Libav Wiki
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Using Libav
Snippets - small, useful examples, mainly for avconv, but also for avplay and configuring/building Libav.
Encoding - extra examples and information about encoding several formats.
Platform - see what platforms Libav runs on, and platform-specific build instructions.
Debugging and Security
We take code security seriously and try our best not to introduce new bugs.
Security/GitTemplate - Please use this git template for commits involving security issues.
Security/Tools - Here are various tools that can be/have been used to catch Libav security issues.
Security/FaultsInjection - A tool for randomized allocation failures, to trigger less-used code paths.
Contributing code
SimpleTasks - places to get started on contributing to Libav.
GitCommit - notes on properties a good Libav commit should have
GitWorkflow - notes on branches and sending patches
CodingStyle - Libav is a project that cares about coding style; please follow this.
PagesToImprove - Improve pages on the wiki
Help with documentation: browse it at https://libav.org/documentation.html and the doc/ directory of the git repository.
ReleaseProcess - learn about the release process.
Planned features
Planned features are documented, giving you some insight on what will happen next.
- Blueprint/AArch64
- Blueprint/AVResample
- Blueprint/AVScale
- Blueprint/Cropping
- Blueprint/DecoupledCodecAPI
- Blueprint/FormatMetadata
- Blueprint/HWAccel2
- Blueprint/Interlacing
- Blueprint/MVC
- Blueprint/MpegContext
- Blueprint/MultiAVFrame
- Blueprint/PerStreamPrivateOption
- Blueprint/Power8
- Blueprint/StreamGroup
- BlueprintTemplate
Internals
DirectoryStructure - what's where?
Internals/CodecHowTo - general information on implementing codecs in Libav.
Internals/DemuxerHowTo - what a demuxer contains, where to find out more, and skeleton code.
Tools
GitAlias - useful git aliases for Libav development
FATE - the Libav test suite.
Oracle - the Libav Oracle helps catch changes that break the test suite, before they hit the master repository.
Tool howtos
BenchmarkHowTo - most changes to Libav should be benchmarked; here's how.
GcovCoverageHowTo - using gcov to find out what code the tests cover
AArch64QemuSetup - build Libav, and run FATE on QEMU's AArch64 emulation.
Codec Information
Implementation details regarding Libavcodec codecs.
See also: http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Category:Video_Codecs and http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Category:Audio_Codecs
Container Information
Implementation details regarding Libavformat containers.
See also: http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Category:Container_Formats
Protocol Information
Implementation details regarding Libavformat protocols.
Migration Paths
Libav APIs change. To help downstream developers migrate, there are notes for migrating:
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