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There is no real advantage to listing some codecs or subsystems separately simply because they are somehow "hw-accelerated", on the contrary it makes them harder to find than in a plain alphabetically ordered list.
Libav
Libav is a collection of libraries and tools to process multimedia content such as audio, video, subtitles and related metadata.
Libraries
libavcodecprovides implementation of a wider range of codecs.libavformatimplements streaming protocols, container formats and basic I/O access.libavutilincludes hashers, decompressors and miscellaneous utility functions.libavfilterprovides a mean to alter decoded Audio and Video through chain of filters.libavdeviceprovides an abstraction to access capture and playback devices.libavresampleimplements audio mixing and resampling routines.libswscaleimplements color conversion and scaling routines.
Tools
- avconv is a command line toolbox to manipulate, convert and stream multimedia content.
- avplay is a minimalistic multimedia player.
- avprobe is a simple analisys tool to inspect multimedia content.
- Additional small tools such as
aviocat,ismindexandqt-faststart.
Documentation
The offline documentation is available in the doc/ directory.
The online documentation is available in the main website and in the wiki.
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.