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Libav is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. It includes libavcodec - the leading audio/video codec library.
Libav is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.


Libav is a fork of the [[FFmpeg]] project.
Libav includes the [[libavcodec]] audio/video codec library, a decoder/encoder codec-suit that forms the basis of most free and open source software multimedia programs.
 
Libav also contains [[libavformat]], a library for multimedia container formats and [[libavfilter]] for video and audio filtering, [[libswscale]] for colorspace conversion and software scaling.
 
Among the tools provided [[avplay]] is a simple media player, [[avconv]] is extensive tool to capture, reencode/remux and stream multimedia contents, [[avprobe]] is a quite simple information extractor.
 
==About the Libav project==
Libav is a fork of the [[FFmpeg]] project and while it doesn't share the same development practices it shares the same aims.
 
Libav is developed mostly under unix-like systems, but it can be compiled under most operating systems, including Microsoft Windows. The code is released adopting a seasonal major release cadence, with point releases provided when the need arises or monthly. Security releases are provided for the past 2 mayor releases and the current.
Libav is free software, released under the GNU Lesser General Public License or GNU General Public License (depending on which sub-libraries one would include).
 
==See also==
*[[FFmpeg/Libav Summer Of Code In Space]]
*[[FFmpeg Wishlist]]
*[[:Category:Libav Tutorials|Libav Tutorials]]


== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Revision as of 19:38, 13 November 2011

Libav is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.

Libav includes the libavcodec audio/video codec library, a decoder/encoder codec-suit that forms the basis of most free and open source software multimedia programs.

Libav also contains libavformat, a library for multimedia container formats and libavfilter for video and audio filtering, libswscale for colorspace conversion and software scaling.

Among the tools provided avplay is a simple media player, avconv is extensive tool to capture, reencode/remux and stream multimedia contents, avprobe is a quite simple information extractor.

About the Libav project

Libav is a fork of the FFmpeg project and while it doesn't share the same development practices it shares the same aims.

Libav is developed mostly under unix-like systems, but it can be compiled under most operating systems, including Microsoft Windows. The code is released adopting a seasonal major release cadence, with point releases provided when the need arises or monthly. Security releases are provided for the past 2 mayor releases and the current. Libav is free software, released under the GNU Lesser General Public License or GNU General Public License (depending on which sub-libraries one would include).

See also

External Links