 
<filename class="libraryfile">libavformat</filename>.</para>

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<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>ffmpeg</title>
<para><command>ffmpeg</command> is a command line tool to convert video files, 
network streams and 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 <filename>ffmpeg</filename> 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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