| =encoding utf8 | |
| =head1 NAME | |
| libavutil - multimedia-biased utility library | |
| =head1 DESCRIPTION | |
| The libavutil library is a utility library to aid portable | |
| multimedia programming. It contains safe portable string functions, | |
| random number generators, data structures, additional mathematics | |
| functions, cryptography and multimedia related functionality (like | |
| enumerations for pixel and sample formats). It is not a library for | |
| code needed by both libavcodec and libavformat. | |
| The goals for this library is to be: | |
| =over 4 | |
| =item B<Modular> | |
| It should have few interdependencies and the possibility of disabling individual | |
| parts during B<./configure>. | |
| =item B<Small> | |
| Both sources and objects should be small. | |
| =item B<Efficient> | |
| It should have low CPU and memory usage. | |
| =item B<Useful> | |
| It should avoid useless features that almost no one needs. | |
| =back | |
| =head1 SEE ALSO | |
| ffmpeg(1), ffplay(1), ffprobe(1), | |
| ffmpeg-utils(1) | |
| =head1 AUTHORS | |
| The FFmpeg developers. | |
| For details about the authorship, see the Git history of the project | |
| (https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg), e.g. by typing the command | |
| B<git log> in the FFmpeg source directory, or browsing the | |
| online repository at E<lt>B<https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg>E<gt>. | |
| Maintainers for the specific components are listed in the file | |
| F<MAINTAINERS> in the source code tree. | |