FFmpeg is a complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. It includes libavcodec, the leading audio/video codec library.
FFmpeg is developed under Linux, but it can compiled under most operating systems.
Here are some key features of "FFmpeg":
· ffmpeg is a command line tool to convert one video file format to another. It also supports grabbing and encoding in real time from a TV card.
· ffserver is an HTTP (RTSP is being developped) multimedia streaming server for live broadcasts. Time shifting of live broadcast is also supported.
· ffplay is a simple media player based on SDL and on the FFmpeg libraries.
· libavcodec is a library containing all the FFmpeg audio/video encoders and decoders. Most codecs were developped from scratch to ensure best performances and high code reusability.
· libavformat is a library containing parsers and generators for all common audio/video formats.
What's New in This Release:
· DV encoder, DV muxer
· Microsoft RLE video decoder
· Microsoft Video-1 decoder
· Apple Animation (RLE) decoder
· Apple Graphics (SMC) decoder
· Apple Video (RPZA) decoder
· Cinepak decoder
· Sega FILM (CPK) file demuxer
· Westwood multimedia support (VQA & AUD files)
· Id Quake II CIN playback support
· 8BPS video decoder
· FLIC playback support
· RealVideo 2.0 (RV20) decoder
· Duck TrueMotion v1 (DUCK) video decoder
· Sierra VMD demuxer and video decoder
· MSZH and ZLIB decoder support
· SVQ1 video encoder
· AMR-WB support
· PPC optimisations
· rate distortion optimal cbp support
· rate distorted optimal ac prediction for mpeg4
· rate distorted optimal lambda->qp support
· AAC encoding with libfaac
· Sunplus JPEG codec (SP5X) support
· use lagrange multipler instead of qp for ratecontrol
· theora/VP3 decoding support
· XA and ADX ADPCM codecs
· export mpeg2 active display area / pan scan
· Add support for configuring with IBM XLC
· floating point AAN DCT
· initial support for zygovideo (not complete)
· rgb ffv1 support
· new audio/video parser API
· av_log() system
· av_read_frame() and av_seek_frame() support
· missing last frame fixes
· seek by mouse in ffplay
· noise reduction of dct coefficients
· h263 OBMC & 4MV support
· h263 alternative inter vlc support
· h263 loop filter
· h263 slice structured mode
· interlaced DCT support for MPEG2 encoding
· stuffing to stay above min_bitrate
· mb type & qp vissualization
· frame stepping for ffplay
· interlaced motion estimation
· alternate scantable support
· SVCD scan offset support
· closed gop support
· SSE2 fdct
· quantizer noise shaping
· G.726 ADPCM audio codec
· MS ADPCM encoding
· multithreaded/SMP motion estimation
· multithreaded/SMP encoding for MPEG1/MPEG2/MPEG4/H263
· multithreaded/SMP decoding for MPEG2
· FLAC decoder
· Metrowerks CodeWarrior suppport
· h263+ custom pcf support
· nicer output for 'ffmpeg -formats'
· matroska demuxer
· SGI image format, encoding and decoding
· h264 loop filter support
· h264 CABAC support
· nicer looking arrows for the motion vector vissualization
· improved VCD support
· audio timestamp drift compensation
· mpeg2 YUV 422/444 support
· polyphase kaiser windowed sinc and blackman nuttall windowed sinc audio resample
· better image scaling
· h261 support
· correctly interleave packets during encoding
· VIS optimized motion compensation
· intra_dc_precission>0 encoding support
· support reuse of motion vectors/mb types/field select values of the source video
· more accurate deblock filter
· padding support
· many optimizations and bugfixes
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