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authorAlexander Strasser <eclipse7@gmx.net>2012-11-05 23:50:24 +0100
committerStefano Sabatini <stefasab@gmail.com>2012-11-06 11:55:29 +0100
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@chapter Description
@c man begin DESCRIPTION
-libavcodec is a library providing a generic encoding/decoding
-framework, and containing decoders and encoders for audio, video and
+The libavcodec library provides a generic encoding/decoding framework
+and contains multiple decoders and encoders for audio, video and
subtitle streams.
+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.
+
@c man end DESCRIPTION
@chapter Codec Options