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.IX Title "doc::libavcodec 3"
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.SH NAME
libavcodec \- media streams decoding and encoding library
.SH DESCRIPTION
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The libavcodec library provides a generic encoding/decoding framework
and contains multiple decoders and encoders for audio, video and
subtitle streams, and several bitstream filters.
.PP
The shared architecture provides various services ranging from bit
stream I/O to DSP optimizations, and makes it suitable for
implementing robust and fast codecs as well as for experimentation.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBffmpeg\fR\|(1), \fBffplay\fR\|(1), \fBffprobe\fR\|(1),
\&\fBffmpeg\-codecs\fR\|(1), \fBffmpeg\-bitstream\-filters\fR\|(1),
\&\fBlibavutil\fR\|(3)
.SH AUTHORS
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The FFmpeg developers.
.PP
For details about the authorship, see the Git history of the project
(https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg), e.g. by typing the command
\&\fBgit log\fR in the FFmpeg source directory, or browsing the
online repository at <\fBhttps://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg\fR>.
.PP
Maintainers for the specific components are listed in the file
\&\fIMAINTAINERS\fR in the source code tree.