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-FFmpeg version 0.9 - (c) 2000 Gerard Lantau.
+FFmpeg README
+-------------
 
-1) Introduction
----------------
-
-ffmpeg is a hyper fast realtime audio/video encoder and streaming
-server. It can grab from a standard Video4Linux video source and
-convert it into several file formats based on DCT/motion compensation
-encoding. Sound is compressed in MPEG audio layer 2 or using an AC3
-compatible stream.
-
-What makes ffmpeg interesting ?
-
-- Innovative streaming technology : multiformat, real time encoding,
-  simple configuration.
-
-- Simple and efficient video encoder: outputs MPEG1, H263 and Real
-  Video(tm) compatible bitstreams using the same encoder core.
-
-- Real time encoding (25 fps in 352x288 on a K6 500) using the video4linux API.
-
-- Generates I and P frames, which means it is far better than a MJPEG
-  encoder.
-
-- Hyper fast MPEG audio layer 2 compression (50 times faster than
-  realtime on a K6 500).
-
-- Hyper fast AC3 compatible encoder.
-
-- simple and very small portable C source code, easy to understand and
-  to modify. It be may the smallest decent MPEG encoder :-)
-
-ffmpeg is made of two programs:
-
-* ffmpeg: soft VCR which encodes in real time to several formats.
-
-* ffserver: live broadcast streaming server based on the ffmpeg core
-encoders.
-
-2) Documentation
+1) Documentation
 ----------------
 
-read doc/ffmpeg.txt and doc/ffserver.txt to learn the basic features.
-
-read ffmpeg
+* Read the documentation in the doc/ directory.
 
-3) Licensing:
+2) Licensing
 ------------
 
-* See the file COPYING. ffmpeg is licensed under the GNU General
+* Read the file COPYING. ffmpeg and the associated libraries EXCEPT
+  liba52 and libpostproc are licensed under the Lesser GNU General
   Public License.
 
-* Source code from third parties: The DCT code comes from the Berkeley
-  MPEG decoder and the JPEG encoder. 
-
-* This code should be patent free since it is very simple. I took care
-  to use the same video encoder core for all formats to show that they
-  really ARE THE SAME except for the encoding huffman codes.
+* liba52 and libpostproc are distributed under the GNU General Public
+  License and their compilation and use is optional in ffmpeg.
 
-Gerard Lantau (glantau@users.sourceforge.net).
+Fabrice Bellard.
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